Jacquetta Hawkes
Jacquetta is a feminine given name which may refer to: * Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415/16–1472), Duchess of Bedford, Countess Rivers * Jacquetta Hawkes (1910–1996), English archaeologist and writer * Jacquetta May, British writer, actress and theatre director * Jacquetta Wheeler Jacquetta Lydia Wheeler (born 16 October 1981)
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Jacquetta Of Luxembourg
Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Countess Rivers (1415 or 1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent, though often overlooked, figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived 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, Jacquetta's eldest daughter Elizabeth Woodville married him and became Queen consort of England. Jacquetta bore Woodville 14 children and stood trial on charges of witchcraft, of which she was exonerated. Family and ancestry Jacquetta was the eldest daughter of Peter I of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Conversano and Brienne, and his wife Margaret of Baux (Margherita del Balzo of Andria). Her father Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, ...
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Jacquetta Hawkes
Jacquetta is a feminine given name which may refer to: * Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415/16–1472), Duchess of Bedford, Countess Rivers * Jacquetta Hawkes (1910–1996), English archaeologist and writer * Jacquetta May, British writer, actress and theatre director * Jacquetta Wheeler Jacquetta Lydia Wheeler (born 16 October 1981)
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Jacquetta May
Jacquetta May is a British writer, actress and theatre director. She co-founded the award-winning new-writing theatre company Plain Clothes Productions, commissioning, producing and directing for the company. She directed ''Her Sister Tongue'' at Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, in 1997. Early life Born in Kent, May studied at Bristol University. Career Acting May worked as a theatre actress for 10 years, appearing at the National Theatre, The Royal Exchange and Liverpool Playhouse amongst others. Theatre roles include Eliza Doolittle in ''Pygmalion'', Adriana in ''The Comedy of Errors'', Olivia in ''Twelfth Night'', Lady Chatterley in ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'', Rita in ''Educating Rita'' and Beverley in ''Abigail's Party''. Moving into television, in 1991 she joined ''EastEnders'' for two years and played Rachel Kominski, Michelle Fowler's landlady and Mark Fowler's girlfriend. She went on to be a regular in '' Dangerfield'' (1996), ''Cardiac Arrest'' (1996), and ''Ho ...
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Jacquetta Wheeler
Jacquetta Lydia Wheeler (born 16 October 1981)
Retrieved and verified on 2009-09-15 is an English model. Wheeler is the second of three children. Her father, , was an entrepreneur and political activist, and her mother Tessa (née Codrington) was a photographer. She has an older sister, Sarah, and a younger sister, Charlotte. Through her mother, she is the descendant of many royal and noble figures, including Henry VII. At the age of fifteen, she was discovered by French