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Mar 17, 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).
- Wales
- 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
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.
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.
Katherine TUDOR, 1545 - 1591 Katherine TUDOR was born in 1545, in birth place , to Robert TUDOR and Jane VIELVILLE . Katherine had 2 siblings: Mary TUDOR and one other sibling .
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.
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.
