Lady Catherine Gordon (c. 1474 - 1537) was a Scottish
noblewoman. She had a total of four husbands, but there are no records she
had any surviving children. After her imprisonment by King Henry VII of
England, she became a favoured lady-in-waiting of his wife, Elizabeth of
York. A lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a court,
royal or feudal, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking
noblewoman and is considered more of a companion to her mistress than a servant.
In 1517, she married her third husband, Matthew Craddock of Swansea, who died
c. 1531. He bequeathed her an income from the lands of Dinas Powys and
Llanedeyrn near Cardiff.
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