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Jul 27, 2019 · The third child born to John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford was Thomas Beaufort, born in 1377. Thomas, like his two full-brothers, went on to become an important figure in English history,...
Katherine is a 1954 historical novel by American author Anya Seton. It tells the story of the historically important, 14th-century love affair in England between the eponymous Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the third surviving son of King Edward III.
Apr 29, 2021 · 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.
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Jul 25, 2015 · At Lincoln Cathedral, in January 1396 and a quarter of a century after the start of their relationship, John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford were married. Styled Lady Katherine, Duchess of Lancaster, she was, briefly, the first Lady in England following the death of Queen Anne of Bohemia.
Aug 21, 2011 · They had two children together – their daughter ‘reclaimed’ the Spanish throne through marrying the heir of the monarch. 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.
Apr 8, 2021 · Katherine Swynford was the former chamber servant of Duchess Blanche. Katherine and John of Gaunt appear to have begun their affair around 1372, shortly after he returned to England with Constance, for a year later their first son John Beaufort was born.
Jun 2, 2017 · Katherine died on the 10th May 1403 having outlived John of Gaunt by four years. She’d survived a period of plague, seen the Peasants revolt and the Hundred Years War as well as having caused a national scandal.
