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Check out my book on jacquetta, not the shadow of a man, available online from a book on antony woodville, kg, lord scales of newcelles and the isle of wight, 2nd earl rivers, is being written. Jacquetta of luxembourg philippa gregory wiki fandom. In fact, melusine is claimed as an ancestor to the entire house of luxembourg. She is also sometimes illustrated with wings, two tails, or both. Melusines possible lusignan, luxembourg, and plantagenet. From joan of navarre to elizabeth woodville hollman, gemma on. Similarly, richard woodville had 14 children with jacquetta, suggesting that he was unlikely to be the source of the kantigen. In the 20 bbc one starz television series adaptation the white queen, jacquetta is portrayed by actress janet mcteer. The books title is a reference to richard neville, earl of warwick. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish from the waist down much like a mermaid. The story is much as elizabeth woodville tells it in the white queen. Melusina is a mythological water goddess as well as the founder of the.

Jacquetta, the daughter of count saintpol of luxembourg, a family said to have traced their ancestry back to the water goddess melusina, was first married at. The luxembourgs claimed legendary descent from the fairy melusine. Since we know melusine married count raimond of lusignan in other versions of the legend, it is likely various nobles just decided to make up their own connections to melusine. Jacquetta of luxembourg, also known as jacquetta woodville or countess rivers was one of the main characters in the cousins war series. There has been a lot of confusion about it, particularly as gregory said in one interview that elizabeth woodville s mother, jacquetta woodville, was tried and found guilty of witchcraft. In fact, in the book of melusine of lusignan by gareth knight, who is perhaps the greatest expert on melusine, it is stated that the luxembourg legend says that sigefroy, first count of lusignan, married a woman named melusine p.

Melusine was, in fact, a popular fifteenthcentury text, owned by other highborn ladies besides jacquetta. Enduring serpentine queen is fascinating and made me even more curious to learn more about the regal link. Melusina is a mythological water goddess as well as the founder of the house of luxembourg. The airing of the bbc adaptation of philippa gregory s the white queen has sparked off many discussions regarding the woodville women and their use of witchcraft. However, if jacquetta were the source, her daughters would have carried it and fertility problems could have been apparent in half of edward ivs male children and in half of male grandchildren. The house of luxembourg which ruled the holy roman empire from ad 8 to ad 1437 as well as bohemia and hungary, the counts of. King edward iv 14421483 married elizabeth woodville. Gregory uses jacquettas tenuous ties to melusine and joan of arc to further her potential ties to witchcraft. King edward iv 14421483 married elizabeth woodville 14371492 in 1464, whose mother jacquetta of luxembourg the duchess of bedford traced her ancestry to melusine. The story of melusina is told in many countries, from the celtic west of europe. Philippa gregory works the melusine legend into the novel by claiming that elizabeth woodvilles mother, jacquetta of luxembourg, was a descendant of melusine. Jacquetta woodville and witchcraft by susan higginbotham the. Her tragic love story and her magical legacy had a dramatic impact on her female descendants, particularly jacquetta of luxembourg and elizabeth woodville. Jacquetta of luxembourg, countess rivers 141516 30 may 1472 was the eldest daughter.