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Katherine de Ruet, Duchess of Lancaster^[1]

1350 - 1403

• Suffix	Duchess of Lancaster
  Born	1350	, Hainaut, Belgium   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  AFN	8J5H-L2
  Name AKA	Katherine de Ro?et  [4]
  Died	10 May 1403	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [2, 5]
  Buried	Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [6]
  Notes	KINSHIP: Younger daughter and coheiress. BIRTH: Place> Probably Hainault {, Hainaut, Belgium}. TITLES: 2nd marriage> Duchess of Lancaster: See 'Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families', p. 428 LANCASTER:8.
  Person ID	I109	British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Sir Paen de Ruet, Knight, of, , Hainaut, Belgium ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sir Hugh de Swynford, of, Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 13 Nov 1371
  Married	STATUS: 1st marriage for wife. CONDITION: 1 son and 1 daughter of this marriage.
  Children	1. Sir Thomas Swynford, Knight,   b. 24 Feb 1373, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 2 Apr 1432   2. Blanche de Swynford,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	John of Gaunt, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster,   b. Mar 1340, St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium ,   d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Married	13 Jan 1396-1397	Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [2, 5]
  	MARRIAGE: Ratified and Confirmed> During the Great Schism by the Roman pope, Boniface IX. STATUS: 3rd marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife, (formerly the governess of his children and then his mistress). CONDITION: All children born before marriage.
  Children	1. John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset,   b. Abt 1370-1371, of, Beaufort, Champagne, France ,   d. 21 Apr 1410, St. Katherine by the Tower, London, Middlesex, England   2. Cardinal Henry Beaufort,   b. Abt 1375-1376,   d. 11 Apr 1447, Winchester, Hampshire, England   3. Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter,   d. 27 or 31 Dec 1426   4. Joan Beaufort,   b. Abt 1379,   d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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