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Feb 4, 2024 · Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (c. 1379 – 13 November 1440) was the fourth of the four illegitimate children (and only daughter) of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress, later wife, Katherine Swynford; and, in her widowhood, a powerful landowner in the North of England.
English noblewoman. Name variations: Lady of Oversley. Born before 1394; died on January 25, 1457; daughter of Robert Ferrers, 2nd baron Ferrers of Wemme, and Joan Beaufort (c. 1379–1440); married Ralph Neville (son of the 1st earl of Westmoreland); children: John Neville of Oversley.
Jan 14, 2020 · Joan Beaufort, a legitimized daughter of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt (a son of Edward III), is an ancestor of today's British royal family. ... 1st Earl of Westmorland, married February 3, 1396/97 ... (married Alice Montacute, Countess of Salisbury; among his sons was Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, "the Kingmaker," father of ...
Joan Beaufort ( c. 1404 – 15 July 1445) was Queen of Scotland from 1424 to 1437 as the spouse of King James I of Scotland. During part of the minority of her son James II (from 1437 to 1439), she served as the regent of Scotland. Background and early life.
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (1379-1440) Joan, the only daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, was probably born at the Swynford manor of Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire. At the age of twelve, she was married to Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem at Beaufort-en-Vallée in Anjou.
Joan Beaufort (c.1370-1440), daughter of John, duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) and Catherine Swynford (c.1350-1403), is an excellent example of a woman of illegitimate birth who not only maintained a powerful position in English society because of her own royal lineage and prosperous marital alliances, but whose subsequent legitimisation safe-guar...
Joan Beaufort was the only daughter of John of Gaunt and his mistress-turned-wife, Katherine Swynford, and became a notable figure in the north of England through her marriage to Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. She was a Lady of the Order of the Garter and, following her husband’s death, became a powerful landowner.
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