Bacheler Family Tree » Katherine "Katharine" de Roet Duchess of Lancaster (1350-1403)

Personal data Katherine "Katharine" de Roet Duchess of Lancaster 

• Nickname is Katharine.
• She was born on November 25, 1350Lincoln
  England United Kingdom.

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years (0) when child (Joan Beaufort) was born (July 22, 1210) .

  Attention: Was younger than 16 (0) when child (Joan Beaufort) died (March 4, 1238).

• She was christened on June 19, 1923.
• She was baptized.
• Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 19, 1923.
• Profession: .
• She died on May 10, 1403 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, she was 52 years old.

  Attention: Deceased (May 10, 1403) before baptism (June 19, 1923).

• She is buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
• This information was last updated on January 22, 2019.

Household of Katherine "Katharine" de Roet Duchess of Lancaster

She is married to John of Gaunt.

They got married on January 13, 1396 at Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England , she was 45 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Joan Beaufort  1210-1238 
2. John Beaufort  1373-1410 

Notes about Katherine "Katharine" de Roet Duchess of Lancaster

Name Prefix: Duchess Name Suffix: Of Lancaster

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Facts about this person:

Fact 11397
The children of Catherine Roet and John of Gaunt were legitimatized

Was the sister-in-law of Geoffrey Chaucer. All her issue legitimated by charter of Richard II in 1397. Source: Royal Genealogies <http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/>

AKA: Catherine De Roet

AKA: Catherine De Roet

LG, 1388 invested as Lady Companion Order of the Garter
buried Lincoln Cathedral
Source
www.thepeerage.com

While she was still married to Sir Hugh Swynford, she had 5 children by John
of Gaunt, who married her in 1396 after they were all born. In 1397, the
Beaufords were declared legitimate by King Richard II, and in 1407 this
action was confirmed by their half brother, King Henry IV.

Katherine Swynford
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Katherine (or Katharine or Catherine) (c. 1350 – 1403) was the daughter of Payne (or Paen) de Roet (or Rouet or Roelt) a Flemish herald from Hainault who was knighted just before dying in the wars, leaving Katherine and her older sister Philippa, as well as a brother, Walter, and eldest sister, Isabel (Elizabeth) de Roet, (who died chanoinness of the convent of St. Waudru's, Mons, c. 1366). About the year 1366, at the age of 16, Katherine married Hugh Swynford or Synford, an English knight from the manor of Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire, and bore him at least two children (Blanch, Thomas, and likely the Margaret Swynford who was nominated a nun at the prestigious Barking Abbey by the command of Richard II in 1377) before he, too, died in the European wars. She then became attached to the household of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, ostensibly as governess to his two daughters (the sisters of the future Henry IV of England) by his first wife Blanche, but eventually she became his official mistress. Katherine's sister Philippa married the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, whose poem The Book of the Duchess commemorated Blanche's death in about 1369.

Long after the death of his second wife Constance (or Constanza) of Castile, John and Katherine married in January 1396, three years before he died. The four children Katherine had borne John of Gaunt had been given the surname "Beaufort" and were already adults when they were legitimized (but barred from inheriting the throne by a clause inserted by half-brother Henry IV well into the latter's reign) in 1390:

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset.
Henry Cardinal Beaufort.
Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter.
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland.

Katherine Swynford's tomb
1640 drawing of the tombs of Katherine Swynford and her daughter Joan Beaufort in Lincoln Cathedral before the tombs were despoiled in 1644 by the Roundheads.Her son John was the great-grandfather of Henry VII of England and the grandfather of James II of Scotland; her daughter Joan Beaufort was the grandmother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, whom Henry VII defeated to take the throne. (Henry then married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, and their son became Henry VIII of England). Her step-son became Henry IV of England by deposing Richard II of England (who was imprisoned and died shortly thereafter, in Pontefract Castle, where Katherine's son Thomas Swynford was constable, and he was said to have starved Richard to death for his step-brother); her step-daughter, John and Constance's daughter Catherine (or Catalina), was the great-grandmother of Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII of England and mother of Mary I of England.

Katherine survived John by only four years, dying on May 10, 1403. (Since she was then dowager Duchess of Lancaster, there was a record of the exact day, as there was not for her birth, when she was a nobody.) Her tomb, and that of her daughter Joan Beaufort, are under a carved-stone canopy in the sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral, but their remains are no longer in them, because the tombs were despoiled in 1644, during the English Civil War, by the Roundheads.

Katherine Swynford is the subject of Anya Seton's novel Katherine (first published in 1954).

While she was still married to Sir Hugh Swynford, she had 5 children by John
of Gaunt, who married her in 1396 after they were all born. In 1397, the
Beaufords were declared legitimate by King Richard II, and in 1407 this
action was confirmed by their half brother, King Henry IV.

While she was still married to Sir Hugh Swynford, she had 5 children by John
of Gaunt, who married her in 1396 after they were all born. In 1397, the
Beaufords were declared legitimate by King Richard II, and in 1407 this
action was confirmed by their half brother, King Henry IV.

Katherine,s first husband was Hugh Swynford, which was her name at the time of her marriage. She was John's longstanding mistress.

Katherine was born, probably in Hainault, about 1350 and had formerly been the governess to John of Gaunt's daughters, and then his mistress, and by her he had children, born before marriage. The marriage was ratified and confirmed during the Great Schism by the Roman pope, Boniface IX. Their three sons were legitimised, with the assent of Parliament, on 9 Feb 1396/7, the patent confirmed by King Henry IV on 10 Feb 1406/l7, but with a saving clause barring them from succession to the throne. Their children were given the name Beaufort from their father's (lost) castle in Champagne which had devolved on him through his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster.

While she was still married to Sir Hugh Swynford, she had 5 children by John
of Gaunt, who married her in 1396 after they were all born. In 1397, the
Beaufords were declared legitimate by King Richard II, and in 1407 this
action was confirmed by their half brother, King Henry IV.

Line 50518 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: TITL DUCHESS OF LANCASTER
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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.

[Wikipedia, "Katherine Swynford", retrieved 23 Dec 07]
Katherine Swynford (also spelled Synford), née (de) Roet (also spelled (de) Rouet or (de) Roelt; c. 1350 - May 10, 1403), was the daughter of Payne (or Paen) de Roet, a Flemish herald from Hainault who was knighted just before his battlefield death. His children included Katherine, her older sister Philippa, a son, Walter, and the eldest sister, Isabel de Roet, (who died Canoness of the convent of St. Waudru's, Mons, c. 1366).

Life
About the year 1366, at the age of 16, Katherine married Hugh Swynford (1340-1372), an English knight from the manor of Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire, and bore him at least two children; Thomas (1368-1432), Blanche (born 1370), and likely the Margaret Swynford (born c. 1369) who was nominated a nun at the prestigious Barking Abbey by the command of Richard II in 1377). Katherine then became attached to the household of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, ostensibly as governess to his two daughters (the sisters of the future Henry IV of England) by his first wife Blanche. Eventually, she became his official mistress, about 1373. Katherine's sister Philippa, a member of the household of Queen Philippa of Hainault, wife of Edward III, married the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, whose poem The Book of the Duchess commemorated Blanche's death in 1369.

Long after the death of his second wife Constance of Castile, John and Katherine married on 13 January 1396 in Lincoln Cathedral, three years before he died. The four children Katherine had borne John of Gaunt had been given the surname "Beaufort" and were already adults when they were legitimized by this marriage with papal approval. The Beauforts were later barred from inheriting the throne by a clause inserted into the legitimation act by their half-brother, Henry IV.

Katherine survived John by only four years, dying on May 10, 1403. (Since she was then dowager Duchess of Lancaster, there was a record of the exact day, as there was not for her birth, when she was of considerably lower rank). Her tomb, and that of her daughter Joan Beaufort, are under a carved-stone canopy in the sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral, but their remains are no longer in them, because the tombs were despoiled in 1644, during the English Civil War, by the Roundheads.

Reception
Katherine Swynford is the subject of Anya Seton's novel Katherine (published in 1954) and of Alison Weir's biography Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess (ISBN 0224063219). Swynford is also the subject of Jeanette Lucraft's historical biography Katherine Swynford: The History of a Medieval Mistress. This book seeks to establish Swynford as a powerful figure in the politics of fourteenth-century England, and an example of how a woman could manipulate the social mores of the time for her own interests rather than just as the sexual temptress that previous writers have portrayed.

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Catherine was a long time mistress, which explains the birth of her children during the former wife's marriage. John and Catherine were eventually married.

Catherine was a long time mistress, which explains the birth of her children during the former wife's marriage. John and Catherine were eventually married.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Catherine (or Katharine or Katherine) (~1350 - 1403) was the daughterof Payne (or Paen) de Roet (or Rouet or Roelt) a Flemish herald fromHainault who was knighted just before dying in the wars, leavingCatherine and her older sister Philippa, as well as a brother, Walter,and eldest sister, Isabel/Elizabeth de Ruet,( who died chanoinness ofthe convent of St. Waudru's, Mons, ca. 1366) . Born in about 1350, inabout 1366 Catherine married Hugh Swynford or Synford, an Englishknight from the manor of Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire, and bore him atleast two children (Blanch, Thomas and likely the Margaret Swynfordwho was nominated a nun at the prestigious Barking Abbey by thecommand of Richard II in 1377) before he, too, died in the Europeanwars. She then became attached to the household of John of Gaunt, Dukeof Lancaster, ostensibly as governess to his two daughters (thesisters of the future Henry IV of England) by his first wife Blanche,but eventually she became his official mistress. Catherine's sisterPhilippa married the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, whose poem The Book of theDuchess commemorated Blanche's death in about 1369.

Long after the death of his second wife Constance (or Constanza) ofCastile, John and Catherine married in January 1396, three yearsbefore he died. The four children Catherine had borne John of Gaunthad been given the surname "Beaufort" and were already adults whenthey were legitimized (but barred from inheriting the throne by aclause inserted by half-brother Henry IV well into the latter's reign)in 1390:

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset.
Henry Cardinal Beaufort.
Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter.
Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland.
The coat of arms designed for Catherine was three gold Catherinewheels ("roet" means "wheel") on a red background.

Her son John was the great-grandfather of Henry VII of England and thegrandfather of James II of Scotland; her daughter Joan was thegrandmother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, whomHenry VII defeated to take the throne (before marrying the daughter ofEdward IV, and their son became Henry VIII). Her step-son became HenryIV of England by deposing Richard II of England (who was imprisonedand died shortly thereafter, in Pontefract Castle, where Catherine'sson Thomas Swynford was constable, and he was said to have starvedRichard to death for his step-brother); her step-daughter, John andConstance's daughter Catherine (or Catalina), was thegreat-grandmother of Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIIIof England and mother of Mary I of England.

Catherine survived John by only four years, dying on 10 May 1403.(Since she was then dowager Duchess of Lancaster, there was a recordof the exact day, as there was not for her birth, when she was anobody.) Her tomb, and that of her daughter Joan Beaufort, are under acarved-stone canopy in the sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral, but theirremains are no longer in them, because the tombs were despoiled in1644, during the English Civil War, by the Roundheads.

Katherine Swynford's tomb
Katherine Swynford is the subject of Anya Seton's novel Katherine(©1954).

http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Royal/john.gaunt.html

John of Gaunt (see here and here), Duke of Lancaster,
born Mar 1340,
mar 1stly, 1359 to Blanche Plantagenet [descendant of Aoife Mac Murrough] and had issue:

1. Philippa Plantagenet, mar John I, King of Portugal and had issue.
2. Elizabeth Plantagenet, mar John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter and had issue.
3. Henry IV, born 1366, succeeded 13th Oct 1399 (House of Lancaster).

through his wife inherited Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire (later held by Robert Dudley),
he was the effective ruler late Edward III - early Richard II,
appears in Richard II by Shakespeare,
the TV movie Richard II (1978) has John Gielgud as John of Gaunt,
patron of John Wycliffe, the "Morning Star of the Reformation", who produced the first English translation of the Bible 1382,
mar 3rdly, 1396, to his long-time mistress Catherine Roet [born 1350], by whom he had already had illegitimate issue,
his children by Catherine Roet were legitimated by statute 1397 "for all purposes save succession to the crown" (i.e. this line is not in the Royal line of succession, but of course we have other Royal Descents),
he died 3rd Feb 1399, age 58 yrs, bur St.Paul's Cathedral, London,
see biography,
never king himself, but within months of his death his son became king,
Catherine died 10th May 1403, Lincoln, age 53 yrs, bur Lincoln Cathedral,
he had issue by Catherine Roet:

1. John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, born 1373,
mar Margaret Holland [descendant of Edward I and of Aoife Mac Murrough] and had issue:
1. John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, had issue:
1. Margaret Beaufort (see here), mar Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and had issue (House of Tudor).
2. Thomasine Beaufort, mar Reginald de Grey, 7th Baron Grey de Wilton and had issue.
2. Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (second creation), mar Eleanor Beauchamp [descendant of Edward I] and had issue:
1. Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, associated with Joan Hill and had illegitimate issue:
1. Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester.
2. Margaret Beaufort, mar Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford and had issue.
3. Joan Beaufort,
mar 1stly to James I, King of Scotland and had issue,
mar 2ndly to Sir James Stewart and had issue.

2. Joan de Beaufort (see here),
born c.1379, Beaufort Castle, Anjou,
mar 2ndly, 1396, to Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland and had issue.

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Widow of Sir Hugh Swynford and dau. of Sir Payn (Payne) Roet.
She was Hugh Swynford's third wife. Catherine (or Katherine) was also the
siter-in-law of Geoffrey Chaucer. All her issue legitimated by charter
of Richard II, 1397.Widow of Sir Hugh Swynford and dau. of Sir Payn (Payne) Roet.
She was Hugh Swynford's third wife. Catherine (or Katherine) was also the
siter-in-law of Geoffrey Chaucer. All her issue legitimated by charter
of Richard II, 1397.
Widow of Sir Hugh Swynford and dau. of Sir Payn (Payne) Roet.
She was Hugh Swynford's third wife. Catherine (or Katherine) was also the
siter-in-law of Geoffrey Chaucer. All her issue legitimated by charter
of Richard II, 1397.

Shar Lee West Packet dated Sep 1998.

Hollingshead Chronicles. Frank Barrow File.
...widow of Hugh Swynfort
...wife #3 of John of Gaunt

Ahnetafel Chart. Gerry Hill File.
aka: Roelt Swanford

WFT Vol. 24, Tree 490. Descendants of Geoffrey IV Plantagenet, Count de Anjou.

Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Weis. Charlotte Larson File.
...b. Ghent, 1340; d. Leicester Castle, Feb 1399; Duke of Lancaster; m. (1) 19 May 1359, Blanche, dau of Henry, Duke of Lancaster; son of Henry, Earl of Lancaster; m. (2) Jun 1371, Constance, d. 1394, eldest dau. and coheir Pedro I "The Cruel", King of Castile and Leon; m. (3) Jan 1396/7, Catherine ROET Swynford, b. 1350; d. 10 May 1403; dau. of Si9r Paon Roet, a Gascon, and widow of Sir Hugh Swynford.
(CP V 320, 736 chart; VII 415; DNB xxix; 417, iv, 243; s. Armitage Smith; John of Gaunt, reprint 1964). Son (John Beaufort) by (3) wife.

{geni:about_me}
"Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (also spelled Synford), née (de) Roet (also spelled (de) Rouet, (de) Roët, or (de) Roelt) (probably 25 November 1350 – 10 May 1403), was the daughter of Sir Payne (or Paen/Pain/Paon) (de) Roet (also spelled (de) Rouet, (de) Roët or (de) Roelt), originally a Flemish herald from County of Hainaut, later knighted.

Katherine became the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and their descendants were the Beaufort family, which played a major role in the Wars of the Roses. Henry VII, who became King of England in 1485, derived his claim to the throne from his mother Lady Margaret Beaufort, who was a great-granddaughter of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford."

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Wikipedia links:

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford English],
[http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_de_Roet-Swynford Español],
[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford Français],
[http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford Bahasa Indonesia],
[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford Italiano],
[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89 日本語],
[http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%90%EC%84%9C%EB%A6%B0_%EC%8A%A4%EC%9C%88%ED%8F%AC%EB%93%9C 한국어],
[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford Nederlands],
[http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬],
[http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catarina_Swynford Português],
[http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford Svenska]

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other links:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20205

http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=8653

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I455&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I109&tree=Nixon

http://www.mathematical.com/roetcatherine1350.htm

http://www.nndb.com/people/343/000098049/

http://www.royalist.info/execute/biog?person=16

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10197.htm#i101970

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[FAVthomas.FTW]

widow of Sir Hugh Swynford

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!RESEARCH NOTES:
1. Catherine was concubine to John prior to their marriage in 1396-97. The legitimation of his children by Catherine prior to their marriage was confirmed by parliament which sat between 22 Jan and 12 Feb 1396-97

Katherine Swynford, sister in law of Chaucer, wife of John of Gaunt
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MARRIAGE: !3RD WIFE OF John Gaunt and she was also a sister to the wife of Chaucer the poet.

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Daughter and co-heir of Sir Payn Roet. Mistress of John of Gaunt by whom she bore children in adultery surnamed Beaufort. The issue were legitimated by statute (20 Rec II in 1397) but thereby were not enabled to inherit the Crown. {Burke�s Peerage} [GADD.GED]

!RESEARCH NOTES:
1. Catherine was concubine to John prior to their marriage in 1396-97. The legitimation of his children by Catherine prior to their marriage was confirmed by parliament which sat between 22 Jan and 12 Feb 1396-97

!RESEARCH NOTES:
1. Catherine was concubine to John prior to their marriage in 1396-97. The legitimation of his children by Catherine prior to their marriage was confirmed by parliament which sat between 22 Jan and 12 Feb 1396-97

!RESEARCH NOTES:
1. Catherine was concubine to John prior to their marriage in 1396-97. The legitimation of his children by Catherine prior to their marriage was confirmed by parliament which sat between 22 Jan and 12 Feb 1396-97

Governess to the Duke's daughter by his first wife, she became John's mistress in 1388. All of their children were born before their marriage. They were later legitimized by the Pope. Her birthplace has also been recorded as Haunault, Belgium.

Catherine's sister, Phillipa, married Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of "The Canterbury Tales." Duke John and Geoffrey Chaucer were very good friends.

Governess to the Duke's daughter by his first wife, she became John's mistress in 1388. All of their children were born before their marriage. They were later legitimized by the Pope. Her birthplace has also been recorded as Haunault, Belgium.

Catherine's sister, Phillipa, married Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of "The Canterbury Tales." Duke John and Geoffrey Chaucer were very good friends.

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