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Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415 or 1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster.
Jacquetta of Luxembourg was the eldest child of the French Count of St Pol; her family descended from Charlemagne and were cousins to the Holy Roman Emperor. She grew up with war between France and England raging around her.
May 19, 2017 · Learn about the life and legacy of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, the great-grandmother of King Henry VIII and a descendant of Charlemagne. She married twice, defied convention, and survived the Wars of the Roses.
Jacquetta was a noblewoman who married twice, first to the brother of King Henry VI and then to Richard Woodville. She was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, who married King Edward IV and became queen of England.
Feb 13, 2020 · Learn about the life of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen of the Wars of the Roses. Discover her marriages, children, roles in the Hundred Years' War and the Lancastrian-Yorkist conflict.
Learn about Jacquetta of Luxembourg, a key figure in the early part of the Wars of the Roses. She was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, who married King Edward IV and became queen, and the grandmother of the Tudor dynasty.
Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415 or 1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster.
