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Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham 1458–1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1458

Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 1497

Death Location: St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England

Father: Richard Rivers

Mother: Jacquetta Bedford

Spouse(s): Sir Buckingham

Children(s): Edward Buckingham

Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham was born in 1458 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Richard Woodville 1St Earl Rivers And Jacquetta Of Luxembourg Countess Rivers Duchess Of Bedford. Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham married Sir Henry Stafford 2Nd Duke Of Buckingham, and had children including Edward Stafford 3Rd Duke Of Buckingham. Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham passed away in 1497 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham was born in 1458 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Richard Woodville 1St Earl Rivers And Jacquetta Of Luxembourg Countess Rivers Duchess Of Bedford.
  • Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham married Sir Henry Stafford 2Nd Duke Of Buckingham, and had children including Edward Stafford 3Rd Duke Of Buckingham.
  • Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham passed away in 1497 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Birth Location: Kent, England
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Jacquetta Bedford
1416–1472
Birth Location: Artois, France
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Spouses(s)

Sir Buckingham
1454–1483
Birth Location: Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
SB

Children(s)

Edward Buckingham
1478–1521
Birth Location: Wales
EB

Lady Buckingham's Ancestors

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Lady Buckingham
1458–1497
Birth Place: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
1405–1469
Kent, England
Jacquetta (of Luxembourg, Countess Rivers, Duchess of) Bedford
1416–1472
Artois, France
Grandparents
Richard (Wydeville, Esq., Sheriff of Kent, Constable of the Tower,) Esquire
1375–1441
Kent, England
Joan Bittelsgate
1390–1448
England
Great-Grandparents
John Northants
1341–1403
Isabel Goddard
1355–1401
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Wydeville
1310–1378

Lady Buckingham's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of) Buckingham (1458–1497) m. Sir (Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of) Buckingham (1454–1483)
  1. 1. Edward (Stafford, 3rd Duke of) Buckingham 1478–1521 m. Lady (Eleanor Percy, Duchess of) Buckingham 1474–1530
    1. 1. Henry (Stafford, 1st Baron) Stafford 1501–1563 m. Ursula Pole 1504–1570

Lady Buckingham's Timeline

2 Records

1458
1458
Birth of Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
1497
1497
Age 39
Death of Lady Katherine Wydeville, Duchess of Buckingham in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1458
    Event Place: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1497
    Event Place: St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
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