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Wydevill, Katherine (1457/8 - 1497)

Other Last Name

Stafford

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1458
Death Date: 1497-05-18

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly
    Union ended: exactly

Primary Title

  • Duchess of Bedford

Titles

  • Duchess of Buckingham
    Assumed: 1464-05 (married 1st husband between this date and May 1465)
    Vacated: 1485-11-07 (date of 2nd marriage)
  • Duchess of Bedford
    Assumed: 1485-11-07 (date of 2nd marriage)
    Vacated: 1497-05-18

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Brecon Castle, Brecknockshire
    Acquired: 1464-05
    Divested: 1485
    Residence of 1st husband
  • Penshurst, Kent
    Acquired: 1464-05
    Divested: 1485
    Residence of 1st husband
  • Stafford Castle, Staffordshire
    Acquired: 1464-05
    Divested: 1485
    Residence of 1st husband
  • Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire
    Acquired: 1464-05
    Divested: 1485
    Residence of 1st husband
  • Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire
    Acquired: 1485-03
    Residence of 2nd husband

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Duchess of Bedford's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duchess of Bedford's Minstrels Wydevill, Katherine (1458 - 1497) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Thornbury Castle Gloucestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.