Catherine Swynford Roet, Duchess of Lancaster

1340 - 1403

• Name	Catherine Swynford Roet, Duchess of Lancaster
  Suffix	Duchess of Lancaster
  Born	25 Nov 1340	Picardy, Hainault
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 May 1403	Lincoln, England
  Buried	Lincoln Cathedral
  Notes	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 sister-in-law of Geoffrey Chaucer. All her issue legitimated by charter of Richard II, 1397. 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. Her first husband was Sir Hugh Swynford, a member of the retinue of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. After Hugh's death in 1372, she became John of Gaunt's mistress and governess of his children by his second wife, Constance of Castile. John of Gaunt and Catherine Swynford became the parents of four children who received the surname of Beaufort, after one of his estates. After Constance's death, John of Gaunt married Catherine Swynford and, in 1397, their children were legitimised. However, in 1407 Henry IV added a proviso to the legitimisation that they had no claim to the throne. Governess to the Duke's daughter by his first wife, became John's mistress in 1388. All their children were before they were married. They were legitimated later by the Pope. SURNAME: Also shown as Swynford GIVEN_NAMES: Also shown as Katherine BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1350 DEATH: Also shown as Died Lincoln.
  Person ID	I559	Western Pedigree 2007
  Last Modified	30 May 2007

  
  

  Father	Payne Roet,   b. Abt 1310
  Family ID	F484	Group Sheet

  
  

  Father	Payne Roet,   b. Abt 1310
  Family ID	F42834	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Hugh Swinford,   d. 1372
  Married	Bef 1367	St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London
  Notes	2 PLAC Widowed
  Children	1. Thomas de Swinford,   b. Abt 1370   2. Blanche de Swynford,   b. Abt 1370
  Family ID	F483	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	John of Gaunt Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster,   b. Mar 1340, St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders ,   d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
  Married	13 Jan 1396	Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Lincoln Cathedral. MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 13 Jan 1395/1396
  Children	> 1. John of Somerset Beaufort, 1st Earl Somerset,   b. 1373, Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France ,   d. 16 Mar 1410, London, Middlesex, England   2. Henry Beaufort, Lord Chancellor,   b. Abt 1375, Anjou, France ,   d. 1447   3. Thomas Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Exeter,   b. Abt 1377,   d. 1426, East Greenwich, Kent, England > 4. Joan de Beaufort,   b. 1375, Chateau de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France ,   d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F273	Group Sheet