Person:Joan Beaufort (61)
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
b.1375 Beaufort Castle, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
d.13 Nov 1440 Howden, Yorkshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bet 13 Jan 1396 and 1397
  1. John "Fairborn" Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset1373 - 1410
  2. Blanche BeaufortAbt 1373 - Bef 1397
  3. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland1375 - 1440
  4. Cardinal Henry BeaufortAbt 1376 - 1447
  5. Sir Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorset, Duke of Exeter, Captain of Calais, Lord Chancellor, K.G.Abt 1377 - 1426
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Robert FerrersAbt 1372 - Bef 1396
  • W.  Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland1375 - 1440
m. Bef 30 Sep 1390
  1. Elizabeth FerrersAbt 1393 - Abt 1434
  2. Mary Ferrers, of OversleyAbt 1394 - 1456/57
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 Feb 1397
  1. Jane de Neville
  2. Lady Catherine de NevilleAbt 1397 - Aft 1483
  3. Joan NevilleAbt 1398 -
  4. Eleanor Neville1399 - 1472
  5. Sir Richard de Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, K.G., P.C.Abt 1400 - 1460
  6. Henry De NevilleAbt 1402 -
  7. Anne Neville, Duchess of BuckinghamAbt 1404 - 1480
  8. Robert Neville, Bishop of Salisbury; Bishop of DurhamAbt 1405 - 1457
  9. Thomas De Neville, Baron St. Maur & LovelAbt 1409 -
  10. William Neville, 1st Earl of KentAbt 1410 - 1462/63
  11. Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron BergavennyAbt 1412 - 1476
  12. Cuthbert De NevilleAbt 1414 -
  13. Cecily Neville, Duchess of York1415 - 1495
  14. John De NevilleAbt 1418 -
  15. George Neville, 1st Baron Latymer1424 - 1469
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Facts and Events
Name[12] Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
Alt Name Joane Beaufort
Gender Female
Birth? 1375 Beaufort Castle, Pays-de-la-Loire, FranceChateau Beaufort
Alt Birth[2] 1375 Anjou, France
Marriage Bef 30 Sep 1390 Meurthe-et-Moselle, FranceChateau de Beaufort
to Robert Ferrers
Marriage 3 Feb 1397 to Sir Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Other Status: 2nd marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife.
with Sir Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Other Condition: 9 sons and 5 daughters of this marriage.
with Sir Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Property? The lordship of Middleham {Middleham, Yorkshire, England}.
Property? The lordship of Sheriff-Hutton {Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire, England}.
Death[3][4][5] 13 Nov 1440 Howden, Yorkshire, England
Burial[5] 1440 Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Probate? Died testate.
DNA[10][11] 2013 mtDNA haplotype J1c2c
Other? Kinship: Illegitimate daughter - legitimated.
Other? Staindrop, Durham, EnglandMonumental inscription
Reference Number? Q535583?


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Joan Beaufort ( – 13 November 1440), was the youngest of the four legitimised children and only daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (third surviving son of King Edward III), by his mistress, later wife, Katherine Swynford. She married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and in her widowhood became a powerful landowner in the North of England.

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References
  1.   Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland.
  2. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet ancestry : a study in colonial and medieval families. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, c2004)
    p. 253 NEVILLE:10.
  3. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis; William R. Beall; Kaleen E. Beall; and Walter Lee Sheppard. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700: lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other historical individuals. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c2004)
    p. 6 line 2:32, p. 7 line 3:32, p. 66 line 62:34.

    Joan Beaufort, d. Howden, 13 Nov. 1440; m. (1) by lic. 27 Sept 1369, Sir Robert de Ferrers (62-34), of Willisham, Wem, and Oversley, co. Warwick d. bef 29 Nov. 1396 grandson of Sir Robert De Ferrers (61-32), 3rd Lord Ferrers, of Chartley and Joan de la Mote; m. (2) bef. 3 Feb. 1396/7, Ralph de Neville, K.G. (207-34), cr. Earl of Westmorland, 1397, b. bef. 1364, d. Raby, 21 Oct. 1425, will made 18 Oct. 1424, pro. 14 Nov. 1425-7 Oct 1426, son of John Neville, 3rd Lord Neville of Raby, and Maud de Percy. (CP V: 320 chart; CP VII: 415; CP IX: 502 ii-iii chart: CP XII (1): 39-40; CP XIV; 101).

  4. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis; William R. Beall; and Walter Lee Sheppard. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: the barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and some of their descendants who settled in America during the early colonial years. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1999)
    p. 65 line 45:7, p. 136 line 102:8.

    See also p. 124 line 94:10, p. 136 line 102:8

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet ancestry : a study in colonial and medieval families. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, c2004)
    p. 15 BEAUFORT:10, p. 254 NEVILLE:10.
  6.   Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
    vol. 1 p. 27; vol. 2 p. 389.
  7.   Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet ancestry : a study in colonial and medieval families. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, c2004)
    See also p. xxix, p. 14 BEAUFORT:11.iv, 10, p. 20 BERGAVENNY:6, p. 208 LATIMER:7, p. 244 MONTAGU:8, p. 254 NEVILLE:9, p. 273 PERCY:9.
  8.   JOAN Beaufort ([1379]-Howden, Yorkshire 13 Nov 1440, bur Lincoln Cathedral)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  9.   Lady Joan de Beaufort, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  10. ↑ Ehrenberg, Rachel. A king's final hours, told by his mortal remains.
  11. ↑ University of Leicester. Family tree: Cecily Neville (1415-1495) Duchess of York.
  12. ↑ Given the surname of BEAUFORT from her father's (lost) castle in Champagne which had devolved on him through his 1st wife: See 'Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists', 2nd ed. p. 14 BEAUCHAMP:11.
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