Katherine Swynford de Roet [2423] ²⁴

   FamilySearch ID: 939F-C26.

  General 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.
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Katherine became the third wife of John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster , and their descendants were 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 Lady Margaret Beaufort , who was a great-granddaughter of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford.

Katherine married Sir Hugh de Swynford [13455] [MRIN: 6317]. (Sir Hugh de Swynford [13455] was born in 1340 and died in 1372.)

Katherine next married John of Gaunt Plantagenet 1st Duke of Lancaster, King of Castile and Leon. [3685] [MRIN: 486], son of Edward III Plantagenet King of England [2367] [9H5X-CYP] and Phillipa of Hainault de Avesness Queen of England [2418] [LZN2-DHR], on 13 Jan 1396 in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England. (John of Gaunt Plantagenet 1st Duke of Lancaster, King of Castile and Leon. [3685] was born in Mar 1340 in Abbays DE St Bav, Ghent, Flandre-Oriental. Belgium,⁴⁴² died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England ⁴⁴² and was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Greater London, England ⁴⁴².)