Katherine de ROET (SWYNFORD) ²

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Katherine Swynford
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Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (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. The couple's children, born before the marriage, were later legitimated during the reign of the Duke's nephew, Richard II, although with the provision that neither they nor their descendants could ever claim the throne of England.

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 Katherine Swynford. His legal claim to the throne, however, was by his marriage to Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of Edward IV, and heir to the throne in the absence of her brothers, Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, known throughout history as the Princes in the Tower.

The Peerage:
Katherine Roët was born circa 1350.1 She was the daughter of Sir Payne Roët.2 She married, firstly, Sir Hugh Swynford before 1367 at St. Clement Danes Church, The Strand, London, England.1 She married, secondly, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward III, King of England and Philippe d'Avesnes, on 13 January 1396 at Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. She died on 10 May 1403 at Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.1 She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.1
From before 1367, her married name became Swynford.1 She and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster were associated between 1371 and 1372.1 She was invested as a Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.) in 1388.1 Her married name became Beaufort.
Children of Katherine Roët and Sir Hugh Swynford

Blanche Swynford1 b. c 1370
Sir Thomas Swynford1 b. 24 Feb 1372/73, d. 2 Apr 1432

Children of Katherine Roët and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset+ b. bt 1371 - 1373, d. 16 Mar 1409/10
Henry de Beaufort+ b. c 1375, d. 11 Apr 1447
Lady Joan de Beaufort+ b. c 1375, d. 13 Nov 1440
Thomas de Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter+ b. c Jan 1377, d. 27 Dec 1426

Katherine married John OF GAUNT Prince Of England, son of King Edward III OF ENGLAND and Philippa OF HAINAULT, on 13 Jan 1397.¹ (John OF GAUNT Prince Of England was born in Mar 1340 in Abbaye DE St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium,³ died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, England ⁴ and was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St Pauls Cathdrl, London, Middlesex, England ⁴.)