Duchess Eleanor, Humphrey's second wife and former mistress, who had been his first wife's lady-in-waiting, is a beautiful, cunning, and ambitious lady, who applies much of her cunning to advancing her husband's status. She is known to have employed The Witch of Eye to help her conceive, though her further dealings with Marjory Jourdemayne are not widely known. Certain courtiers have whispered that Lady Eleanor is involved with witchcraft, but this has never been proven, obviously.