Margaret Courtenay, Baroness Herbert

Margaret Courtenay (c. 1499 – before 1526) was the only daughter of William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon and Catherine of York. Her maternal grandparents were Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville.

Margaret was a younger sister of Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter. Their maternal first cousins included among others Arthur, Prince of Wales, Margaret Tudor, queen of Scotland, Henry VIII of England, and Mary Tudor, queen consort of France.

She was married to Henry Somerset, elder son and heir of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. Local tradition at Devon mentioned her choking on a fishbone at Holcombe in 1512. An inscription on her tomb would seem to confirm this.

However, there is information of her still living in Richmond after that date. She is mentioned attending to her young first cousin, once removed, Princess Mary Tudor on 2 July 1520. Which seems to be the last record mentioning her alive. Her husband became Earl of Worcester in 1526. But by this time his Countess was his second wife Elizabeth Browne, allegedly an ex-mistress of Henry VIII's. Margaret seems to have died in the 1520s but no more specific date is known.

Margaret Courtenay (actress)

Margaret Courtenay ((1923-11-14)November 14, 1923 – February 15, 1996(1996-02-15)) was a British actress, singer and entertainer, best known for her British theatre roles during the 1970s and 1980s. She was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Award

In 1976, Margaret Courtenay won the Laurence Olivier Award for Supporting Artist of the Year for her stage role in the play Separate Tables, by author Terence Rattigan, directed by Michael Blakemore, at the Apollo Theatre, in London's West End.

Death

At the end of her career, Margaret Courtenay retired at Denville Hall, a retirement home for professional actors set in Northwood, in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Margaret Courtenay died of cancer on February 15, 1996(1996-02-15), at age 72.

Stage work

Filmography

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