Katherine DE ROET b. 1350 Toddington, Glos d. 1403

1350 - 1403 (53 years)

Name	Katherine DE ROET
Born	1350	Toddington, Glos [1]
Gender	Female
Died	1403 [1]
Person ID	I1860	Spratton Genealogical Database
Last Modified	8 Sep 2017

Father	Paon DE ROET
Family ID	F636	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Hugh DE SWYNFORD, b. C1340, Gainsborough , d. 1371, Bordeaux of Dysentry (Age ~ 30 years)

Children

	1. Blanche DE SWYNFORD, b. 1363, Kettlethorpe, Lincs
	2. Thomas DE SWYNFORD, b. 1368, Kettlethorpe, Lincs

Last Modified 8 Sep 2017

Family ID F626 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 John OF GAUNT, b. 1340, Ghent , d. 1399 (Age 59 years)

Married 1396

Children

	1. Henry BEAUFORT
	2. John BEAUFORT

Last Modified 8 Sep 2017

Family ID F627 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Katherine Swynford's arms as a widow after John of Gaunt's death (attrib The Heraldry society)

Notes

Duchess of Lancaster. After her marriage to John of Gaunt (his third wife) was mother of the Beauforts. She was enrobed as a Lady of the Garter by Richard II.
The Beaufort children, fathered by John of Gaunt, three sons and a daughter, were legitimized by royal and papal decrees after John and Katherine married in 1396, with the proviso that they were specifically barred from inheriting the throne ('excepta regali dignitate'). Descendants of this marriage included Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester and eventually Cardinal; Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, grandmother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III; John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, the great-grandfather of King Henry VII; and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, from whom are descended, beginning in 1437, all subsequent sovereigns of Scotland, and successively, from 1603 on, the sovereigns England, of Great Britain and Ireland [1, 2]