Background
Catherine was the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.
Catherine was the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.
She was the sister-in-law of King Edward IV of England and gave birth to several illustrious children. Elizabeth Woodville"s household records for 1466/67 indicate that Catherine was being raised in the queen"s household. Sometime before the coronation of Elizabeth in May 1465, Catherine was married to Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham.
Both were still children.
However, the couple had four children:
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (3 February 1478 – 17 May 1521)
Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex (ca 1479 – 11 May 1532)
Henry Stafford, 3rd Earl of Wiltshire (c 1479 – 6 April 1523)
Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon (c 1483–1544)
In 1483, Buckingham first allied himself to the Richard, Duke of Gloucester, helping him succeed to the throne as Richard III, and then to Henry Tudor, leading an unsuccessful rebellion in his name. Buckingham was executed for treason on 2 November 1483.
After Jasper"s death in 1495 - not later than 24 February 1496, - Catherine married Richard Wingfield, who outlived her. Catherine is the main protagonist in Susan Higginbotham"s 2010 historical novel The Stolen Crown.
She is briefly mentioned in Philippa Gregory"s historical novels The White Queen (2009), The Red Queen (2010), and The White Princess (2013).