Katherine Swynford

1350 – 1403 · Generation XVII · House of Plantagenet

Katherine Swynford (1350–1403). Married John of Gaunt in 1372. They had one child. Gaunt’s longtime love, married at last in 1396; their Beaufort children were legitimized by charter — the Tudor line runs through her.

One of 23 people of House of Plantagenet (1126–1485) in this archive. The longest-reigning English house, counting its Angevin beginning and the rival Lancaster and York branches that fought the Wars of the Roses.

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Partners

• Married John of Gaunt (1340 – 1399) in 1372 — one child together

Children

• John Beaufort (1373 – 1410)

Life

• 1350 — Born
• 1372 — Married John of Gaunt
• 1403 — Died