Catherine Braithwaite

 is a minor character and antagonist in Red Dead Redemption II.

Background
She is the head and eldest member of the wealthy Braithwaite Family, the rivals of the Gray family.

Events of Red Dead Redemption II
Catherine is first seen at the Braithwaite manor when Hosea and Arthur arrive to sell her back the liquor the Van der Linde gang previously stole from her. Catherine instead hires them to give out the liquor for free at the bar in Rhodes, for some "promotional advertising"

She later hires Arthur and Sean to burn down the Gray tobacco fields using her moonshine.

She eventually double-crosses the gang and kidnaps Jack Marston. When Dutch and the rest of the gang arrive to her manor to retrieve Jack, a shootout ensues which results in both of her sons being killed. After the gang lights the Brathwaite estate on fire, she reveals that she sold Jack to Angelo Bronte in Saint Denis. As the gang starts to leave, she runs back into the burning mansion where she perished.

Trivia
After the assault on Braithwaite Manor, her charred corpse can be found in the wreckage of her home, unrecognizable aside from the name.