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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. 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 .

  3. Sep 21, 2019 · Joan Beaufort: a Medieval Matriarch. Joan Beaufort was the youngest child and only daughter of John of Gaunt and his mistress, Katherine Swynford. Her father, Gaunt, was the third surviving son of Edward III and his queen, Philippa of Hainault. He had married Blanche of Lancaster in 1359 – a marriage which eventually brought him the title of ...

  4. Advertisement. On February 2, 1424, Joan and James were married at the Church of Saint Mary Overy (now Southwark Cathedral on the south bank of the Thames in London). The couple attended festivities at Winchester Palace hosted by Joan’s uncle, Cardinal Henry Beaufort. They then started their journey north to Scotland.

  5. Jul 15, 2023 · Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots. Probably born in the early 1400s, Lady Joan was the daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset. She was at court by the early 1420s, when James first set eyes on her. The Scottish king wrote of his love for Joan in his famous poem, The Kingis Quair.

  6. She was born as the daughter of John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, who was the brother of King Henry IV of England. Marriage to King James I Joanna Beaufort caught the attention of King James I of Scotland while he was held in English captivity from 1406. King James I dedicated his romantic poem "Kingis Quair" to her.

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  8. Nov 6, 2021 · Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots. Probably born in the early 1400s, Lady Joan was the daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset. She was at court by the early 1420s, when James first set eyes on her. The Scottish king wrote of his love for Joan in his famous poem, The Kingis Quair.