Jacquetta of Luxembourg

Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Countess Rivers was the eldest daughter of Peter I of Luxembourg, Count of SaintPol, Conversano and Brienne and his wife Margaret of Baux . She was a prominent, though often overlooked, figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her shortlived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster. However, following the emphatic Lancastrian defeat at the Battle of Towton, she and her second husband Richard Woodville sided closely with the House of York. Three years after the battle and the accession of Edward IV of England, Jacquettas eldest daughter Elizabeth Woodville married him and became Queen consort of England. Jacquetta bore Woodvillechildren and stood trial on charges of witchcraft, for which she was exonerated.

Most of Jacquettas early life is a mystery. She was born as the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years War began. Her uncle, John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, was the head of the military company that captured Joan of Arc. John held Joan prisoner at Beauvoir and later sold her to the English.

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