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  1. Joan Beaufort (c. 1377 – 13 November 1440) was the youngest of the four legitimised children and only daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (third surviving son of King Edward III), by his mistress, later wife, Katherine de Roet. [1] She married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and in her widowhood became a powerful ...

  2. Sep 21, 2019 · Joan was the youngest of the Beaufort children, born sometime between 1377 and 1379. She was close to her family. She joined the household of her sister-in-law, Mary de Bohun, wife of her half-brother, the future Henry IV, in 1386.

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    Joan Beaufort was one of four children born to Katherine Swynford, John of Gaunt's mistress at the time. Joan's maternal aunt Philippa Roet was married to Geoffrey Chaucer. Joan and her three older brothers were acknowledged as their father's children even before her parents married in 1396. In 1390, Richard II, her cousin, declared Joan and her br...

    Joan's daughter Cecily was married to Richard, Duke of York, who contended with Henry VI for the crown of England. After Richard was killed in battle, Cecily's son, Edward IV, became king. Another of her sons, Richard of Gloucester, later became king as Richard III. Joan's grandson Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, was a central figure in the ...

    Mother: Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt at the time of Joan's birth, and later his wife and Duchess of Lancaster
    Father: John of Gaunt, a son of Edward III of England and his wife, Philippa of Hainault
    Siblings:
    Half-siblings, by her father's earlier marriages:
    Husband: Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem, married 1392
    Husband: Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, married February 3, 1396/97
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  3. Mar 13, 2018 · Joan Beaufort – a family divided. Posted on March 13, 2018. Joan Beaufort (pictured above with her daughters from her second marriage), the only daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford was married twice. Her first marriage to Robert Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wem in 1391 reflects an affiliation within the Lancaster affinity and ...

  4. Joan Beaufort was a daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, a legitimised son of John of Gaunt by his mistress (and later third wife) Katherine Swynford. [5] She was born in 1404. [ 6 ] Joan's mother was Margaret Holland , [ 7 ] the granddaughter of Joan of Kent (wife of Edward the Black Prince ) from her earlier marriage to Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent .

  5. May 11, 2024 · Biography. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (c. 1379 – 13 November 1440) was the fourth of the four illegitimate children (and only daughter) of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress, later wife, Katherine Swynford; and, in her widowhood, a powerful landowner in the North of England.

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  7. Dec 18, 2019 · It should be noted that the earldom of Warwick fell by luck into Richard junior’s hands with the deaths of Anne Beauchamp’s brother and niece. Joan Beaufort’s grandson was the Earl of Warwick known as The Kingmaker. From there of course we find ourselves with Joan’s great grand daughters Isabel and Anne – Isabel who married George ...

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