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Oct 10, 2011 · The life of Katheryn of Berain is laden with intrigue. This wealthy heiress from Denbighshire had Tudor blood in her veins, and was a distant relative to Queen Elizabeth I. The story of her and her many husbands has become one of the chief romances of north Wales.
Katheryn of Berain, 'The Mother of Wales' (1534/5-1591) CRONENBURGH, Adriaen van (1520 - 1604) Date: 1568. Media: oil on panel. Size: 97.2 x 68.6 cm. Acquired: 1957; Purchase. Accession Number: NMW A 19. Katheryn of Berain clutches a prayer-book and solemnly caresses the contours of a human skull.
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Katheryn of Berain (Welsh: Catrin o Ferain) (1534 – 27 August 1591), sometimes called Mam Cymru ("mother of Wales") was born Katheryn ferch Tudor, the daughter of Tudor ap Robert Vychan and Jane Velville. Her maternal grandfather was Sir Roland de Velville (1474 - 25 June 1535), who is thought to have been the illegitimate son of King Henry VII of ...
By marrying into 4 gentry families and having heirs by 3 of her 4 husbands, her descendants took to nicknaming her "Mother of Wales" well after her death. On the other hand, since three of Katheryn's four husbands predeceased her, a legend later grew up that she had poisoned them. She was also supposed to be the ward of Elizabeth I.
Enid Roberts, Katheryn of Berain [Mam Cymru(c.1540–1591), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 , accessed 28 June 2016Dictionary of Welsh Biography. KATHERYN of BERAIN- Female
Jun 18, 2024 · Katherine of Berain (1534-1591) was the daughter of Tudor ap Robert Fychan of Berain (a descendant, in direct male line, of Marchweithian, Lord of Isaled, the 11th royal tribe of Wales), who married Jane Velville (b. 1510).
- 1545
- August 27, 1591 (45-46)Denbighshire, Wales
- Liewenny, Denbighshire, Wales
- Denbighshire, Wales
In this Tudor portrait, Katheryn of Berain clutches a small box – perhaps a casket or a prayer-boo...
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Katheryn of Berain (1534/5-1591) married four times and through her numerous children and grandchildren became known as the Mother of Wales. She was the daughter of Tudur ap Robert Vychan of...
