Jacquetta of Luxembourg

Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Duchess of Bedford Countess Rivers
17th century sketch by Peter Paul Rubens labeled as Jacquetta (Jacqueline) of Luxembourg
Born	1415 or 1416
Died	(1472-05-30)30 May 1472 (aged 56 or 57)
Spouse	John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
Issue	Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England Anne Woodville, Viscountess Bourchier Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers Mary Woodville, Countess of Pembroke Jacquetta Woodville, Baroness Strange of Knockin Sir John Woodville Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers Eleanor Woodville, Lady Grey Lionel Woodville, Bishop of Salisbury Margaret Woodville, Countess of Arundel Edward Woodville, Lord Scales Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham
House	Luxembourg
Father	Peter I, Count of Saint-Pol
Mother	Margaret of Baux

Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415 or 1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster. However, following the emphatic Lancastrian defeat at the Battle of Towton, she and her second husband Richard Woodville sided closely with the House of York. Three years after the battle and the accession of Edward IV of England, Jacquetta's eldest daughter Elizabeth Woodville married him and became queen consort of England. Jacquetta bore Woodville 14 children and stood trial on charges of witchcraft, of which she was exonerated.