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Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (born Katherine de Roet, c. 1349 – 10 May 1403) was the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the fourth (but third surviving) son of King Edward III . Daughter of a knight from Hainaut, Katherine, whose name is also spelled 'Katharine' or 'Catherine', [2] was brought up at the English royal ...
- 13 January 1396 - 3 February 1399
- Payne de Roet
- Lincoln Cathedral
- Lancaster (by marriage)
Nov 29, 2021 · 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. Alison Weir dispels the myth of a scheming ...
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Nov 3, 2013 · Royal Dukes did not marry their mistresses, yet John loved Katherine enough to wed her and restore her to the respectability she forfeited when she became his mistress. She must have had something to take the eye. This lady, by now in her forties but still very attractive, might just be Katherine de Swynford.
Dec 22, 2015 · Katherine, according to Froissart, spent her early life in the household of Blanche of Lancaster – the first wife of John of Gaunt. Katherine’s first husband was a Knight called Sir Hugh Swynford, whose main residence was Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire. Hugh Swynford was also a part of the Lancastrian household, as retainer for John of Gaunt.
Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt reunite and marry In June 1394 the second wife of John of Gaunt, Constance of Castile, died. John and Katherine were reunited. And John asked Katherine Swynford to marry him. Katherine Swynford married John of Gaunt on 13 January 1396 in Lincoln Cathedral and took the title of the Duchess of Lancaster.
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.
Apr 24, 2023 · Unfortunately a happiness that took so long for them to find was very short lived as John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster passed away on the 3rd February, 1399, just three years after finally marrying his beautiful Katherine. In just over 4 years on the 10th May, 1403, at the age of only 52 or 53, she would then join him, together for eternity.
