Maud Green, Lady Parr
| Maud Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 April 1492 Northamptonshire, England |
| Died | 1 December 1531 (aged 39) |
| Buried | Blackfriars Church, London, England |
| Noble family | Parr (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Thomas Parr |
| Issue | |
| Father | Sir Thomas Green |
| Mother | Joan Fogge |
Maud Green (6 April 1492 – 1 December 1531) is best known as the mother of Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII of England. She was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon. She was also co-heiress to her father, Sir Thomas Green of Green's Norton in Northamptonshire along with her sister, Anne, Lady Vaux.
Maud was born on 6 April 1492 in Northamptonshire, the daughter of Sir Thomas Green, of Boughton and Green's Norton, and Joan Fogge. Her maternal grandparents were Sir John Fogge and Alice Haute (or Hawte), a first cousin of queen consort Elizabeth Woodville. When Elizabeth became queen, she brought her favorite female relatives to court. Lady Alice Fogge was one of five ladies-in-waiting to the queen during the 1460s.
Her mother died when she was an infant. She became a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of King Henry VIII sometime after 11 June 1509. She was in constant attendance upon the Queen and was allocated her own rooms at Court on a permanent basis. It is thought that Maud may have named her daughter Catherine after Catherine of Aragon, who was also made godmother to the child.
Maud was a very intelligent and well-educated woman; she was also fluent in French. Queen Catherine held her in such high regard that Maud was entrusted with the organization and control of the Royal Court School which was established for the education of the King's family and the daughters of the Queen's closest friends. Maud had already taught her children to read and write when they were small children, but it was at this Royal Court school that Catherine and her sister Anne would have been taught French, Latin, philosophy, theology, and the Classics.
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