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Gertrude Courtenay, Marchioness of Exeter, (née Blount; c.1499/1502 – 25 September 1558) was an English Marchioness, married to Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter and a member of the court of Henry VIII of England. She was a godmother to the future Elizabeth I. Life
- Family
- Marriage
- At Court
- Dangerous Times
- ‘Horsley House’
- The Tower
- Release and Return to Court
Gertrude was the daughter of William Blount, Baron Mountjoy, and his wife Elizabeth Saye. William Mountjoystudied in Paris and became patron of the great Erasmus, who corresponded with Blount and dedicated writings to him. The date of Gertrude’s birth, in various sources, is somewhere between 1499 and 1504. However,not all list Elizabeth Sayeas mot...
On 25thOctober, 1519, Gertrude became the second wife of Henry Courtenay (c1498-1538) Earl of Devon, son of William Courtenay and Princess Katherine Plantagenet, daughter of Edward IV. Courtenay was first cousin to King Henry VIII, and a prominent member of the privy chamber.On the occasion of the marriage, the king paid 200 pounds four shillings a...
The Courtenaysappear regularly in the New Year’s Gift Rolls, and in 1527, Gertrude was chosen to lead Princess Mary by the hand when she was presented to the French Ambassador in 1527. Gertrude fell ill of the Sweating Sickness, in 1528, along with members of the Boleyn family. This was the time when the king was seeking to invalidate his marriage ...
The Courtenaystooka great risk by becoming involved with Elizabeth Barton, the Holy Maid of Kent, whose visions predicted that the king would die if he divorced Katherine and married Anne Boleyn. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Biography, the Courtenayswerealready living in West Horsley Manor early in the 1530s. Henry VIII had seized the Mano...
Courtenay was particularly attached to West Horsley Place – then called Horsley House – and the couple lived there in some style. The marquesswas fond of music and was no mean singer himself. There is a delightful story – sadly, difficult to verify historically – of Cromwell coming upon Courtenay in the Tudor garden at Horsley House, singing rather...
In 1538, Cromwell struck against Courtenay and other staunch Catholics, who were indictedfor treason and found guilty bytheir peers on 3rdDecember. Courtenay and Lord Montague were beheaded on Tower Hill on 9thDecember, 1538. The king sequestered all the Courtenay properties. Gertrude was also imprisoned in the Tower after an Act of Attainder, shar...
Gertrude was pardoned and released on 21stDecember, 1539, but her son Edward remained in the Tower until Queen Mary ascended to the throne in 1553. Mary restored him to the family title of Earl of Devon. There was even a suggestion that he might marry Mary, but she had set her heart on Philip of Spain. The years following Gertrude’s release from th...
26 de may. de 2020 · As Henry Courtenay was the first cousin of Henry VIII, Gertrude had married well and as such had a high place in court, attending the queen at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520. In 1525, her husband was created the Marquess of Exeter, making Gertrude a marchioness.
This blog highlights one of the Courtenay’s principal households at West Horsley Place, in Surrey. Gertrude Courtenay led a dangerous life, both in a personal and political sense. Daughter of a prominent courtier, she started her career as maid of honour and then lady-in-waiting to Katharine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife.
Source:https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ast7n-15da2dfOne of the most powerful and influential women at the court of Henry VIII is someone you’ve probably never...
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13 de may. de 2020 · A woman who clawed her way back into favour and into the service of Mary Tudor. But most importantly we have a woman forgotten by history. Join me and read below to remember Gertrude Courtenay! Gertrude Courtenay was the daughter of William Blount, the fourth Baron Mountjoy and his wife Elizabeth.
10 de dic. de 2021 · Rumours spread at court that the Queen would marry Edward Courtenay, an idea that appealed to Gertrude. However, the Queen had no such plans and rejected Edward Courtenay, choosing her Habsburg cousin Philip of Spain instead. Offended, Gertrude left the court but was eventually reconciled with Queen Mary, joining the Privy Chamber again.
