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Catherine de Valois. Henry's widow Catherine de Valois (1401-1437) married Owen Tudor, a Welsh squire, and one of her three sons, Edmund, Earl of Richmond was the father of the future Henry VII. Her funeral took place on 10th February 1437. Solemn vespers for the dead were sung on the eve of the funeral.
Jul 9, 2020 · Catherine of Valois was a French princess who lived during the 15 th century. Catherine is an important female figure in medieval English history, being the wife of one English king, and the mother of another. On top of that, she was the grandmother of a third king (though through another husband), who was also the founder of a new dynasty.
Mar 23, 2018 · Catherine of Valois was born on 27 October 1401 as the daughter of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. She was the youngest of twelve siblings, and her eldest sister had been Queen of England before her as the wife of Richard II. She grew up in the shadow of her father’s insanity and was apparently quite a neglected child.
Jun 24, 2022 · Catherine of Valois was born on October 27, 1401, in Paris, France, to King Charles VI and Queen Isabella. At the time of her birth, the royal Valois family was split between two factions that vied for power: the Armagnacs and the Burgundians. The power struggle had begun a decade prior as the king began to show signs of madness.
May 29, 2018 · Catherine of Valois (1401–37), queen of Henry V. Youngest daughter of Charles VI of France, Catherine was sent at an early age to a convent. Her marriage to Henry on 2 June 1420, after bitter warfare between France and England, was an affair of state. At the same time, the treaty of Troyes was signed, whereby Henry was to become Charles's heir.
Sep 17, 2023 · Catherine de Valois, less often referred to as Catherine of France, was the tenth of twelve children born to France's King Charles VI, "The Beloved," later "The Mad," and Isabeau of Bavaria. She was born on 27th October 1401 in Paris. The king and queen's children were neglected.
CATHERINE OF VALOIS, Queen of Henry V of England, daughter of Charles VI of France by his wife Isabel of Bavaria, was born in Paris on the 27th of October 1401. The lunacy of her father and the depravity of her mother were serious drawbacks to Catherine, and her only education was obtained in a convent at Poissy.
