Catherine Woodville (or Katherine Wydeville) (1458 – 18 May 1497), was an English medieval noblewoman, best known for marrying a number of influential husbands and producing several illustrious children. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see Hereditary titles) or for a lifetime She owed her position largely to her sister, Elizabeth Woodville, the queen of King Edward IV of England. Elizabeth Woodville or Wydeville ( 3 February 1437 &ndash 7 June / 8 June 1492) was the Queen consort of Edward IV ( 28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October
Catherine and her sister were the daughters of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Richard Woodville (or Wydeville) 1st Earl Rivers (1405 &ndash August 12, 1469) was an English nobleman best remembered Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415/1416 &ndash May 30, 1472) was the elder daughter of Peter I Count of St Pol, Conversano and Brienne and his wife Margaret Her first husband was Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham ( 4 September 1455 &ndash 2 November 1483) played a major role in Richard III of England 's They were married sometime before the coronation of Elizabeth Woodville in May 1465; both parties were children at the time. They had four children, the first born in 1478. Henry was said by Dominic Mancini to have resented his marriage to a woman of inferior birth, but nothing is known about the couple's private relations. Dominic Mancini was an Italian who visited England in 1482 left in 1483 and left behind an account of the events he witnessed Following Buckingham's execution for treason, she married Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford, who died in 1495. Jasper Tudor ( Welsh: Siasbar Tudur) c 1431 &ndash December 21/26 1495 Earl of Pembroke and 1st Duke of Bedford, was the uncle of King Her third and last husband was Sir Richard Wingfield, who outlived her. Sir Richard Wingfield (c 1456 &ndash 22 July 1525) was an influential Courtier and Diplomat in the early years of the Tudor dynasty
She was mother of five children by her first husband Henry:
- Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
- Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex
- Henry Stafford, 3rd Earl of Wiltshire
- Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon
- Humphrey Stafford, died young. Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham ( 3 February 1478 &ndash 17 May 1521) was an English nobleman Elizabeth Stafford (born c 1479 &ndash 11 May, 1532) was a daughter of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and his wife Catherine Woodville Henry Stafford 1st Earl of Wiltshire (c 1479 – March 1522/1523 was an English nobleman
References
- The Royal Ancestry Bible Royal ancestors of 300 American Families By Michel L. Call ISBN 1-933194-22-7 (chart 806)
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Henry Stafford, Second Duke of Buckingham" by C. S. L. Davies.
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