Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Katherine Villiers (née Manners, later MacDonnell), Duchess of Buckingham NPG D16671

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Magdalena de Passe

Born around 1603, Katharine Manners was the only surviving child of Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland and his wife, Frances Knyvet, the daughter and heir of a rich Wiltshire gentleman. She inherited both her parents' fortunes and estates as well as the Barony of Ros. Wealthy and attractive, in 1620 she married George Villiers, Marquess (and later 1st Duke) of Buckingham. They had four children before Buckingham was assassinated in 1628, and a further child was born after he died. On his... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.