Puffer Genealogy
SWYNFORD, Katherine Duchess of Lancaster
1350 - 1403 (52 years)-
Name SWYNFORD, Katherine Suffix Duchess of Lancaster Birth 25 Nov 1350 Picardie, France Death 1403 Death 10 May 1403 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Cremation 10 May 1403 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Baptism 19 Jun 1923 Gender Female Burial Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England _COLOR 3 Person ID I2887 Puffers Last Modified 4 Jun 2013
Father Sir Knight Payne de Roet, b. Abt 1310, Hainault, Hainault, Belgium d. Yes, date unknown Mother Catherine de Hainault, b. 1320, Hainaut, Belgium d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1345 Family ID F5561 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 PLANTAGENET, John 1st Duke of Lancaster, b. 24 Jun 1340, Ghent, Flandres d. 3 Feb 1398, Leicestershire, England (Age 57 years) Marriage 13 Jan 1396 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. BEAUFORT, John 1st Earl of Somerset, b. 1373, Chateau De Beaufort, Haute-Loire, France d. 16 Mar 1410, London, London, England (Age 37 years) 2. GAUNT, Lady Joan de Beaufort, b. Abt 1375, Chateau De Beaufort, Haute-Loire, France d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England (Age 65 years) 3. Cardinal Henry de Beaufort, b. Abt 1375, Chateau De Beaufort, Haute-Loire, France d. 11 Apr 1447, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 72 years) 4. BEAUFORT, Thomas Duke of Exeter, b. Abt Jan 1377, Chateau De Beaufort, Haute-Loire, France d. 31 Dec 1426, East Greenwich, Kent, England (Age 49 years) Family ID F5487 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Mar 2024
Family 2 SWYNFORD, Ottes, b. Abt 1340, Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1366 Strand, London Children 1. SWYNFORD, Blanche, b. 1 May 1363 d. Yes, date unknown 2. SWYNFORD, Margaret, b. Abt 1364 d. 1433, Barking, England (Age 69 years) 3. SWYNFORD, Thomas, b. 24 Feb 1367, Lincoln, England d. 1432 (Age 64 years) Family ID F5631 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Mar 2024
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Notes - Katherine became attached to the household of John of Gaunt as governes s to his daughters Philippa of Lancaster and Elizabeth of Lancaster. Th e ailing duchess Blanche had Katherine's daughter Blanche (her namesake ) placed within her own daughters' chambers and afforded the same luxur ies as the young duchesses; additionally, John of Gaunt stood as godfat her to the child. Sometime after Blanche's 1369 death, but before the Duke's second marri age, Katherine and John of Gaunt consummated a romantic affair which wo uld entail 4 children being born out of wedlock to the couple - but als o long endure as a lifelong relationship.