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Gertrude Courtenay, Marchioness of Exeter

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92:, and Gertrude, a close friend of Katherine of Aragon's, was chosen as the godmother at the confirmation, which was performed immediately after the baptism. Apparently, it was well known that Gertrude "really wanted to have nothing to do with this" but agreed "so as not to displease the King". As this was such a public spectacle—and as a godparent was expected to provide an extremely expensive present—historian 65:
and died in 1555. One of her step-mothers was Inez de Venegas, one of Catherine of Aragon's original Spanish ladies-in-waiting. She married in 1519. Her spouse Henry Courtenay was a close friend (and first cousin) of Henry VIII's, having "been brought up of a child with his grace in his chamber."
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in 1538. Widowed when Henry was executed, Gertrude and her son were attainted and remained in prison. In 1540, she was released from the Tower.
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has concluded that the decision to appoint Gertrude to this role was malicious.
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Cooper, J. P. D. "Courtenay, Gertrude, marchioness of Exeter (d. 1558)."
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Index

Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter
Henry VIII of England
godmother
Elizabeth I
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy
Katherine of Aragon
Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex
Catherine of Aragon
Field of the Cloth of Gold
Anne Boleyn
Princess Elizabeth
baptised
Eric Ives
Princess Mary
Jane Seymour
Hampton Court Palace
Henry Courtenay
Edward
Tower of London
Exeter Conspiracy
Mary I of England
Eric Ives
"Spelthorne Hundred: Hampton Court Palace, history Pages 327-371 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1911"
Categories
English marchionesses
Daughters of barons
16th-century English women
Courtenay family
Blount family
1558 deaths

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