Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
Joan Beaufort (c. 1377 – 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 de Roet. She married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and in her widowhood became a powerful landowner in the north of England.
Joan Beaufort | |
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| Countess of Westmorland | |
Image of Joan Beaufort in the Neville Book of Hours | |
| Born | c. 1377 |
| Died | 13 November 1440 (aged 62–63) Howden, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England |
| Buried | Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire |
| Family | Beaufort |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem
(m. 1391; died 1396)Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
(m. 1396; died 1425) |
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| Father | John of Gaunt |
| Mother | Katherine Swynford |
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