Katherine Swynford de Roet^[1]

1350 - 1403  (52 years)

• Name	Katherine Swynford de Roet
  Born	25 Nov 1350	Picardy, Hainault, France
  Gender	Female
  _FSFTID	939F-C26
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=939F-C26
  Died	10 May 1403	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  Buried	Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England
  Notes	Governess to the Dukes daughter by his first wife, became John's mistress in 1388. All their children were before they were married. They were ligitimated later by the Pope. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01328 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford Katherine became the third wife of «u»John of Gaunt «/u», «u»Duke of Lancaster «/u», and their descendants were the «u»Beaufort family «/u», which played a major role in the «u»Wars of the Roses «/u». «u»Henry VII «/u», who became King of England in 1485, derived his claim to the throne from his mother «u»Lady Margaret Beaufort «/u», who was a great-granddaughter of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford.
  Person ID	I2423	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Sir Payne of Guienne Roët, King at Arms,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3685	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sir Hugh de Swynford,   b. 1340,   d. 1372  (Age 32 years)
  Children	1. Sir Thomas de Swynford,   b. Abt 1370,   d. 1432  (Age ~ 62 years)   2. Blanche de Swynford,   b. Abt 1370,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Margaret de Swynford,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006
  Family ID	F6317	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	John of Gaunt Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Lancaster, King of Castile and Leon.,   b. Mar 1340, Abbays DE St Bav, Ghent, Flandre-Oriental. Belgium ,   d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1396	Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England
  Children	1. John of Somerset de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset,   b. 1373, Near Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 16 Mar 1410, St Katherine by the Tower, London  (Age 37 years)   2. Henry de Beaufort, Cardinal,   b. Abt 1375, Chateau de Beauf, "Beaufort Castle", Meurthe-et-Mosel, Anjou, France ,   d. 11 Apr 1447, Wolvesey Palace, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 72 years)   3. Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter,   b. Abt 1377,   d. 31 Dec 1426, East Greenwich, Kent  (Age ~ 49 years)   4. Joan de Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland,   b. 1379, Chateau DE Beauf, Meuse-Et-Loire, France ,   d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F486	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Katherine Swynford's tomb-Swynford Chantry in Lincoln Cathedral This is an 1809 drawing by John Buckler of the chantry in the sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral where the tombs of Katherine Swynford and her daughter Joan Beaufort are.buried.
  		Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland-A 1640 drawing of the tomb of Joan and her mother..jpg 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.
  		Coat of arms designed for Katherine Swynford- three gold wheels-roet means wheel-on a red background..jpg Coat of arms designed for Katherine Swynford: three gold Catherine wheels ("roet" means "wheel") on a red background.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).