![]() ![]() There is a letter which survives in the Spanish State papers which is apparently a letter from Warbeck to Catherine before the marriage: James IV is unlikely to have allowed the marriage to go ahead unless he was convinced there was a future he wanted her father’s support. His attitude to both James III and James IV had been cautious. ![]() The Gordons were a very significant family Catherine was a cousin to James IV, her father George Gordon was the 2nd earl of Huntly with wide estates in the north and north East of Scotland, and Berwickshire. ![]() In January 1496, Perkin was married to a Lady Catherine Gordon. He seems to have seen Warbeck as an opportunity, supported him financially and militarily – he certainly behaved as though he believed his story. James IV is considered one of Scotland’s more talented monarchs, and pursued an aggressive policy towards England, and an ambitious one towards Scotland’s role in Europe. The Scottish king was James IV (b.1473) who reigned 1488-1513, after seizing the throne from his father. Which of course he claimed as Richard IV, younger son of Edward IV. In November 1495, the Pretender (from the french for ‘claimant’) Perkin Warbeck arrived at the Scottish court, looking for allies in his attempt to win the English throne. ![]()
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