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Jul 25, 2015 · Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Scandal. 25/07/2015 Sharon Bennett Connolly. Arms of Katherine Swynford. Katherine Swynford is, arguably, the most famous – or infamous – of English ladies to have risen so high as to become the first lady of the kingdom, without ever being queen.
Oct 25, 2022 · Katherine Swynford, the 14th-Century Mistress Who Ancestored British Dynasties. Katherine Swynford and the Illicit Affair That Birthed Centuries’ Worth of British Monarchs. By Ellen...
Dec 22, 2015 · Though she has a brief mention in history as the lover and eventual wife of John of Gaunt, who was Katherine Swynford? This piece studies her personal and political life, mapping out her rise in status. AUTHOR: LAUREN MILLER
Jun 6, 2017 · Katherine Swynford was born around 1350 to a Knight from Hainault who first came to England with Queen Philippa when she married Edward III. She was placed under Queen Philippa’s guardianship at a young age along with her sister Philippa, who later married the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Aug 21, 2011 · Biography, Women's History. 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.
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. Quick Facts Duchess consort of Lancaster and Aquitaine, Reign ... Close.
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess. Alison Weir. W. F. Howes Limited, 2008 - Great Britain - 670 pages. In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts...
