Catherine of York
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Born | 14 August 1479 Eltham Palace, Greenwich, England |
Died | 15 November 1527 Tiverton Castle, Devon, England | (aged 48)
Burial | 3 December 1527 |
Spouse | William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon |
Issue | Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter Edward Courtenay Margaret Courtenay |
House | York |
Father | Edward IV |
Mother | Elizabeth Woodville |
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Edward IV |
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Catherine or Katherine of York (14 August 1479 – 15 November 1527) was the ninth child and sixth daughter of King Edward IV by his wife Elizabeth Woodville. She was the daughter of Edward IV, sister to Edward V, niece to Richard III, sister-in-law to Henry VII and aunt to Henry VIII.
Early life[]
The daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, Catherine of York was born at Eltham Palace in 1479.[2]
During her early years, one potential husband for Catherine was John, Prince of Asturias, eldest son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.[3]
According to an agreement drawn up in 1487, Catherine would marry James Stewart, Duke of Ross, second son of James III.[4] This agreement was nullified with the death of James III in 1488.[4]
Marriage[]
In October 1495, Henry VII arranged a marriage between Catherine and William Courtenay.[2] They were parents to three children:
- Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter (c. 1496 – 9 January 1539)
- Edward Courtenay (c. 1497 – 12/13 July 1502);
- Margaret Courtenay (c. 1499 – bef. 1526) married Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester
In 1500, Catherine and William Courtenay moved to their home on Warwick Lane.[3] After this point, the couple was regularly at court.[3]
Catherine was the chief mourner at the funeral of her sister, Elizabeth of York, in 1503.[3]
In 1504, William Courtenay was charged with treason in relation to his dealings with Edmund de la Pole.[2] Catherine remained at court.[2] William Courtenay was pardoned in 1509[5] and restored by Henry VIII in 1511.[2]
Later life[]
After William Courtenay's death in 1511, Henry VIII gave Catherine control of the earldom.[2] The title went to the couple's son Henry.[2]
On 13 July 1511, Catherine took a vow of celibacy in the presence of Richard FitzJames, Bishop of London.[6]
For the rest of her life, Catherine remained in the favour of her nephew Henry VIII. She was godmother to his daughter Mary.[2]
Catherine outlived all of her siblings by over a decade, dying in 1527.[5] She died at Tiverton Castle and was buried next door at St Peter's Church following an elaborate funeral.[7]
Arms[]
The arms of Catherine were her husband's arms impaling her own paternal arms: Baron: Quarterly, first and fourth: or, three torteaux (Courtenay); second and third: or, a lion rampant azure (de Redverd); Femme: quarterly, first: France modern and England, second and third: or, a cross gules (de Burgh), fourth (Mortimer).[1] These arms may be seen, exposed to the elements and thus very worn, sculpted above the south porch of St Peter's Church, Tiverton, Devon.
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The House of York". Richard111.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Levin, Carole; Bertolet, Anna Riehl; Carney, Jo Eldridge (3 November 2016). A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500–1650. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781315440712.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Weir, Alison (3 December 2013). Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780345521385.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Stevenson, Katie (30 May 2014). Power and Propaganda: Scotland 1306–1488. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748694198.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Panton, James (24 February 2011). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810874978.
- ^ England), Cambridge Antiquarian Society (Cambridge (1859). Antiquarian Communications. Macmillan.
- ^ Edited by Todd Gray, Margery Rowe and Audrey Erskine (1992). Tudor and Stuart Devon: The Common Estate and Government. Published by University of Exeter Press. p. 13.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
Sources[]
- familysearch.org. Retrieved 26 January 2008
- Plantagenet family. Retrieved 26 January 2008
External links[]
- Possible discovery of Catherine's tomb Archived 23 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1479 births
- 1527 deaths
- People from Greenwich
- House of York
- English princesses
- English countesses
- 16th-century English women
- 16th-century English people
- 15th-century English women
- 15th-century English people
- Burials in Devon
- Children of Edward IV of England