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'Weir combines high drama with high passion while involving us in the domestic life of a most remarkable woman in an equally remarkable book' Scotland on Sunday The first full-length biography of an extraordinary love affair between one of the most important men of English History and a thoroughly modern woman.Katherine Swynford was first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, the ...
Katherine came to Kettlethorpe as the wife of Sir Hugh Swynford, who succeeded to the manor in 1361. She was the daughter of Payne Roelt, a herald in the service of Philippa of Hainault, the wife of Edward III. She and her sister Philippa became the Queen’s wards. Philippa married Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales and The Boke ...
Katherine and Hugh Swynford had three children - Blanche, Thomas and Margaret Swynford. The manor was very basic, devoid of luxury. Hugh Swynford was often called to arms and fought in some of the many battles, including the Battle of Poitiers, of the Hundred Years War , all of which took place in France.
26 de jun. de 2022 · Katherine married Sir Hugh Swynford (circa 1340 – 1371), a knight in service to John of Gaunt. Katherine and Hugh had three children: Blanche Swynford (1367 – circa 1374), named for Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, died in childhood. Sir Thomas Swynford (1368 – 1432), married (1) Jane Crophill, had three children (2) Margaret Grey, no children.
The Katherine Swynford Society. 879 likes. The official page of the Katherine Swynford Society. Lady Katherine Swynford, nee de Roet From 1396, Duchess...
The latest beneficiary of Alison’s Weir’s biographical attentions is the little-known but often reviled Katherine Swynford, the long-time mistress and eventual wife of John of Gaunt, son of Edward III and patriarch of the House of Lancaster. Katherine would be the woman from whom all future English monarchs would descend, but as with most independent […]
Mar 2, 2020. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and Katherine Swynford. Royal, handsome, intelligent, athletic, powerful and wealthy, John of Gaunt strode across the stage of 14th century England in a blaze of charisma. He was the son of an English King, Edward III, and the father of another, Henry IV. His legitimate daughters married into the ...
