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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 ...
Jul 27, 2019 · The four children were given the surname Beaufort which was taken from a Lordship held by John in France. The first child born to the pair was John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset who was born in 1371.
- John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
- Henry, Cardinal Beaufort
- Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
- Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland
- Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
- Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
- Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset
The eldest son of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, John Beaufortserved in the crusade of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon in North Africa and later was in Lithuania serving with the Teutonic Knights. After his parents' marriage and his subsequent legitimization, John was created Earl of Somerset. cousin King Richard II further created him, Marquess o...
The second son of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, Henry Beaufort was born in Anjou in about 1374 and was brought up for a career in the Church. On 14 July 1398 he was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln . Following his usurpation of the throne, his half-brother Henry IV made Henry Lord Chancellor of England in 1403. Henry resigned his chancellorship a year...
Joan, the only daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, was probably born at the Swynford manor of Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire. At the age of twelve, she was married to Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem at Beaufort-en-Vallée in Anjou. The couple produced two daughters before Ferrers died in around 1395. At the age of eighteen, the ...
The daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland, Joan was married to James I, King of Scots on 12 February 1424 at St Mary Overie Church in Southwark. James I of Scotland had been a prisoner in England since the age of 12 and was held captive for 18 years. He met the lovely Joan Beaufort at the English court and is reported...
The third surviving son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland, Edmund married Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick sometime between 1431 and 1435. They had 10 children, Eleanor Beaufort, Elizabeth Beaufort (c.1434- d. before 1472), Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1436-1464), Margaret Bea...
Henry Beaufort, the eldest son of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, had fought alongside his father at the Lancastrian defeat at the First Battle of St. Albans in 1455, where he was seriously wounded and his father was slain. He was the principal commander at the Lancastrian victories of the Battle of Wakefield in 1...
Edmund Beaufort was the second son of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and his wife, Eleanor Beauchamp. In 1470, the exiled Lancastrian Queen Margaret of Anjou was reconciled with her erstwhile enemy Warwick the Kingmaker, who had been alienated by Edward IV's policies and his marriage to the commoner Elizabeth Woodville. These unlikely allies...
Sep 21, 2019 · John and Katherine’s first child, John, was probably born in 1372, with 3 more children, Henry, Thomas and Joan, born before 1379. They would be given the surname of Beaufort, though no one seems to know quite where the name came from.
Jan 14, 2020 · Updated on January 14, 2020. Known for: a legitimized daughter of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, one of Edward III 's sons, Joan Beaufort was an ancestor of Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth of York, and Catherine Parr. She is an ancestor of today's British royal family.
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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 ...
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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.
