THEY ARE MY ANCESTORS
FROM VERY FAR BACK !!!
Katherine Swynford's life holds many of us in thrall for she enchanted a royal prince for many decades! As for John, he too was a very captivating individual. John of Gaunt was believed arrogant by his enemies yet considered a powerful Plantagenet prince by his friends. Was Katherine a brazen seductress? A scandalous mastermind? All the same, what special charm did she have for John of Gaunt to love her so passionately? At a time when neither of them was young but perhaps still 'young at heart' [John at 56, Katherine at 46], he decided to finally "put a ring on it". In that day and age, nobles did not always feel the need to marry their mistresses, but John ultimately did: A month before Valentine's day.
January 13,
1396 was their wedding date
Oh, how I love genealogy !!!!!
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