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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 ...
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.”.
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- Liewenny, Denbighshire, Wales
- 1545
- August 27, 1591 (45-46)Denbighshire, Wales
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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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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
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 ...
Catherine Tudor of Berain [n1 Dr. Nicholas, as before, gives an interesting account of this famous “Catherine”; and I deem it well to avail myself of it, as follows: – “Catherine of Berain,” the most noted of her race in this country, was of the clan or tribe of Marchwerthian, and was left sole heiress of Berain.
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 ...
