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Nov 3, 2013 · Katherine de Swynford might be the most well known, and perhaps the most well-loved, by readers of historical fiction, of all medieval mistresses, but what did this elusive woman actually look like? Some historical figures, particularly from the Tudor era, are easily recognisable.
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Nov 29, 2021 · Home. Period. Medieval. Katherine Swynford: the scandalous duchess and ancestress of royal dynasties. Katherine Swynford is best known as the mistress, and then wife, of John of Gaunt, whose whole life was riddled with scandal. Perhaps she is known more as the subject of a 20th-century romantic novel than for her real life.
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In January 1328, King Edward III wed Philippa of Hainault, a self-governed holding of the Holy Roman Empire located mostly in modern-day Belgium. Among the sizable entourage that accompanied Philippa to England was Paon de Roët, a Hainaultian herald who would go on to become a knight and the father of Katherine Swynford (néede Roët). Key facts abou...
By that point, the Duke was on his second wife; his beloved Blanche had passed away in 1368, possibly due to complications from childbirth. Based on Chaucer’s elegy The Book of the Duchess—widely agreed to be about the death of Blanche—it seems that the Duke sincerely loved his wife and was distraught over her loss. Historians believe his grief is ...
When Constance breathed her last breath in 1394, John and Katherine finally got the chance to make their family official in more ways than one. The amorous twosome tied the knot in 1396 and then legitimized their children by procuringapprovals from both the monarchy and the pope. Unfortunately, this happily-ever-after chapter would be the shortest ...
Nov 30, 2022 · Katherine Swynford – mischievous woman and scandalous duchess in Lincoln Cathedral. Posted on November 30, 2022. Decoration from Vestments depicting the Katherine Wheel – worked by the Lincoln Embroiders Guild to show what these lost treasures may have looked like. It’s impossible to separate Katherine Swynford from Lincoln Cathedral.
Aug 21, 2011 · Katherine Swynford (c.1350-1403) WHN / August 21, 2011. Katherine Swynford was born Katherine de Roët, the daughter of a minor court official who served in the court of Queen Philippa of Hainault, the wife of Edward III of England. Her family were prominent landowners in Hainault, on the modern French/Belgian border, but she had no ties to ...
Jun 2, 2017 · The image at the start of this post comes from a fifteenth century edition of Chaucer’s work and it shows the key people of Richard II’s reign. John of Gaunt is identifiable. It’s possible that the girl in blue is Katherine. Weir, Alison.(2007) Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess. London: Jonathan Cape
