Duchess of Buckingham Katherine Wydeville

1458 - 1497  (39 years)

• Name	Katherine Wydeville  [1]
  Title	Duchess of Buckingham
  Birth	1458	Monmouthshire, Wales   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Kinfolk of Note	Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
  Death	18 May 1497	England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I11226	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  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
  	Death of Richard who was illegally beheaded
  Family ID	F1731	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	1483
  	Death of Henry who was executed by Henry
  Children	1. Elizabeth Stafford,   b. 1479, Wales d. 11 May 1532, Boreham, Essex, England (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Knight of the Order of the Bath - 3rd Duke of Buckingham Edward Stafford, KG,   b. 3 Feb 1478, Wales d. 17 May 1521, London, England (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  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	F1503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  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. Robert Tudor,   b. 1486, Hertfordshire, England d. 1525, Wales (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Stafford,   b. 1479, Wales d. 11 May 1532, Boreham, Essex, England (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Joan Tudor,   b. 1453, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. 1469, Glamorgan, Wales (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Knight of the Order of the Bath - 3rd Duke of Buckingham Edward Stafford, KG,   b. 3 Feb 1478, Wales d. 17 May 1521, London, England (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

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

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-WYDEVILLE Woodville/Wydeville/Widville Coat of Arms

  
  

  Places

  Church Window of Katherine and Jasper Tudor Katherine Wydeville and her second husband Jasper Tudor stained window at Keynsham Abbey

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : 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 [S5606] FindAGrave Old World - Cenotaph, Katherine Wydville Wingfield 1458-1497 (Cenotaph). This is a cenotaph, a memorial found at the entrance hall to castle apartments in the form of a Gothic revival stained glass window depicting Katherine Wydville [also known as Catherine Woodville] and her second husband, Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford. Her place of burial is unknown and her remains lost as a result of the destruction arising from the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536-1541) during the reign of Henry VIII. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231910416/katherine-wingfield [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.