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Jacquetta of Luxembourg We do not know the exact date of Jacquetta of Luxembourg's birth but historians have estimated that she was born either in the year 1415 or 1416. She was the eldest daughter of Peter I of Luxembourg and Margaret of Baux. As a member of the Royal House of Luxembourg, she would have been brought up with the belief that her family were the descendants of the ancient water nymph- Melusine . Her uncle John II of Luxembourg was also the man who sold Joan of Arc to the English! Apart these few facts, little is known about the childhood of Jacquetta. Rouen Cathedral, France At the age of seventeen years, the young noblewoman married the third son of Henry IV- John, Duke of Bedford. Bedford was significantly older than his bride when they were married on 22nd April 1433, him being aged forty- three years old! Before the Duke of Bedford married Jacquetta, his previous wife had died as a result of the plague. The couple lived in France, from where Bedfo...