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Catherine De ROET, Duchess of Lancaster
1350 - 1403 (53 years)-
Name Catherine De ROET [1] Suffix Duchess of Lancaster Birth 1350 Of Picardy, Somme, France 
[1] Gender Female Fact Between May 1372 and 1396 [2] Katherine becomes John's mistress or concubine; they do not marry for another 24 years, Fact 1388 [2] appointed Lady Companion TitleOfNobility 1388 [2] Order of the Garter Fact 1396 Lancaster Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire, England [2] There was a Royal Decree legitimizing John of Gaunt's children with Catherine de Roet Swynford FamilySearch ID 9C7T-V6M Name Katherine Swynford [2] _UID 4FA1098F31D049FD9B31E74D8554B577D426 Burial May 1403 Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [1] Death 10 May 1403 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [1] Person ID I26941 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 24 Nov 2024
Father Sir Payn DE ROËT, b. Abt 1310, Hainaut, Flanders d. 1380, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Age ~ 70 years) Family ID F536732791 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sir Hugh SWYNFORD, b. 1340, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England d. 13 Nov 1371, Bordeaux, Departement de la Gironde, Aquitaine, France (Age 31 years) Marriage May 1366 St. Clements Danes, Westminster, Middlesex, England [2] Children 1. Sir Thomas SWYNFORD, b. Abt 1367, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d. 2 Apr 1432, Kettelthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire, England (Age ~ 65 years)2. Blanche SWYNFORD, b. 1 May 1367, Kettelthorpe Manor, Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. Abt 1375, Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England (Age 7 years)3. Margaret SWYNFORD, b. Abt 1369 d. Yes, date unknown 4. Dorothy SWYNFORD, b. Abt 1370, Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. Abt 1433, Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England (Age ~ 63 years)Family ID F536732792 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Nov 2024
Family 2 John "Of Gaunt" OF GAUNT, Prince Of England, b. 6 Mar 1340, Gent, East Flanders, Belgium d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England (Age 58 years) Marriage 13 Jan 1396 Lincolnshire, England - NOTE MARRIED
Children 1. Marquess John BEAUFORT, 1st Earl of Somerset, b. 1373, Chateau de Beaufort, Goudet, Haute-Loire, France d. 16 Mar 1410, St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, England (Age 37 years)2. Henry BEAUFORT, Cardinal Bishop of Winchester, b. 1375, Chateau Beaufort, Anjou, Loiret, Centre, France d. 11 Apr 1447, Wolvesey Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 72 years)3. Joan DE BEAUFORT, b. Abt 1375, Chateau DE Beaufort, Meuse-Et-Loire, France d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 65 years)4. Joan BEAUFORT, Countess of Westmorland, b. 29 Jan 1375, Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England (Age 65 years)5. Thomas BEAUFORT, 2nd Duke of Exeter, Earl of Dorset, b. Jan 1377, Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France d. 31 Dec 1426, Greenwich, Kent, England (Age ~ 49 years)Family ID F12007 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Nov 2024
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Notes - Katherine Roet, Duchess of Lancaster b. 1350 – 10 May 1403, also spelled Katharine or Catherine,[2] was the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, a son of King Edward III. She had been the Duke's lover for many years before their marriage as his concubine. The couple's children, born before the marriage, were later legitimised during the reign of the Duke's nephew, Richard II. When the Duke's son from his first marriage overthrew Richard, becoming Henry IV, he introduced a provision[citation needed] that neither they nor their descendants could ever claim the throne of England; however, the legitimacy for all rights was a parliamentary statute that Henry IV lacked the authority to amend.
Their descendants were members of 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, Margaret Beaufort, who was a great-granddaughter of Gaunt and Swynford. His legal claim to the throne, therefore, was through a cognatic and previously illegitimate line. Henry's first action was to declare himself king "by right of conquest" retroactively from 21 August 1485, the day before his army defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth.[3]
- Katherine Roet, Duchess of Lancaster b. 1350 – 10 May 1403, also spelled Katharine or Catherine,[2] was the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, a son of King Edward III. She had been the Duke's lover for many years before their marriage as his concubine. The couple's children, born before the marriage, were later legitimised during the reign of the Duke's nephew, Richard II. When the Duke's son from his first marriage overthrew Richard, becoming Henry IV, he introduced a provision[citation needed] that neither they nor their descendants could ever claim the throne of England; however, the legitimacy for all rights was a parliamentary statute that Henry IV lacked the authority to amend.
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for John de Beaufort, person ID 9HTZ-YQ8. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 24 Nov 2024), entry for Catherine De ROET, person ID 9C7T-V6M. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for John de Beaufort, person ID 9HTZ-YQ8. (Reliability: 3).