Richard Bertie (courtier)

Richard Bertie (courtier)

Richard Bertie was the second husband of Catherine Willoughby, duchess of Suffolk and a woman who Henry VIII was considering as his seventh wife shortly before his death; she also received a proposal from the King of Poland. Richard was the father of Peregrine Bertie and Susan Bertie, prominent Protestants during the reign of Elizabeth I. The Berties had married for love, after Bertie had for several years served the Duchess as her Master of the Horse. The family fled England during the reign of Mary I and the Counter Reformation. They fled first to Cleves and then Poland, despite the Duchedss being one of the richest and most powerful women in England. They returned soon after the accession of Elizabeth I.


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