I am Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, I was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I. I was the fourth wife of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who acted as my legal guardian during his third marriage to Henry VIII's sister Mary. My second husband was Richard Bertie, a member of her household. Following Charles Brandon's death in 1545, it was rumoured that King Henry had considered marrying Katherine as his seventh wife, while he was still married to his sixth wife, Catherine Parr, who was Katherine's close friend.