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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. The skull often occurs in sixteenth-century portraits; t he contrast between flesh and bone reminds us of the frailty of life. She appears to be in mourning, but in fact had ...
Oct 10, 2011 · The life of Katheryn of Berain is laden with intrigue. This wealthy heiress from Denbighshire had Tudor blood in her veins, and was a distant relative to Queen Elizabeth I. The story of her and her many husbands has become one of the chief romances of north Wales. She had six children and over thirty grandchildren who all went on to form some ...
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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. Although not signed, it is believed to be painted by Adriaen van Cronenburgh. Katheryn is wearing a long dress which is a ...
Discard changes. Edit. Katheryn of Berain (1540/1541–1591) was the daughter of Tudur ap Robert Vychan of Berain, Denbighshire (Clwyd) and the granddaughter of a bastard son of Henry VII. She married four times and through her numerous children and step-children was called Mam Cymru – the mother of Wales. Her first husband John, son and heir ...
When Katheryn Tudor of Berain was born in 1534, in Llannefydd, Denbighshire, Wales, her father, Tudor ap Robert Vychan, was 15 and her mother, Jane de Veleville, was 20. She married John Salusbury in 1557. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 27 August 1591, in Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 57, and was ...
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Mar 17, 2024 · Katherine Tudor 1545-1591 Catherine Tudor was daughter and heiress of Tudor ap Vychan of Berain. She was beautiful, rich, and of a royal race; the ward, companion, friend and relative of Queen Elizabeth. “Catherine Tudor, being great-grand-daughter of Henry VII, in female descent; and also descended from Sir Owen Tudor on her father's side.”.
Show image caption. Katheryn of Berain (1534/5-1591) married four times and through her numerous children and grandchildren became known as the Mother of Wales. She was the daughter of Tudur ap ...
