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Jul 25, 2015 · By 1365 Katherine was serving in the household of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, and her husband John of Gaunt, third surviving son of Edward III and Philippa of Lancaster. Sometime before 1367 Katherine married a Lincolnshire knight, Sir Hugh Swynford of Coleby and Kettlethorpe, possibly at St Clement Danes Church on the Strand, London.
Review by Heather Domin. The latest beneficiary of Alison’s Weir’s biographical attentions is the little-known but often reviled Katherine Swynford, the long-time mistress and eventual wife of John of Gaunt, son of Edward III and patriarch of the House of Lancaster.
Aug 21, 2011 · John of Gaunt, hearing of Hugh’s death, invited Katherine to rejoin his household as part of his wife’s entourage in 1372, alongside her sister Philippa.
Jun 2, 2017 · Katherine swore her affair with John of Gaunt did not begin until after Sir Hugh Swynford died but Froissart says differently. Hugh died in 1372 and Katherine’s first child by John of Gaunt was born the following year. John Beaufort was named after the french castle that Gaunt owned and where John was possibly born.
- Early Life
- Relationship to John of Gaunt
- Marriage and Legitimization
- Later Life
- Daughter Joan Beaufort and Her Descendants
- Son John Beaufort and His Descendants
- Katherine Swynford, John of Gaunt and Henry VIII
- Family Background
- Marriage, Children
Katherine Swynford was born about 1350. Her father, Sir Payn Roelt, was a knight in Hainaut who went to England as part of the retinue of Philippa of Hainaut when she married Edward III of England. In 1365, Katherine was serving Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, the wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, a son of Edward III. Katherine married a ten...
In 1368, John's first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, died, and Katherine Swynford became the governess for Blanche and John's children. The next year, John married Constance of Castilein September. In November of 1371, Sir Hugh died. In the spring of 1372, there were signs of Katherine's increased status in the duke's household, probably signaling the...
Constance died in March of 1394. Suddenly, and apparently, without notice to his royal relatives, John of Gaunt married Katherine Swynford in January of 1396. This marriage then allowed for their children to be legitimized, achieved through a September 1396 papal bull and a February 1397 royal patent. The patent bestowed the patronym Beaufort on th...
John died in February of 1399, and Katherine returned to Lincoln. His nephew Richard II took over John's estates, which eventually led John's son, Henry Bolingbroke, in October of 1399 to take the crown from Richard and rule as Henry IV. This Lancaster claim to the throne was later threatened when Richard, Duke of York, displaced Henry VI, grandson...
In 1396, Joan Beaufortmarried Ralph Neville, then Baron Neville of Raby, later Earl of Westmorland, an advantageous marriage. This was her second marriage. Around 1413, Joan met the mystic Margery Kempe, and, in a later controversy, Margery was accused of meddling in the marriage of Joan's daughter. Joan's husband Ralph helped depose Richard II in ...
John Beaufort's son, also named John, was the father of Margaret Beaufort, whose first husband was Edmund Tudor. The son of Margaret Beaufort and Edmund Tudor took the crown of England by right of conquest, as Henry VII, the first Tudor king. Henry married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and thus a descendant of Joan Beaufort. The elder Jo...
Henry VIII was descended from John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford: on his mother's side (Elizabeth of York) through Joan Beaufort and on his father's side (Henry VII) through John Beaufort. Henry VIII's first wife Catherine of Aragonwas a great-great-granddaughter to Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt by his first wife Blanche. Cathe...
Father: Payn Roet or Roelt (also known as Paganus Ruet), a knight in the service of Philippa of Hainaut, queen consort of Edward III of EnglandMother: unknownSiblings included:Hugh Ottes Swynford, knightJohn of Gaunt, son of Edward III- Jone Johnson Lewis
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Apr 24, 2023 · One of the most famous and widely spoken love stories of the Middle Ages, that of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford, would even today, after over 500 years have its descendants sitting on the throne of England.
Apr 29, 2021 · English. xvii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm. Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
