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Katherine Swynford was first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster. Her charismatic lover was one of the most powerful princes of the fourteenth century and Katherine was renowned for her beauty and regarded as enigmatic, intriguing and even dangerous by some of her contemporaries.
2 giu 2017 · Katherine Swynford. Katherine de Roet was probably born about 1350 in Hainault. As is often the case we have no exact records of her birth. What we do know about Katherine’s early life is found in the accounts of chronicler Jean Froissart who was also from Hainault. He talks of Katherine as a ‘Hainaulter’ so its a reasonable assumption to ...
Katherine and Hugh Swynford had three children - Blanche, Thomas and Margaret Swynford. The manor was very basic, devoid of luxury. Hugh Swynford was often called to arms and fought in some of the many battles, including the Battle of Poitiers, of the Hundred Years War , all of which took place in France.
Swynford juga merupakan sebuah subjek di dalam buku sejarah Jeannette Lucraft biografi Katherine Swynford: The History of a Medieval Mistress. Buku ini mencari kedudukan Swynford sebagai sebuah figur yang berkuasa di dalam politik pada abad ke-14 di Inggris dan sebuah contoh dari kemampuan seorang wanita untuk memanipulasi sosial kontemporer untuk keuntungannya sendiri.
Katherine Swynford. Katherine Swynford, hertuginde af Lancaster (født Katherine de Roet, ca. 1350 – 10. maj 1403), også stavet Katharine eller Catherine, [1] var den tredje hustru til Johan af Gent, hertug af Lancaster og søn af kong Edvard 3. Hun havde været hertugens elskerinde i mange år inden deres ægteskab.
30 set 2011 · Katherine Swynford – sexual temptress or powerful woman at the centre of the medieval court? This book unravels the many myths and legacies of this fascinating woman, to show her in a whole new light. Katherine was sister-in-law to Geoffrey Chaucer and governess to the daughters of Blanche of Lancaster and John of Gaunt.
But Katherine Swynford was much more than that. She was the mother of the Beauforts, and through them the ancestress of the Yorkist Kings, the Tudors, the Stuarts and every other sovereign since - a prodigious legacy which has shaped the history of Britain.
