Katherine DE ROET

Abt 1350 - 1403  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Katherine DE ROET
  Born	Abt 1350	Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	SWYNFORD
  Died	10 May 1403	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  Person ID	I44664	Main
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah HAMLIN,   b. 17 Jun 1709, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Nov 1735, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F1702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	King John OF GAUNT,   b. 6 Mar 1340, Ghent, Flanders [Belgium] ,   d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England  (Age 58 years)
  Married	1366
  Children	1. Sir John BEAUFORT,   b. Abt 1371, Anjou, Normandy, France ,   d. 16 Mar 1410, London, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 39 years) + 2. Lady Joan BEAUFORT,   b. 1379,   d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Humberside, Yorkshire, England  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F32435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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)