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CATHERINE SWYNFORD (c. 1350-.14.03)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 275 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CATHERINE See also:SWYNFORD (c. 1350-.14.03)  , wife of See also:John of Gaunt, See also:duke of See also:Lancaster, was a daughter of See also:Sir See also:Payne Roelt, a See also:knight who came to See also:England from Hainault in the See also:train of See also:Edward III.'s See also:queen, Philippa . About 1367 she married Sir See also:Hugh See also:Swynford (1340-1372), a See also:Lincolnshire See also:man, by whom she had a son, See also:Thomas (c . 1368-1433), who was a friend and See also:companion of See also:Henry IV. both before and after he came to the See also:English See also:throne . Soon after her See also:husband's See also:death in 1372 See also:Catherine became the See also:mistress of John of Gaunt, and in 1396, nearly two years after the duke had become a widower for the second See also:time, she was married to him at See also:Lincoln . She died at Lincoln on the loth of May 1403 . By John of Gaunt Catherine had four See also:children, all of whom were See also:born before their See also:marriage . They were declared legitimate in 1397 and took the name of See also:Beaufort from one of their See also:father's castles in See also:Anjou (see BEAUFORT) .

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