Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (35 page)

She was the daughter of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of St Pol, by Margaret, daughter of Francis del Balso or Baux, Duke of Andria, and she was born in 1416 (?). After the death of Bedford, she married secondly Richard Woodville or Wydville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405?–executed 1469), between 16 September, 1435, and 23 March, 1436, and had issue:

1  Elizabeth; she married Edward IV (
see here
).

2  Anne (1438?–1489); she married firstly William, Viscount Bourchier (killed 1471 or
d.
1483?), son of Isabella Plantagenet (
see here
, under Edward III) and cousin of Edward IV, and had issue. She married secondly Sir Edward Wingfield, and thirdly George Grey, Earl of Kent (
d.
1503).

3  Margaret (1439?–1490/1); she married Thomas Maltravers, Earl of Arundel (1450?–1524).

4  Anthony, 2nd Earl Rivers (1440/2?–executed 1483); he married firstly Elizabeth (1436?–1473), daughter of Thomas, Baron Scales of Neucelles. He married secondly Mary, daughter of Sir Henry FitzLewes. Anthony had illegitimate issue.

5  Mary (1443?–by 1481); she married William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Huntingdon (
d.
1491), and had issue.

6  Jacquetta (1444/5?–1509); she married John le Strange, Baron Strange of Knockin (
d.
1479), and had issue.

7  John (1445–executed 1469); he married Katherine (
d.
after
1483), daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by Joan Beaufort (
see here
, under Edward III).

8  Lionel, Bishop of Salisbury (1446?–1484).

9  Edward (killed 1488).

10  Richard, 3rd Earl Rivers (
d
.1491).

11  Thomas; he married Anne Holland.

12  John (
d.
young).

13  Lewis (
d
. young).

14  Katherine, Duchess of Buckingham and Bedford (
see here
, under Henry V).

15  Martha; she married Sir John Bromley.

16  Eleanor or Joan; she married Anthony Grey, Baron de Ruthin (
d
.1480), and had issue.

Jacquetta was made a Lady of the Garter in 1435. She died on 30 May, 1472.

5  
Humphrey

He was born around August/September, or on 3 October, 1390. He was made a Knight of the Garter in
c
.1400, and created Duke of Gloucester and Earl of Pembroke on 16 May, 1414. In March, 1423, he assumed the style Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault in right of his first wife. He was created Count of Flanders on 30 July, 1436. He died, or was perhaps murdered, on 23 February, 1447, at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and was buried in St Albans Abbey, Herts.

Humphrey had the following illegitimate issue:

1  Arthur (
d
.1447).

2  Antigone; she married firstly Henry Grey, Lord of Powys and Count of Tancarville in Normandy (1419?–1450), and had issue. She married secondly John d’Amancier.

Humphrey married firstly, before 7 March (perhaps in February?), 1422/3, at Hadleigh, Essex (?):

Jacqueline

She was the daughter of William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault, by Margaret, daughter of Philip the Hardy, Duke of Burgundy, and she was born on 25 July, 1401, at The Hague, Holland. She married firstly John of Viennois, Dauphin of France (1398–1417), in July, 1406 at Compiégne, France, and again in 1415 at The Hague, Holland. She succeeded her father as Duchess
of Bavaria and Countess of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault in 1417. She married secondly John IV, Duke of Brabant (1400/3–1426), on 10 March, 1418. This marriage was annulled by the Anti-Pope, Benedict XIII, in 1421/2. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1423. Her marriage to Humphrey was annulled on 9 July, 1428, by Papal Decree, which also pronounced as valid her marriage to Brabant. She married fourthly Francis or Floris van Borselen, Count of Ostrevant (
d
.1470), in July, 1432, at Ostende, Flanders. She was dispossessed by the Duke of Burgundy of all her territories save Ostrevant in 1433. She underwent a second marriage ceremony with her fourth husband in July, 1434, at Martensdijk Castle, Holland. Jacqueline died on 8/9 October, 1436, either at Leyden, or at Teilingen, Holland, and was buried at The Hague.

Issue of marriage:

(i)
Stillborn child

It was born in 1424.

Humphrey married secondly, in 1428 (?) (before 1431) (although no record exists as to where):

Eleanor

She was the daughter of Sir Reginald Cobham of Sterborough, Kent, by Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Culpeper of Rayal. She was perhaps born at Sterborough Castle, Kent. She became Humphrey’s mistress some time before their marriage, and may have borne him 2 bastard children, possibly those listed above, but no firm details are recorded, and the children, if they existed, may have died young before the marriage took place. Eleanor was made a Lady of the Garter in 1432. In 1441, she was convicted of practising witchcraft upon Henry VI, and was imprisoned for life. She died in either 1446 or 1457 in prison at Peel Castle, Isle of Man, where she is said to have been buried.

6
Blanche

She was born in the spring of 1392 at Peterborough Castle. She married Louis ‘Barbatus’, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine (
d
.1436) on 6 July, 1402, at Cologne Cathedral, Germany, and had issue:

1  Stillborn child (1407).

2  Rupert (1409–1426).

Blanche was made a Lady of the Garter in 1408. She died on 22
May, 1409, at Neustadt, Alsace, in childbirth, and was buried in the Church of St Mary, Neustadt, Alsace.

7  
Philippa

She was born on or just before 4 June (not July, as is sometimes stated – her mother died giving birth to her in June), 1394, at Peterborough Castle. She married Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden (Eric XIII), Denmark (Eric VII), and Norway (Eric III) (1382–1459), on 26 October, 1406, at Lund, Sweden, and had issue:

1  Stillborn child (1429).

Philippa was crowned Queen Consort of Sweden, Denmark and Norway on 1 November, 1406, at Lund, Sweden. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1408. She died on 5 January, 1430, in the convent of Waldstena, Lingkoping, Sweden, where she was buried.

1  Edmund Labourde (
d.
young in 1401).

Palace, Kent, and in person on 7 February, 1403, at Winchester Cathedral:

1  Joan (1387–1388).

2  Daughter (name not known) (
b.
&
d.
1388).

3  Peter, who took the name and style John V, Duke of Brittany (1389–1422); he married Joan (1391–1433), daughter of Charles VI, King of France, and sister to the wives of Richard II and Henry V, and had issue.

4  Mary (1391–1446); she married John I, Duke of Alençon (
d.
1415).

5  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393–1458); he married firstly Margaret (
d.
1441), daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and secondly Joan d’Albret, and thirdly Katherine of Luxembourg.

6  Giles, Lord of Chantocé (1394–1412).

7  Richard, Count of Éstampes (1395–1438); he married Margaret (
d.
1466), daughter of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, and had issue.

8  Blanche (
c.
1396–
c.
1418); she married John or Lomagne, Count of Armagnac (
d.
after 1448).

9  Margaret (1397–1428); she married Alan, Viscount de Rohan.