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Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby (c. 1681 – 13 March 1743), formerly Lady Catherine Darnley, was an illegitimate daughter of King James II of England, and was married to two English noblemen in succession. Lady Catherine was the king's daughter by his mistress Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, and was given the ...
- c. 1681
- House of Stuart (illegitimate)
- 13 March 1743
Jun 2, 2022 · Catherine "Duchess of the County of Buckingham and of Normanby" Sheffield formerly Greville aka Noel. Born about 1665 [location unknown] Ancestors. Daughter of Fulke Greville and Sarah (Dashwood) Greville. Sister of Francis Greville, Algernon Greville and Henrietta Greville. Wife of Wriothesley Baptist Noel — married 30 Dec 1687 in Knowle ...
- Female
- February 7, 1704
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A large marble monument to John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham stands in the north eastern chapel of Henry VII's chapelin Westminster Abbey. He, his wife Catherine and their four children lie in the vault in this chapel. The monument was designed by Denis Plumiere and sculpted by Laurent Delvaux and Peter Scheemakers. A sarcophagus stands on the...
Catherine Darnley was the illegitimate daughter of James II by Catherine Sedley and she always insisted on being treated with royal state. (Her infant brotherJameswas buried in Henry VII's chapel "in the middle between the stalls" on 26th April 1685). She was married firstly to the Earl of Anglesey and married John at St Martin in the Fields church...
Edmund, who succeeded his father as 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was baptised at St Margaret's Westminster on 29th January 1716 and served in Germany with his uncle. He died of consumption in Rome on 30th October 1735 and his body was returned to the Abbey for burial in the family vault on 31st January 1736. He had a magnificent funeral and the recumben...
The wax figures are now all displayed in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The Funeral Effigies of Westminster Abbeyedited by Anthony Harvey & Richard Mortimer, revised edition 2003 An account of Edmund's funeral appears in "The Old Whig" Feb. 5 1735/1736
The last effigy known to have been carried at an Abbey funeral is that of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham who died in 1743. Her son Robert Sheffield, Marquess of Normanby is the only effigy of a child in the collection. Her other son, Edmund, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, has the only recumbent effigy and this is in its original case.
Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby (c.1681 – 13 March 1743), formerly Lady Catherine Darnley, was an illegitimate daughter of King James II of England, and was married to two English noblemen in succession. Lady Catherine's first husband was James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey, whom she married on 28 October 1699 at Westminster Abbey. The couple were separated in 1701 ...
Born about 1681, the illegitimate daughter of King James II and Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. She married firstly James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey, and they divorced in 1701. She married secondly, John Sheffield, 1st Duke of the County of Buckingham and of Normanby, as his third wife. After her...
Catherine Sheffield 1681 - 1743. Born 1681; Died Wed, 13 March 1743; Details. Parents. Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby; Catherine Sheffield ... mother. Catherine ...
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