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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 ...
28 de out. de 2008 · Katherine Swynford’s charismatic lover was one of the most powerful princes of the 14th century, the effective ruler of England behind the throne of his father Edward III in his declining years, and during the minority of his nephew, Richard ll. Katherine herself was enigmatic and intriguing, renowned for her beauty, and regarded by some as dangerous.
- Alison Weir
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 ...
Katherine Swynford, hertuginde af Lancaster (født Katherine de Roet, ca. 1350 – 10. maj 1403), også stavet Katharine eller Catherine, [1] var den tredje hustru til Johan af Gent, hertug af Lancaster og søn af kong Edvard 3. Hun havde været hertugens elskerinde i mange år inden deres ægteskab. Parrets børn, født før ægteskabet, blev ...
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.
11 de jan. de 2018 · Originally published under title: Katherine Swynford : the story of John of Gaunt and his scandalous duchess. London : Jonathan Cape, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-375) and index Historian Alison Weir brings to life the tale of Katherine Swynford, a royal mistress who became a crucial figure in the British royal dynasties.
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 […]
