Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham

Katherine Woodville
Duchess of Buckingham
Duchess of Bedford
Countess of Pembroke
Katherine with her second husband Jasper Tudor on stained glass windows in Cardiff Castle
Bornc. 1458
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, Kingdom of England
Died18 May 1497 (aged 38–39)
Noble familyWoodville
Spouse(s)Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford
Sir Richard Wingfield
IssueEdward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex
Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon
FatherRichard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
MotherJacquetta of Luxembourg

Katherine Woodville (also spelled Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile[nb 1]) (c. 1458[1] – 18 May 1497[2]) was the Duchess of Buckingham and a medieval English noblewoman.


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  1. ^ Her brother Richard's 1492 postmortem inquisition names her as being "34 or more", placing her birthdate at about 1458. See Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem, Henry VII, vol. I, No. 681 (Richard, Earl of Ryvers).
  2. ^ Pugh, p. 241.