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Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chateau de Beaufort, Meuse-et-Loire, France
Death: November 13, 1440 (56-65)
Howden, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, 1st Earl of Richmond and Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
Wife of Robert Ferrers of Wem and Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Baron Neville de Raby
Mother of Elizabeth Ferrers; Lady Mary de Ferrers; Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk; Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland; Joan Neville, the nun and 11 others
Sister of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter; Cardinal Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester and John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
Half sister of Blanche Swynford; Dorothy Thimelby (Swynford); Sir Thomas Swynford; Blanche fitzJohn; Filipa de Lencastre, rainha consorte de Portugal and 8 others

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About Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland

"Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (c. 1379 – 13 November 1440) was the third or fourth child (and only daughter) of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress, later wife, Katherine Swynford; and, in her widowhood, a powerful landowner in the North of England."

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http://thepeerage.com/p10198.htm#i101973 

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[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/2, page 547.

[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 17. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.

[S8] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, volume 1, page 15.

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"Joan Beaufort (subsequently Countess of Westmorland), legitimated da. of John 'of Gaunt', Duke of Lancaster; d. 13 November 1440."

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Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland's Timeline

1379
1379
Chateau de Beaufort, Meuse-et-Loire, France
1393
1393
Oversley, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
1394
September 1394
Oversley, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
1397
1397
Raby, Durham, England (United Kingdom)
1397
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England
1399
1399
Raby Castle, Staindrop, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
1400
1400
Castle Raby, Staindrop, Durham, England (United Kingdom)
1403
1403
Raby, Durham, England, United Kingdom