Person:Catherine Grandison (1)
Catherine Grandisson
b.Abt 1304 Ashford, Kent, England
d.23 Nov 1349 Bisham, Berkshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bet 1285 and 1286
  1. Agnes GrandisonAbt 1287 - 1349
  2. Piers de Grandison1287 - 1358
  3. Agnes Viscountess of Wormegay de GrandisonAbt 1289 - 1348
  4. Mabilia de Grandison1294 - 1350
  5. John De Grandison1299 - 1369
  6. Otto de GrandisonAbt 1300 - 1359
  7. Catherine GrandissonAbt 1304 - 1349
Spouse and Children
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m. 1327
  1. Elizabeth MontaguAbt 1325 - 1359
  2. William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury1328 - 1397
  3. John de MontagueAbt 1329 - 1396
  4. Anneys de MontagueAbt 1330 -
  5. Sibyl de Montague1330 - 1342/43
  6. Philippa Montacute1332 - 1382
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Facts and Events
Name Catherine Grandisson
Married Name Catherine Montacute, Countess of Salisbury
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1304 Ashford, Kent, England
Alt Marriage 1324 to William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Marriage 1327 Cassington, Oxfordshire, Englandto William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Death[1] 23 Nov 1349 Bisham, Berkshire, England
Burial? Bisham, Berkshire, England
Reference Number? Q275660?


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Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury ( 1304 – 23 November 1349) was an English noblewoman, remembered for her relationship with King Edward III of England and possibly the woman in whose honour the Order of the Garter was originated. She was the daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison, and Sibylla de Tregoz. Her mother was one of two daughters of John de Tregoz, Baron Tregoz (whose arms were blazoned Gules two bars gemels in chief a lion passant guardant or), maternal granddaughter of Fulk IV, Baron FitzWarin). Catherine married William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury in about 1320.

Their children were:

According to Jean le Bel, King Edward III was so sexually interested in the countess that in 1341 he raped her and according to the True Chronicles of Jean le Bel "left her there unconscious, bleeding from her nose, mouth, and elsewhere", after having relieved a Scottish siege on Wark Castle, where she lived, while her husband was out of the country. An Elizabethan play, Edward III, deals with this incident. In the play, the Earl of Warwick is the unnamed countess's father, though he was not her father in real life.

In around 1348, the Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III and it is recorded by Jean Froissart that he did so after an incident at a ball when the "Countess of Salisbury" dropped a garter and the king picked it up. It is assumed that Froissart is referring either to Catherine or to his daughter-in-law, Joan of Kent.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Catherine Montacute, Countess of Salisbury, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Catherine Grandison, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   KATHERINE de Grandson (-23 Apr 1349)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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