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Katherine Swynford?
Tomb of Katherine Swynford, Lincoln Cathedral
Did you Know?
Katherine Swynford’s story is known to many from the biographical novel Katherine by Anya Seton, her most famous work. From a very modest background she fell in love with John of Gaunt, son of Edward III. Despite many barriers they were eventually married in Lincoln Cathedral in 1396. Their daughter Joan was grandmother to Richard III and Edward IV, from whom descended the Tudor and Stuart dynasties and all subsequent British Royals.
Katherine also lived in the Lincolnshire village of Kettlethorpe and in later life within the Lincoln Cathedral Close. She died in 1403 and the tomb of Katherine Swynford and her daughter Joan Beaufort can be found on the south side of the Angel Choir in Lincoln Cathedral.
