Duchess of Bedford, Lady Rivers Jacquette de Luxembourg

1416 - 1472  (56 years)

• Name	Jacquette de Luxembourg  [1]
  Title	Duchess of Bedford, Lady Rivers
  Birth	1416	Normandy, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Kinfolk of Note	Great-Grandmother of King Henry VIII
  Witchcraft Accusation	Bef 1472	England
  	Accused of witchcraft
  Occupation	Lady at Court to Henry VI. In charge of examining Joan of Arc in prison to determine if she had been raped
  Religion	She withstood a trial or possibly two at court for witchcraft
  Death	30 May 1472	Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Body lost or destroyed
  Person ID	I9577	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 1	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)
  Marriage	1436	Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  	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
  Children	1. Queen Consort of England Elizabeth Woodville,   b. 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. 8 Jun 1492, Surrey, England (Age 55 years)  [natural]   2. Duchess of Buckingham Katherine Wydeville,   b. 1458, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 18 May 1497, England (Age 39 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F1736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	John Lancaster,   b. 20 Jun 1389, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England d. 15 Sep 1435, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1433
  	Jacquetta was 17
  Marriage End	1435
  	Death of John
  Family ID	F2774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1436 - Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England Witchcraft Accusation - Accused of witchcraft - Bef 1472 - England Death - 30 May 1472 - Northamptonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.