Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth
Katherine Willoughby, drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger
Miniature of Katherine Willoughby by Hans Holbein, the Younger
Engraving of Katherine, Bertie, their daughter and wetnurse going into exile.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France
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Mary Tudor was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis XII. Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and El
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk
…I. She was the fourth wife of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who acted as her legal guardian during his third marriage to Henry VIII's sister Mary. Her second husband was Richard Bertie, a member of her household. Following Suffolk's death in 1545, it was rumoured that King Henry had considered…
Cropped image from the wedding portrait, attributed to Jan Gossaert, c. 1516
A sketch of Mary during her brief period as queen of France
Possible portrait of Mary or her sister Margaret, painted by Bernhard Strigel in 1520
Wedding portrait of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon