Katherine ROET

1350 - 1403  (53 years)

• Name	Katherine ROET  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1350  [7]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1403  [8]
  Person ID	I13409	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Payne ROET
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hugh SWYNFORD   d. Abt 1372
  Marriage	13 Jan 1366	St. Clement Danes Church, London, England   [5]
  Children	1. Thomas SWYNFORD  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	John Of Gaunt PLANTAGENET, King Of Castile And Leon,   b. Mar 1340, Gaunt, Flanders (Now Belgium) d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1397	Lincoln Cathedral, , ENG
  Children	1. Thomas BEAUFORT, Duke Of Exeter,   b. Abt 1377   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sir John BEAUFORT,   b. 1373   d. 1410 (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Cardinal Henry DE BEAUFORT,   b. 1367   d. 1447 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Joan DE BEAUFORT,   b. Abt 1379, Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Richard KING OF ENGLAND, II   d. 1399
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F3915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Her father was Payne Roet. She is well known by her first married name as Katherine Swynford. She was probably born in Picardy, France. She was the governess to Duke John of Gaunt's daughter by his first wife. Around the time Katherinrst husband died, she became the mistress of John of Gaunt and had 4 children by him. When John's second wife died, he married Katherine and had all of their children pronounced legitimate. She became Duchess of Lancaster in 1396 or 1397 with the later being the more favored date. There is a current novel out about her that is very popular by Anya Seton called "Katherine".

  
  

• Sources

  [S224] Internet Site, Presidential Lineages. [S701] Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pubishing Co., c2001). [S2622] Carpenter, Neva, Email dated 2002+ from nevasc@pacbell.net. [S2623] Nicola, Paul, Email dated 2002 from paul.nicola. [S2533] Simmons, Clarence, Email dated 2002 from clarence.simmons@primus.ca (Very knowledgable). [S203] Billie Redding Lewis, Thomas Underwood 1650 Immigrant, His Descendants and their Families unpublished, 1993 (copy of the book in possession of Linda Coate Dudick). [S264] Tompsett, Brian, Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web at http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/GEDCOM.html. [S280] Weebers, Hans, Genealogy of the Presidents of the USA at http://users.LegacyFamilyTree.com/USPresidents/Index.htm (http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents).