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Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415 or 1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent, though often overlooked, figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster.
Jacquetta of Luxembourg was the eldest child of the French Count of St Pol; her family descended from Charlemagne and were cousins to the Holy Roman Emperor. She grew up with war between France and England raging around her. John, Duke of Bedford was the youngest son of King Henry IV. Having lost his wife to plague in 1432, he arranged to marry ...
Jacquetta was a noblewoman who married twice, first to the brother of King Henry VI and then to Richard Woodville. She was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, who married King Edward IV and became queen of England.
May 19, 2017 · Learn about the life and legacy of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, the great-grandmother of King Henry VIII and a descendant of Charlemagne. She married twice, defied convention, and survived the Wars of the Roses.
Feb 13, 2020 · Learn about the life of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen of the Wars of the Roses. Discover her marriages, children, roles in the Hundred Years' War and the Lancastrian-Yorkist conflict.
Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415 or 1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent, though often overlooked, figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster.
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Aug 25, 2018 · Learn about the life of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, a woman who married twice, had 14 children, and was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England. Discover how she was arrested and accused of witchcraft by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, during the Wars of the Roses.
