Maud Green

Maud, Lady Parr
Close-up of Maud in a sketch of the Parr tomb at St. Anne's, Blackfriars Church.
Born6 April 1490/92
Northamptonshire, England
Died1 December 1531(1531-12-01) (aged 39)
BuriedBlackfriars, London, England
Noble family
  • Green (by birth)
  • Parr (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Sir Thomas Parr
IssueCatherine, Queen of England and Ireland
William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton
Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke
FatherSir Thomas Green
MotherJoan Fogge
Drawing of the Parr tomb illustrating Maud Green, and her husband Sir Thomas Parr kneeling with their children at St. Anne's, Blackfriars, London which was later destroyed.

Maud Green, Lady Parr (6 April 1490/92 – 1 December 1531)[1] was an English courtier. She was the mother of Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII of England. She was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon. She was also co-heiress to her father, Sir Thomas Green of Green's Norton in Northamptonshire along with her sister, Anne, Lady Vaux.

  1. ^ Susan E. James, Catherine Parr: Henry VIII's Last Love (2009), p. 14.