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Lady Catherine Gordon (c. 1474 –October 1537) was a Scottish noblewoman and the wife of Yorkist pretender Perkin Warbeck, who claimed he was Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. After her imprisonment by King Henry VII of England, she became a favoured lady-in-waiting of his wife, Elizabeth of York.
6 de dic. de 2017 · Henry VII receives Lady Katherine Gordon. After several poorly planned attempts to ‘claim his rightful kingdom’ the pretender, known as Perkin Warbeck, sought sanctuary in Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire before surrendering to Henry’s men.
Catherine Gordon and Perkin Warbeck. In November 1495, the Pretender (from the french for ‘claimant’) Perkin Warbeck arrived at the Scottish court, looking for allies in his attempt to win the English throne. Which of course he claimed as Richard IV, younger son of Edward IV.
By all accounts, Lady Katherine Gordon was a beautiful woman. She was the daughter of a Scottish nobleman with royal connections and married four times, including to the pretender to the English throne, Perkin Warbeck. She was a witness to many important events in Tudor history.
7 de oct. de 2016 · The Tragic Life of Catherine Gordon. by Samantha Wilcoxson. Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. Little is known about Catherine Gordon's early years, as history is much more careful about recording tragedy and scandal than everyday life.
Nacida en Escocia en 1474, el padre de Catherine era George Gordon, conde de Huntly, y su madre, la princesa Annabella, hija del rey Jacobo I de Escocia. En ...
…Byron and his second wife, Catherine Gordon, a Scots heiress. After her husband had squandered most of her fortune, Mrs. Byron took her infant son to Aberdeen, Scotland, where they lived in lodgings on a meagre income; the captain died in France in 1791. George Gordon Byron had been born… Read More
