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• Also Known As: SWYNFORD

Notes:

She had been the Duke's lover for many years before their marriage. The couple's children, born before the marriage, were later legitimized during the reign of the Duke's nephew, Richard II.
probably youngest child of Paon de ROET, a herald and, later, knight

m1 Sir Hugh Ottes SWYNFORD.

One of her sisters, Philippa, was the wife of Geoffrey CHAUCER

Katherine's children by John of Gaunt were:
• John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373–1410)
• Henry, Cardinal Beaufort (1375–1447)
• Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (1377–1426)
• Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (1379–1440)

Katherine married King John OF GAUNT in 1366. John (son of King Edward PLANTAGENET, III and Queen Philippa DE HAINAULT) was born on 6 Mar 1340 in Ghent, Flanders [Belgium]; died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St Pauls Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir John BEAUFORT was born about 1371 in Anjou, Normandy, France; died on 16 Mar 1410 in London, Middlesex, England.
2. Lady Joan BEAUFORT was born in 1379; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Humberside, Yorkshire, England.