Edward III PLANTAGENET, King of England
(1312-1377)
Philippa DE HAINAUT, Queen of England
(1311-1369)
Payne DE ROET
(-1380)
Catherine DE HAINAUT
(-Aft 1375)
John DE BEAUFORT, Duke of Gaunt
(1340-1399)
Catherine DE ROËT
(1350-1403)
Lady Joan DE BEAUFORT, Countess of Westmoreland
(1379-1440)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Robert FERRERS

  • Elizabeth FERRERS
  • Mary FERRERS, Lady of Oversley
2. Ralph NEVILLE, 1st Earl Westmoreland
  • Joan NEVILLE, Abbess at Barking
  • Richard NEVILLE, Earl of Salisbury
  • Katherine NEVILLE
  • Henry NEVILLE (d.y.)
  • Thomas NEVILLE (d.y.)
  • Cuthbert NEVILLE (d.y.)
  • Lady Eleanor NEVILLE, Countess of Northumberland+
  • Robert NEVILLE, Bishop of Salisbury & Durham
  • William NEVILLE, Earl of Kent
  • Anne NEVILLE
  • John NEVILLE (d.y.)
  • George NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
  • Cicely NEVILLE
  • Edward NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny

Lady Joan DE BEAUFORT, Countess of Westmoreland

  • Born: 1379, Château de Beaufort, Maine-Et-Loire, France
  • Married (1): Before 30 Sep 1394
  • Married (2): 20 Feb 1396/7, Château de Beauf, Meuse-et-Loire, France
  • Died: 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England
  • Buried: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England

  Research Notes:

A late 15th century/early 16th century manuscript records that “post mortem Constancie secunde uxoris”, “Johannes Gaunt” married “dominam Katerinam de Swynfurth” by whom “in diebus domine Blanchie prime uxoris sue” he had “Johannem Bowfurth comitem Somersissie, Johannam Bowfurth comitissam Westmorelandie, Henricum Bowfurth presbiterum cardinalem et episcopum Wyntonyensem...Thomam Bowforth ducem Exoniensem vel Exeter” who were legitimated by the Pope and called “Bowfurthes aut Faerborne”. A mid-15th century manuscript records that "Radulphus dominus de Neuill et comes Westmorlandie" married "Johanna filia Johannis ducis Lancastrie uxor secunda". A manuscript pedigree dated to [1500] names "Joan, wife firstly of Ferrers Baron of Ousley, and secondly of Ralph Earl of Westmoreland" as daughter of "John Duke of Lancaster" and mother (by her first husband) of "Baroness of Greystoke" and (by her second husband of "Cecily Duchess of York".

The will of "John son of the King of England, Duke of Lancaster", dated 3 Feb 1397, chose burial “in the cathedral church of St Paul, of London...beside my...late wife Blanch”, bequeathed property to “Dame Katherine del Staple...my...wife Katherine...my...brother the Duke of York...my...son Henry Duke of Hereford, Earl of Derby...my...daughter Philippa Queen of Portugal...my...daughter Katherine Queen of Castile and Leon...my...daughter Elizabeth Duchess of Exeter...my...son John Beaufort Marquis of Dorset...my...son the Bishop of Lincoln...my...son Thomas Beaufort...my...daughter their sister Countess of Westmoreland and Lady of Nevil...my...son John brother to...Henry...Mons. Thomas Swyneford...Mons Walter Blount...”. 1

  Marriage Information:

Joan married Robert FERRERS, son of Robert DE FERRERS of Willisham and Elizabeth LE BOTILLER, before 30 Sep 1394. (Robert FERRERS was born about 1373 and died before 29 Nov 1396.)

  Marriage Information:

Joan also married Ralph NEVILLE, 1st Earl Westmoreland, son of John NEVILLE, 5th Baron Percy, 3rd Baron Neville of Raby, and Matilda DE PERCY, on 20 Feb 1396/7 in Château de Beauf, Meuse-et-Loire, France. (Ralph NEVILLE was born before 1364 in Raby Castle, Raby With-Keverstone, Durham, England and died on 21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, Durham, England.)

Sources


1 Foundations for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands, Joan Beaufort.


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