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Mar 17, 2024 · "Katherine of Bertain was the daughter of Tudor ap Robert Fychan of Berain, Denbighshire and Jane Velville. Her grandfather, Sir Rowland Velville (1474-1535), claimed to be the illegitimate son of Henry VII by a Breton lady, born while Henry Tudor was in exile in Brittany.
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- Liewenny, Denbighshire, Wales
- 1545
- August 27, 1591 (45-46)Denbighshire, Wales
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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
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She is presented as a fitting wife for a wealthy merchant. Her elaborate costume, pale skin and plucked brows were highly fashionable, and the prayer-book confirms her piety. Katherine was the daughter of Tudur ap Robert Vychan of Berain, Denbighshire (Clwyd) and a direct descendant of Henry VII. She married four times and through her numerous ...
Katherine Tudor was born in the year 1545 in Denbighshire, Wales. She died on August 27, 1591 in Denbighshire, Wales. This information is part of Todd's of Scotland by Bryan Todd on Genealogy Online.
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Katherine ·ÄòCatrin o Ferain·Äô verch Tewdyr. (Plantagenet) was born in the year 1545 in Liewenny, Denbighshire, Wales, daughter of Tudur Vaughan ap Robert Fychan and Jane de Velville ( Plantagenet). She was married to John Salusbury, they gave birth to 1 child. She died on August 27, 1591 in Denbighshire, Wales.
Katheryn of Berain, 'The Mother of Wales' (1534-1591) CRONENBURGH, Adriaen van (c.1525-c.1604) In this Tudor portrait, Katheryn of Berain clutches a small box – perhaps a casket or a prayer-book - and solemnly caresses a human skull. It was painted in 1568 in the Netherlands.
Katherine Wynn, of Berain "Mother of Wales" (born ap Tudor), of Berain "Mother of Wales" was born in 1545, in birth place, to Robert Vychan ap Tudor and Jane ap Tudor (born Vielville). Katherine had one brother: Owen ap Tudor. Katherine married John Salisbury in 1555, at age 10 in marriage place.
