His mother, Elizabeth Bruyn (d. March 1494), was daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Bruyn (died 1461).[2][a]. Spouse(s) 1 Charles Brandon (she 14 he 49), 1st Duke of Suffolk 2 Richard Bertie, Children 1 Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk 2 Charles Brandon, 3 Susan Bertie 4 Peregrine Bertie. Father William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Mother Maria … King Francis, perhaps in the hope of his wife Queen Claude's death, had himself been one of Mary's suitors in the first week of her widowhood, in which Mary had asserted that she had given him her confidence in order to avoid his overtures.[10]. Once in France though, Charles was persuaded by Mary to abandon this pledge. The King's Council, not wishing to see Charles Brandon gain further power at court, were opposed to the match. Hutchinson R 2006, The Last Days of Henry VIII, Phoenix, London. Charles Brandon died at Guildford on August 24th 1545 of unknown causes and his funeral was paid for by Henry VIII. At first, York was interested in getting rid of corruption and mismanagement in Henry’s government. Charles was then contracted to marry Elizabeth Grey, 5th Baroness Lisle (1505–1519), and was thus created 1st Viscount Lisle of the third creation in 1513, but the contract was annulled, and he surrendered the title before 1519 or in 1523. However, they eventually died of the sweating sickness within an hour of each other.[10]. Sir Charles Brandon, who married Elizabeth Pigot, widow of Sir James Strangways. The romance between Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon is fictionalized in, A 1908 motion picture of the same name or under the title, Brandon is briefly fictionalized in the historical novel, He is portrayed as an attempted rapist in the novel, This page was last edited on 11 May 2021, at 04:45. Hall, E 1809, Hall’s chronicle : containing the history of England, during the reign of Henry the Fourth, and the succeeding monarchs, to the end of the reign of Henry the Eighth, in which are particularly described the manners and customs of those periods. Charles Brandon was the second but only surviving son[1] of Sir William Brandon, Henry Tudor's standard-bearer at the Battle of Bosworth Field, where Richard III was slain. Anne Browne died in 1511, but Margaret Neville, from whom he had obtained a declaration of nullity on the ground of consanguinity, was still living. Carefully collated with the editions of 1548 and 1550, J. Johnson, London. Change ). Of his death Charles Wriothesley wrote: “This moneth also died at Gilford the excelent Prince Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolke, and Lord Great Master of the Kinges Household, whose death all true Englishment maie greatlie lament, which had been so valiant a captaine in the Kinges warres, booth in Scotland, Fraunce, and Irelande, to the great damage and losse of the Kinges enemies, whose bodie was honorably buried at Windsor at the Kinges costes”[2], In his Chronicle of the history of England Edward Hall wrote…. But eventually he pressed his own claim to the throne of England. The Duke of Suffolk appears in Henry VIII as one of the magnates, along with the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Surrey, whose goal is to expose the dishonest deeds of Cardinal Wolsey, which the lords are ultimately successful in doing. (fn. In 1544, he was for the second time in command of an English army for the invasion of France. At this time, Henry VIII was secretly urging Margaret to marry Lisle, whom he created Duke of Suffolk (on 4 March 1514), although he was careful to disclaim any complicity in the project to her father, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. 8d. [10] At Henry VIII's expense he was buried at Windsor in St George's Chapel. Nonetheless, the fine was later reduced by the King. The truth was that King Henry was anxious to obtain from King Francis the gold plate and jewels which had been given or promised to his sister Mary by King Louis XII as well as the reimbursement of the expenses of her marriage with King Louis; and he practically made his acceptance in Charles's suit dependent on Charles obtaining them. 6, 1069, Sept. 1533". His father was William Brandon, Henry Tudor’s standard bearer at Bosworth Field in 1485. THE DEATH OF WILLIAM DE LA POLE, DUKE OF SUFFOLK BY ROGER VIRGOE, B.A., Ph.D. Hello and welcome to my page. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, 1509-47, ed. Charles died on the 12th of August 1551 in Alnwick, after an illness of at least a month; he made his Will in July. He is described by Dugdale as "a person comely of stature, high of courage and conformity of disposition to King Henry VIII, with whom he became a great favourite". Unfortunately the King forgot to put down his visor "before he started to thunder on his horse in the direction of his opponent". [10] However, when Charles was sent to bring Mary back to England, King Henry VIII made him promise that he would not propose to her. The duke thereafter retained Henry’s trust, even after Lincoln died fighting for the Yorkist pretender Lambert SIMNEL at the Battle of STOKE in June 1487. "[11], After Wolsey's disgrace, Suffolk's influence increased. In addition to the character of Suffolk, there is a character that appears briefly (to arrest the Duke of Buckingham in the play's opening scene) named Brandon. ( Log Out / Technically, this was treason as Charles Brandon had married a royal princess without King Henry's consent. In 1523 he was sent to Calais to command the English troops there. In March 1524 he injured Henry during a joust. Unfortunately the King forgot to put down his visor "before he started to thunder on his horse in the direction of his opponent". [9] The contract was ended and the title was forfeited as a result of Brandon's marriage to Mary Tudor in 1515. He went on to say that Brandon had always been loyal and generous and that he had never taken unfair advantage of a friend or enemy and was truly fair towards all his political enemies. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02g3n38/p02g3crd, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Brandon,_1st_Duke_of_Suffolk&oldid=1022553449, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Lord Henry Brandon (11 March 1516 – 1522). The marriage was declared void about 1507 by the Archdeaconry Court of London, and later by papal bull dated 12 May 1528. ( Log Out / Indsendt af Louise Boisen Schmidt kl. The son of William Brandon, who was the standard bearer for Henry Tudor during the Battle of Bosworth, Charles Brandon’s fate was held solely by his father’s decisions. When Henry VIII decided to invade France again in 1544, Charles was once again put in charge of the English troops. Charles Brandon . [5][21], In early 1508, in a secret ceremony at Stepney, and later publicly at St Michael's, Cornhill,[5] Charles secondly married Anne Browne (the step-daughter of Margaret Neville's sister, Lucy Neville), daughter of Sir Anthony Browne (Standard Bearer of England in 1485), by his first wife, Eleanor Ughtred,[22] the daughter of Sir Robert Ughtred (c. 1428 – c. 1487) of Kexby, North Yorkshire[23] and Katherine Eure, daughter of Sir William Eure of Stokesley, Yorkshire. Coming from relatively humble beginnings thanks to the early guidance of his Uncle Thomas and his own wits and skills, Brandon quickly rose through the Tudor court to become one of the most prominent members. Henry and Charles Brandon were the sons of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and his final wife, Catherine Willoughby. Suffolk's lance struck him and Henry fell heavily to the ground. On his death the dukedom became extinct while he was succeeded in the earldom by his distant relative, the eighteenth Earl, a descendant in the tenth-generation of the Hon. [10], Brandon was appointed Earl Marshal of England in 1524, a position previously held by Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. He was one of the commissioners appointed by Henry to dismiss Catherine's household, a task he found distasteful. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. William de la Pole, 1st duke of Suffolk, in full William de la Pole, 1st duke of Suffolk, marquess of Suffolk, earl of Pembroke, earl of Suffolk, (born October 16, 1396, Cotton, Suffolk, England—died May 2, 1450, near Dover, Kent), English military commander and statesman who from 1443 to 1450 dominated the government of the weak king Henry VI (ruled 1422–61 and 1470–71). Charles Brandon was the second but only surviving son of Sir William Brandon, Henry Tudor's standard-bearer at the Battle of Bosworth Field, where he was slain by Richard III. Henry Brandon, Duke of Suffolk Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. They were then openly married at Greenwich Hall on 13 May 1515 in the presence of King Henry VIII and his courtiers. Catherine had been betrothed to his eldest surviving son, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, but the boy was too young to marry. Through his third wife, Mary Tudor, he was brother-in-law to King Henry VIII. In about 1536–1543, Charles gave his London residence Suffolk Place, rebuilt by him in fine Renaissance style in 1522, to King Henry VIII in exchange for Norwich Place on the Strand, London. [10], Mary died on 25 June 1533, and in September of the same year, Charles married his ward, the 14-year-old Catherine Willoughby (1519–1580), suo jure Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. ), brother-in-law of the English king Henry VIII and a prominent courtier during his reign. ( Log Out / William Brandon was killed during the Battle of Bosworth – some say by the hand of Richard IIIhimself. 81) Seemingly he acquired possession of the family residence at about the same time, granting Lady Jane Guildford in exchange an annuity of £47 6s. He was the great-grandson of Lord Charles Pelham-Clinton, second son of the fourth Duke. Bran… [10], His family had a residence on the west side of Borough High Street, London, for at least half a century prior to his building of Suffolk Place at the site. 25, St George's Fields: The parishes of St. George the Martyr Southwark and St. Mary Newington, "Charles Brandon & Princess Mary Tudor - Biography & Facts", "Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Vol. • Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484–1545) was a favourite of Henry VIII [15] Thus, King Henry VIII was outraged, and the privy council urged that Charles should be imprisoned or executed. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (c.1484 – 22 August 1545) was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. [9] When Brandon was made Duke of Suffolk, he became only the third duke in the kingdom. When he died in 1530 it is perhaps not surprising that young Henry found his wardship in the hands of Brandon. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, (born c. 1484—died Aug. 24, 1545, Guildford, Surrey, Eng. And with that knowledge it is unsurprising that he ended up married to Charles’ daughter Frances. Charles also had a number of illegitimate children: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, detail of a double wedding portrait attributed to, Brandon's mother Elizabeth was a granddaughter of. He was sent with Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to demand the Great Seal from Wolsey; the same noblemen conveyed the news of Anne Boleyn's marriage to King Henry, after the divorce from Queen Catherine; and Suffolk acted as High Steward at the new queen's coronation. Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c. 1516) Charles Brandon continued to take part in tournaments. [12], Charles supported Henry's ecclesiastical policy, receiving a large share of the lands after the dissolution of the monasteries. https://tudors.fandom.com/wiki/Catherine_Willoughby,_Duchess_of_Suffolk 4.1k members in the Tudorhistory community. The marriage portrait of Charles Brandon and Princess Mary Tudor. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk died on the 22nd of August at 4’oclock in the afternoon at Guildford. The Tudor period is defined as … The Duke of Suffolk had been already twice married, to Margaret Neville (the widow of John Mortimer) and to Anne Browne, to whom he had been betrothed before his marriage with Margaret Neville. Around 1480 or so, William had married the daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Bruyn of South Ockendon in Essex. Suffolk died sometime before May 1492 and the estate he passed onto his son was considerably reduced and also had to bear the costs of the dowager duchess. In May 1515, Charles thirdly married Mary Tudor, Queen Dowager of France (18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533). Brandon would see to Mary's safe return, but she would not be a widow on her return but, instead, a newly married woman. On 15 May 1513, he was created Viscount Lisle, having entered into a marriage contract with his ward, Elizabeth Grey, suo jure Viscountess Lisle. CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF SUFFOLK, was the son of William Brandon, standard-bearer of Henry VII, who was slain by Richard III in person on Bosworth Field.Charles Brandon was brought up at the court of Henry VII. He secured in 1528 a bull from Pope Clement VII that assured the legitimacy of his marriage with Mary Tudor. She was betrothed to the Duke’s son, Henry Brandon, and was one of the chief mourners at his wife, Mary Tudor’s funeral. 1st Duke of Suffolk. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, continued to take part in tournaments. Weir, A 2008, Henry VIII King & Court, Vintage Books, London. He was reportedly killed there by Richard III himself. I'm Sarah Bryson, author, Tudor enthusiast, and costume renactor! Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk The third son of John de la Pole, little is known of Edmund’s childhood and he was too young to be involved either at the Battle of Bosworth or in his brother’s rebellion against Henry VII. Suffolk’s death left a vacuum in the government which would be filled by Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York. Frances Brandon, who married firstly William Sandon, and secondly Andrew Bilsby. He died unmarried in December 1988, having held the titles for only a month. Later, on King Louis XII's death in 1515, he was accredited to negotiate various matters with the King; and was sent to congratulate the new King, Francis I of France, as well as to negotiate Princess Mary's return to England. Love between Charles and the young Dowager Queen Mary had existed before her marriage, and King Francis I roundly charged him with an intention to marry her. Charles Brandon was brought up at the court of Henry VII, and as such, he became King Henry VIII's closest friend. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. His father was the standard-bearer of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond (later King Henry VII). His exile was the result of 2/15/2013 04:35:00 pm. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk Sir Thomas died in 1510, and in the same year his nephew succeeded to his office of Marshal of the King's Bench. To understand this story we must go back to 13th August 1514. Not desiring to risk losing Catherine's lands, Charles married her himself in the end. Wriothesley, C 1875, A Chronicle of England During the Reigns of the Tudors, from A.D. 1485 to 1559, Camden Society. LECTURER IN ENGLISH HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA ON 2 May 1450 William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, on his way to exile in France, was intercepted by sailors in the Straits of Dover and there murdered. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk was a fascinating man. He distinguished himself at the sieges of Thérouanne and Tournai in the French campaign of 1513. Upon their father’s death Henry succeeded him as 2 nd Duke of Suffolk on 22 nd August 1545 but due to their ages, Henry was 15 and Charles was 14, instead of taking up the role that was expected of him the two young boys continued their studies at St John’s College, Cambridge. Henry and Margaret and their supporters did not trust the Duke. Before 7 February 1507, Charles Brandon firstly married Margaret Neville (born 1466), widow of Sir John Mortimer (d. before 12 November 1504),[18][19][20] and daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (slain at the Battle of Barnet) by Isabel Ingaldesthorpe, daughter and heiress of Sir Edmund Ingaldsthorpe and his wife Joanna Tiptoft, by whom he had no issue. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and 1st Viscount Lisle, was a English military leader and courtier who is recognized by many as the only person who successfully retained the favor of King Henry VIII over his turbulent four-decade-long reign. Gunn, S 2015, Charles Brandon, Amberley Publishing, Gloucestershire, UK. However, in 1533 he relinquished the office to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, "whose auncesto[ur]s of longe tyme hadde the same until nowe of late. Although Suffolk had requested a quiet funeral in his will, Henry would not have that. So when he passed away quietly and somewhat unexpectedly on 22 August 1545, no one was really surprised, though his death certainly hit the elderly King Henry VIII hard - and he would die himself only about a year and a half later. They had two sons who died young, and two daughters: On 7 September 1533, Charles fourthly married Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (22 March 1519 – 19 September 1580), the daughter and heiress of William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, by his second wife, María de Salinas. Through his third wife, Mary Tudor, he was brother-in-law to King Henry VIII. [14] Charles announced their marriage to Thomas Wolsey who had been their fast friend. Young Charles Brandon was brought up at King Henry VII’s court and became a favourite of the king as … [13], Charles Brandon took part in the jousts which celebrated the marriage of Mary Tudor, King Henry VIII's sister, with King Louis XII of France. A place for images, links, and discussion relevant to the Tudor period. “In thys moneth died Chalres, the noble and valiaunt duke of Suffolke a hardye gentleman, and yet not so hardy, as almoste of all estates and degrees of menne high and lowe, rych and poore, hartely beloued and hys death of theme muche lamented, he was buryed at Wyndsore”. Hence, the couple got off easily and were charged only with a heavy fine of £24,000 to be paid to the King in yearly instalments of £1000, as well as the whole of Mary's dowry from King Louis XII of £200,000, together with her plate and jewels. He was only saved from King Henry's anger by Wolsey and from the affection that the King had for both his sister and for him. He died at Guildford, Surrey, on 24 August in the following year. In March 1524 he injured Henry VIII during a joust. He invaded France in company with Floris d'Egmont, Count of Buren, who was at the head of the Flemish troops, and laid waste the north of France, but disbanded his troops at the approach of winter. After Richard’s death at the Battle of BOSWORTH FIELD in August 1485, Suffolk readily submitted to HENRY VII, receiving as reward the constableship of Wallingford Castle. Sir Henry Fynes-Clinton, third son of the second Earl. A large, athletic man, young Brandon was about the only member of Henry VIII’s entourage capable of standing up to Henry VIII in a tournament. One of the agents of Margaret of Savoy, governor of the Netherlands, writing from before Thérouanne, reminded her that Lord Lisle was a "second king" and advised her to write him a kind letter. Brandon held a succession of offices in the royal household, becoming Master of the Horse in 1513, and received many valuable grants of land. "...Lincoln was sickly [...] and Charles did not wish to gamble on his son's survival and risk losing Catherine's lands. His father was not particularly grieved - six months after his death, he and Catherine had a son and named him Henry Brandon (Sep 18, 1535 - Jul 14, 1551), and other son was named Charles in 1537, who died of the Sweating Sickness, 30 minutes after his elder brother in 1551. He had two sons by her, both of whom died young of the sweating sickness: After Charles Brandon's death in 1545, his widow Catherine married Richard Bertie. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG PC (c. 1484 – 22 August 1545) was an English military leader and courtier. After his marriage to Mary, Suffolk lived for some years in retirement, but he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. ... Charles Brandon died at Guildford. After their marriage, Charles and Mary resided at Westhorpe Hall where they raised all their children. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG PC (c. 1484 – 22 August 1545) was an English military leader and courtier. Charles Brandon was given Fawlty (now Vaulty) Manor by Henry VIII in the 1538 resulting from the Reformation and the d issolution of the monasteries and so became Lord of the Manor of Goldhanger and Lt. Totham for a short time. His mother, Elizabeth Bruyn (d. March 1494), was daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Bruyn (died 1461). The death of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. When Katherine’s father died in 1526, she became a ward of Henry VIII, but he then sold her wardship to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk in 1528. [18] Margaret (née Neville) subsequently married Robert Downes, gentleman. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. He is described by Dugdale as "a person comely of stature, high of courage and conformity of disposition to King Henry VIII, with whom he became a great favourite." King Francis I and King Henry VIII both professed a friendly attitude towards the marriage of the lovers, but Charles had many political enemies, and Mary feared that she might again be sacrificed for political considerations. In: "Starkey, David (Hg): Cokayne states that Anne Browne was the daughter of Sir Anthony Browne by his second wife, Lucy Neville; Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Catherine Willoughby Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk. Suffolk died in 1491. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. British Isles. Despite wishing to be buried in the college church of Tattershall in Lincoln without any pomp or display Brandon was buried at St George’s Chapel in Windsor near the south door of the choir at the King’s expense. ( Log Out / The couple wed in secret at the Hotel de Clugny on 3 March 1515 in the presence of just 10 people, among whom was King Francis I. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grey,_1st_Duke_of_Suffolk On 14th January 1515, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, was sent to France under orders from Henry VIII to bring back Henry's sister, the newly widowed Mary Tudor. Gunn states that Elizabeth Brandon was Sir William Brandon's daughter by an unknown mistress, and that she married Nicholas Arrowsmith. Despite wishing to be buried in the college church of Tattershall in Lincoln without any pomp or display Brandon was buried at St George’s Chapel in Windsor near the south door of the choir at the King’s expense. He is described by Dugdale as "a person comely of stature, high of courage and conformity of disposition to King Henry VIII," with whom he became a great favourite. So he married her himself." By Anne Browne, he had two daughters:[24]. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (c.1484 – 22 August 1545) was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn.Through his third wife Mary Tudor he was brother-in-law to Henry VIII. Brandon was perhaps the only person in England who successfully retained Henry VIII's affection for most of a period of forty years. [a] Charles Brandon was brought up at the court of Henry VII. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Brandon’s father, Sir William Brandon, was standard bearer for Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field – and is thought to have been killed by King Richard III on 22nd August, 1485. [16][17] By Catherine Willoughby, he had his two youngest sons who showed great promise, Henry (1535–1551) and Charles (c. 1537–1551), who later became Dukes of Suffolk. King Henry VIII had few close friends, and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, was his closest throughout his life. What saved his bacon was his skill at jousting and his friendship with Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk died on the 22 nd of August at 4’oclock in the afternoon at Guildford. It is said that the King was struck with grief at the loss of his longest and most loyal friend and upon hearing the news of Brandon’s death the King declared that Brandon had been one of his best friends. In Charles' Will, he left his 'sister Sandon', Frances, some gold bracelets; indicating that the half-siblings shared a close relationship. Suffolk's lance struck him and Henry fell heavily to the ground. His father, William Brandon, died fighting for Henry Tudor (later King Henry VII) in 1485. "Survey of London: vol. Through his third wife Mary Tudor he was brother-in-law to Henry VIII.His father was the standard-bearer of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond (later King Henry VII).Suffolk died of unknown causes at Guildford. J.S Brewer, James Gairdner and R.H Brodie, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1862-1932. The death of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. "Family Search: Community Trees.
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