Elizabeth died on 24 November, 1425/6, and was buried in Burford Church, Shropshire.
(iv)
Edward
He was born in
c.
1365, and died the same year. He was buried in St Mary’s Church, Leicester.
(v)
John
He was born before 4 May, 1366, and died young. He was buried in St Mary’s Church, Leicester.
(vi)
Henry IV
(
see here
).
(vii)
Isabella
She was born in
c
.1368, and died young.
John married secondly, on 21 September, 1371, probably at Roquefort, Guienne, or – less probably– at St Andrew, Guienne:
Constance
She was the daughter of Peter I ‘the Cruel’, King of Castile, by Maria, daughter of John Garcias de Padilla, a handfast wife, and she was born in 1354 at Castro Kerez, Castile. She succeeded her father as ‘de jure’ Queen of Castile on 13 March, 1369, but was never Queen ‘de facto’, the throne having been usurped by Henry of Trastamara. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. She died on 24 March, 1394, at Leicester Castle, and was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicester.
Issue of marriage:
(i) Katherine
She was born between 6 June, 1372, and 31 March, 1373, at Hertford Castle. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1384. She married Henry III, King of Castile (1379–1406), in September, 1388, at the Church of St Antolin, Fuentarrabia, Castile, and had issue:
1 Mary (1401–1458); she married Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Sicily (1394–1458), and had issue.
2 John II, King of Castile (1406–1454); he married firstly Maria ( d.1445), daughter of Ferdinand I, King of Aragon and Sicily, and had issue. He married secondly Isabella (1428?–1496), daughter of John, Duke of Beja in Portugal, and son of Philippa of Lancaster (
3 Katherine (1406–1439); married Henry of Aragon, Duke of Villena ( d.1445).
Katherine died on 2 June, 1418, and was buried at Toledo, Spain.
(ii) John
He was born in 1374 at Ghent in Flanders, and died in 1375.
John married thirdly, on 13 January, 1396, at Lincoln Cathedral:
Katherine
She was the daughter of Sir Payn Roët of Guienne, and she was born in c.1350. She married Sir Hugh Swynford of Coleby and Kettlethorpe, Co. Lincs. (1340–1372), before 1367 at St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London, and had issue:
1 Thomas (1368/72–1432), a knight; he married firstly Jane Crophill, and had issue. He married secondly Margaret ( d.1454), daughter of Sir Henry Grey, and had issue.
2 Blanche ( b.c.1370).
Katherine became the mistress of John of Gaunt in c.1371/2. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1388. She died on 10 May, 1403, at Lincoln, and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral.
The issue of this marriage, all surnamed Beaufort after their father’s French lordship, were all born before their parents were united in wedlock; they were legitimated by the Pope on 1 September, 1396, and also by Charter of Richard II on 9 February, 1397, but this same Charter also excluded them from the succession. Issue as follows:
(i) John
He was born around c.1371/3. He was made a Knight of the Garter in c.1397. He was created Earl of Somerset on 10 February, 1397, and Marquess of Somerset on 9 September, 1397. He was created Marquess of Dorset on 29 September, 1397, but deprived of this on 3 November, 1399. He died on 16 March, 1410, at the Hospital of St Katherine-by-the-Tower, London, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.
John married, before 28 September, 1397 (although no evidence exists as to where):
Margaret
She was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Joan, Princess of Wales (
Issue of marriage:
(a)
Henry
He was born on 26 November or, less probably, on 16 October, 1401, and succeeded his father as Earl of Somerset on 16 March, 1410. He died on 25 November, 1418.
(b)
John
He was born before 25 March or in c. April, 1404. He succeeded his brother Henry as Earl of Somerset on 25 November, 1418, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1440. He was created Duke of Somerset and Earl of Kendal on 28 August, 1443. He died, perhaps by suicide, on 27 May, 1444, and was buried in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.
John had the following
illegitimate issue
:
1 John, Bastard of Somerset (
d.
after 1453).
2 Jacinda or Thomasine (1434?–after 1469); she married Reginald, Baron Grey de Wilton (1421–1494), and had issue.
John married, in 1439 or
c
.1442 (although no record exists as to where):
Margaret
She was the daughter of John, 3rd Baron Beauchamp of Bletsoe, by Edith, daughter of Sir John Stourton. She
married firstly Sir Oliver St John of Bletsoe, Beds. (
d
.1437), and had issue:
1 John of Bletsoe, a knight; he married Alice, daughter of Thomas Bradshaigh of Haigh, Co. Lancs., and had issue.
2 Oliver of Lidiard Tregos or of Ewell, Surrey (
d
.1497); he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, Baron Scrope of Bolton, and had issue.
3 Agnes; she married David Malpas.
4 Edith; she married Sir Geoffrey Pole of Medmenham, Bucks. (
d
.1474), and had issue, including Sir Richard Pole, who married Margaret Plantagenet (under Edward IV,
see here
).
5 Elizabeth; she married William, Baron Zouche of Haryngworth.
6 Mary; she married Richard Frogenhall.
After the death of John Beaufort, her second husband, Margaret married thirdly Leo, 6th Baron Welles (killed 1461), in
c.
April, 1447, and had issue:
7 John, 1st Viscount Welles (
d
.1498); he married Cecilia of York, daughter of Edward IV, and had issue.
Margaret died on 8 August, 1482, and was buried in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.