Duchess of Buckingham Katherine Wydeville

1458 - 1497  (39 years)

• Name	Katherine Wydeville  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Duchess of Buckingham
  Birth	1458	Monmouthshire, Wales   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Kinfolk of Note	Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
  Death	18 May 1497	England   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I11157	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Knight of the Order of the Garter -- 1st Earl Rivers Sir Richard Wydeville, KG,   b. 1412, Maidstone, Kent, England d. 12 Aug 1469, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Duchess of Bedford, Lady Rivers Jacquette de Luxembourg,   b. 1416, Normandy, France d. 30 May 1472, Northamptonshire, England (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1436	Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England   [3]
  	Richard was commissioned by Henry VI of England to bring the young widow to England. During the journey, the couple fell in love and married in secret
  Marriage End	1469
  	Richard was illegally beheaded
  Family ID	F1736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	2nd Duke of Buckingham Henry Stafford,   b. 4 Sep 1455   d. 2 Nov 1483, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	Bef May 1465
  	Both parties were children at the time; they were carried on squires' shoulders at the coronation ceremony and were reared in the queen's household together.
  Marriage End	Execution of Henry 1483
  Children	1. Elizabeth Stafford,   b. 1479, Wales d. 11 May 1532, Boreham, Essex, England (Age 53 years)  [natural]   2. Knight of the Order of the Bath - 3rd Duke of Buckingham Edward Stafford,   b. 3 Feb 1478, Wales d. 17 May 1521, London, England (Age 43 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Knight of the Order of the Garter -- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir Richard Wingfield, KG,   b. 1456   d. 25 Jul 1525, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F1584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 3	Knight of the Order of the Garter -- 1st Duke of Bedford, Earl of Pembroke Sir Jasper Tudor, KG,   b. 1431, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England d. 21 Dec 1495, Somerset, England (Age 64 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Stafford,   b. 1479, Wales d. 11 May 1532, Boreham, Essex, England (Age 53 years)  [natural]   2. Robert Tudor,   b. 1486, Hertfordshire, England d. 1525, Wales (Age 39 years)  [natural]   3. Joan Tudor,   b. 1453, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. 1469, Glamorgan, Wales (Age 16 years)  [natural]   4. Knight of the Order of the Bath - 3rd Duke of Buckingham Edward Stafford,   b. 3 Feb 1478, Wales d. 17 May 1521, London, England (Age 43 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F3567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1458 - Monmouthshire, Wales Death - 18 May 1497 - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms and Icons

  Arms-WYDEVILLE

  
  

  Places

  Window-Katherine Wydville

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Joan Tudor http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20313761355&indiv=try [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.