Joan Strangeways

Joan se casó con William de Berkeley en Nov 1468. William (hijo de James de Berkley y Isabel de Mowbray) nació en 1426 en Berkeley Castle, Berkeley,Inglaterra; falleció el 14 Feb 1492. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Thomas se casó con Katherine Neville el Sí, fecha desconocida. Katherine (hija de Ralph de Neville y Joan Beaufort) nació en 1400; falleció en 1483. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Notas:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Katherine_Neville
Katherine Neville or Catherine de Neville (born c. 1400 – died after 1483[1]) was the eldest daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364–1425), and Joan Beaufort (c. 1379-1440), daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, by
his mistress (later, 3rd wife) Katherine Swynford.[2]

On 12 January 1412, Katherine was married at the age of 12 to John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1392–1432). Their only known child was John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1415–1461).

Katherine married for a second time to Thomas Strangeways (c. 1395-before 1442) [3] - they had 2 daughters:
Joan Strangeways, who married Sir William Willoughby. Their daugher Cecily married Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley.[4]
Catherine Strangeways [1]

She married for a third time to John, Viscount Beaumont, who was killed in 1460.

Her fourth and last marriage was infamous, known by contemporaries as the "diabolical marriage"[1] - she married John Woodville, brother of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward IV. He was 19 years old at the time of their marriage - she was 65. Nonetheless, she survived even him; he was executed in 1469 during the brief period of time that her nephew Richard, Earl of Warwick, usurped the authority of the crown. Whether or not she was forced into this final marriage against her will is unclear. She was still alive in 1483, having survived all the descendents of her first marriage

Notas:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_de_Neville,_1st_Earl_of_Westmorland
Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Baron Neville de Raby, Earl Marshal, KG, PC (c. 1364 – 21 October 1425), was an English nobleman of the House of Neville.
Family

Ralph Neville was born about 1364, the son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, and Maud Percy (d. before 18 February 1379), daughter of Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick, Northumberland, by Idoine de Clifford, daughter of Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford.[1] Neville had a younger brother, and five sisters:[2]
Thomas Neville, 5th Baron Furnivall, who married Joan Furnival.
Alice Neville, who married William Deincourt, 3rd Baron Deincourt.
Maud Nevile.
Idoine Neville.
Eleanor Neville, who married Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley.
Elizabeth Neville, who became a nun.

Neville's father married secondly, before 9 October 1381, Elizabeth Latimer (d. 5 November 1395), daughter of William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer. By his father's second marriage Neville had a brother and sister of the half blood:[3]
John Neville, 6th Baron Latimer (c.1382 – 10 December 1430), who married firstly, Maud Clifford (c. 26 August 1446), daughter of Thomas Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford, whom he divorced before 1413x17, and by whom he had no issue. She married secondly, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, beheaded 5 August 1415 for his part in the Southampton Plot.[4]
Elizabeth Neville, who married Sir Thomas Willoughby.

Career

Neville's first military service was in Brittany under King Richard II's uncle, Thomas of Woodstock, who knighted him at Saint-Omer in July 1380. On 14 November 1381 he and his cousin, Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, were commissioned to preside over a duel between an Englishman and a Scot, and on 1 December 1383 he and his father were commissioned to receive from the Scots 24,000 marks for the ransom of King David. On 26 October 1385 he was appointed joint governor of Carlisle with Sir Thomas Clifford, and on 27 March 1386 was appointed, together with Clifford, joint Warden of the West March.[5]

Neville inherited the title at the age of 24 after his father's death on 17 October 1388, and was summoned to Parliament from 6 December 1389 to 30 November 1396 by writs directed to Radulpho de Nevyll de Raby. On 25 October 1388 he was appointed, with others, to survey the fortifications on the Scottish border, and on 24 May 1389 was made keeper for life of the royal forests north of the Trent. In 1393 and 1394 he was employed in peace negotiations with Scotland.[6]

In 1397 Neville supported King Richard's proceedings against the King's uncle, Thomas of Woodstock, and the Lords Appellant, and by way of reward was created Earl of Westmorland on 29 September of that year. However his loyalty to the King
was tested shortly thereafter. His first wife, Margaret Stafford, had died on 9 June 1396, and Neville's second marriage to Joan Beaufort before 29 November 1396 made him the son-in-law of King Richard's uncle, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster. Thus when King Richard banished John of Gaunt's eldest son and heir, Henry Bolingbroke, on 16 September 1398, and confiscated Bolingbroke's estates after John of Gaunt's death on 3 February 1399, Westmorland threw his support behind his brother-in-law Bolingbroke when he landed with a small force at Ravenspur in July 1399. Westmorland and the Earl of Northumberland were in the deputation at the Tower which received King Richard's abdication, and Westmorland bore the
small sceptre called the 'virge' at Bolingbroke's coronation as King Henry IV on 13 October 1399.[7]

For his support of the new King, Westmorland was rewarded with a lifetime appointment as Earl Marshal on 30 September 1399 (although he resigned the office in 1412), a lifetime grant of the honour of Richmond on 20 October (although the grant was not accompanied by a grant of the title Earl of Richmond), and several wardships.[8] Before 4 December he was appointed to the King's council, in March 1401 was one of the commissioners who conducted negotiations for a marriage between the King's eldest daughter, Blanche of England, and Louis, son of Rupert, King of the Romans, and in 1403 was made a Knight of the Garter, taking the place left vacant by the death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York.[8]

According to Tuck, Westmorland had little influence on the Scottish borders in the first years of Henry IV's reign, where the wardenships of the marches were monopolized by the Percys, leading to a growing rivalry between the two families.
However in 1403 the Percys, spurred on by various grievances, took up arms against the King, and suffered defeat at the Battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403. Northumberland's son, Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, was slain at Shrewsbury, and Northumberland's brother, the Earl of Worcester, was beheaded two days later. After Shrewsbury, King Henry ordered Westmorland to raise troops and prevent Northumberland's army, which was still in the north, from advancing south. On 6 August 1403,as a reward for his service in driving Northumberland back to Warkworth Castle, Westmorland was granted the wardenship of the West March which Northumberland had held since 1399, the wardenship of the East March, formerly held by Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, being granted to the King's 14-year-old son, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford.[8]

Two years later Northumberland, joined by Lord Bardolf, again took up arms against the King. It had been Northumberland's plan to capture Westmorland by surprise at the outset, and in early May 1405, with 400 men, Northumberland made a surprise attack at the castle of Witton-le-Wear, where Westmorland had been staying. The attempt failed, as Westmorland had already fled. Westmorland speedily gathered an army, defeated a force of Percy allies at Topcliffe, and then marched towards York with Henry IV's son, John of Lancaster, to confront a force of some 8000 men gathered on Shipton Moor under the leadership of Archbishop Richard Scrope, Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, and Scrope's nephew, Sir William Plumpton. Outnumbered by Scrope's forces, Westmorland resorted to trickery,[9] and led Scrope and his allies to believe that their demands would be accepted and their personal safety guaranteed. Once Scrope's army had been disbanded on 29 May,
Scrope, Mowbray and Plumpton were arrested, summarily condemned to death for treason, and beheaded outside the walls of York on 8 June 1405. Although Westmorland handed Scrope and his allies over to the King at Pontefract, he played no role in their hasty and irregular trial and execution, having been sent north by the King on 4 June to seize Northumberland's castles. It is unclear whether Northumberland had initially planned to rebel openly in concert with Scrope, but in the event he gave Scrope no support, and fled to Scotland after his failed attempt to capture Westmorland. His estates were subsequently forfeited to the crown, and Westmorland, as a reward for his quelling of the 1405 rebellion without significant bloodshed, received a large grant of former Percy lands in Cumberland and Northumberland in June 1405.[10]

After the death of Henry IV Westmorland was mainly engaged in the defence of the northern border in his capacity as Warden of the West March (1403–1414). In 1415 he decisively defeated an invading Scottish army at the Battle of Yeavering.[1] Westmorland played no part in King Henry V's French campaigns, and Tuck notes that his relationship with Henry V was not close, perhaps partly because of the involvement of Westmorland's son-in-law, Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton, in the Southampton Plot.[11] After Henry V's death, Westmorland was a member of the Council of Regency during the minority of King Henry VI.[12]

According to Tait, Westmorland was 'no inconsiderable builder', citing his rebuilding of Sheriff Hutton Castle on a scale so magnificent that Leland saw 'no house in the north so like a princely lodging', his doubling of the entrance gateway of Raby Castle and the corresponding tower, and possibly his responsibility for the 'tall and striking tower' of Richmond parish church. On 1 November 1410 Westmorland was granted licence to found a college for a master, six clerks, six 'decayed gentlemen' and others at Staindrop, towards the completion of which he left a bequest in his will.[

Ralph se casó con Joan Beaufort en 1396 en Château de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou. Joan (hija de Juan de Gante y Catherine Swynford) nació en 1379 en Château de Beaufort, Anjou,Francia; falleció el 13 Nov 1440 en Howden, Yorkshire,Inglaterra. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Notas:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Gante
Juana Beaufort (n. chateâu Beaufort, Anjou, Francia, 1379 – m. Howden, Yorkshire, 13.11.1440), casada primero con Sir Roberto Ferrers y luego con Ralph Neville, I conde de Westmorland.

Notas:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Gante
Juan de Gante nació en la abadía de San Bavon, en la localidad de Gante —de donde le viene el sobrenombre—, el 24 de junio de 1340, siendo el cuarto hijo varón —pero tercero superviviente— del rey Eduardo III de Inglaterra y de Felipa de Henao.
Fue nombrado conde de Richmond el 20 de septiembre de 1343, y recibe el título de duque de Lancaster a la muerte de su suegro Enrique de Grosmont (1361), por su matrimonio, celebrado en la Capilla de la Reina, en Reading, el 19 de mayo de 1359, con su prima, Blanca de Lancaster, heredera del difunto conde. Además, recibe la mitad de los inmensos estados de su suegro, recibiendo la otra parte sólo tras la muerte de su cuñada, Matilde, en 1362. El título le sirvió para tener una cierta independencia de la Corte. Juan llegó a ser un príncipe realmente acomodado, con más de treinta castillos y posesiones en Inglaterra y Francia. De este matrimonio nacieron 7 hijos:
Felipa (n. Leicester, 31.3.1360 – m. de plaga, Odivelas, 19.7.1415), casada con Juan I de Avís, rey de Portugal.
Juan (n. 1362 – m. 1365).
Isabel (n. Burford, 21.2.1363 – m. Burford, 24.11.1425), casada sucesivamente con Juan Hastings, conde de Pembroke —el matrimonio es anulado en 1383—, con Juan Holland, 1er duque de Exeter, y con Juan Cornwall, Lord Fanhope.
Eduardo (n. 1365 – m. 1368).
Juan (n. y m. 4.5.1366).
Enrique (n. castillo de Bolingbroke, 3 de abril de 1367 – abadía de Westminster, 20 de marzo de 1413), que sube al trono de Inglaterra como Enrique IV.
Una hija (n. y m. 1368).
Al morir su hermano mayor, Eduardo, príncipe de Gales, el famoso Príncipe Negro en 1376, Juan empezó a ganar poder. Protegió al reformista religioso John Wyclif ya que simpatizaba con sus ideas. Sin embargo, el auge de Juan como político coincidió con una pérdida de su influencia. El país estaba inmerso en la Guerra de los Cien Años y el rey Eduardo III empezaba a ser impopular debido al aumento de los impuestos. Además, mientras que el rey y el príncipe de Gales tenían fama
de héroes populares por sus hazañas en el campo de batalla, Juan nunca consiguió un éxito militar que le ayudara a ganar reputación. Aunque en 1367 participó en la Batalla de Nájera, sus proyectos militares posteriores resultaron infructuosos.
Al morir el rey Eduardo III en 1377 el sobrino de 10 años de Juan, Ricardo II subió al trono con una regencia. Juan de Gante mantuvo aún una gran influencia en el gobierno del reino. Un aumento en los impuestos provocó la rebelión de los campesinos ingleses en 1381, durante la que se destruyó su Palacio de Saboya, teniendo que proclamarse la mayoría de edad del joven monarca.
Rey de la Corona de Castilla
Al morir su primera esposa, Blanca, el 17 de septiembre de 1369, en el castillo de Bolingbroke, Juan contrajo segundo matrimonio en la localidad de Roquefort (dép. Landas), en Guyena, el 21 de septiembre de 1371, con Constanza de Castilla,
hija de Pedro I de Castilla. El 30 de enero de 1372, Juan y su esposa Constanza fueron reconocidos por el rey Eduardo como reyes de de la Corona de Castilla. De este segundo matrimonio nacieron 2 hijos:
Catalina (n. castillo de Hertford, 31 de marzo de 1373 – m. Valladolid, 2.6.1418), casada con Enrique III el Doliente, rey de Castilla.
Juan (n. Gante, 1374 – m. 1375).
Aprovechando la derrota del rey Juan I de Castilla en Aljubarrota, quiso hacer efectivas su reclamaciones legitimistas al trono castellano, en una campaña que se inscribe dentro de la Guerra de los Cien Años entre Francia e Inglaterra.
El 9 de mayo de 1386, Portugal e Inglaterra establecieron una alianza por el tratado de Windsor, y el 25 de julio de 1386 desembarcaron en La Coruña Juan de Gante, su esposa y la hija de ambos, Catalina de Lancáster. Avanzaron hacia el sur
de Galicia estableciendo su Corte en Orense para pasar el invierno. Junto con el rey de Portugal invadieron juntos el Reino de León, pero sin poder derrotar a las tropas de Juan I siguieron hacia el sur del territorio leonés cruzando el Duero entre Zamora y Toro. Ante los escasos resultados de la campaña anglo-portuguesa1 y la pérdida de apoyos en Galicia, Juan de Gante y Juan I de Castilla negociaron un acuerdo a espaldas del rey portugués, que resultó en el tratado de Bayona de 8 de julio de 1388, por el que Juan de Gante y su esposa renunciaban a los derechos sucesorios castellanos en favor del matrimonio de su hija Catalina con el primogénito de Juan I de Castilla, el futuro Enrique III, a quienes se les otorgó la condición de Príncipes de Asturias. Así quedaron unidas las dos ramas sucesorias de Alfonso XI.
Últimos años
Ante el caótico gobierno de su sobrino el rey Ricardo II casi llevó a su país a una guerra civil. Juan de Gante volvió a Inglaterra y consiguió evitar el conflicto.
La segunda esposa de Gante, Constanza, murió en el castillo de Leicester, el 24 de marzo de 1394, y entonces éste decide casarse por tercera y última vez, en la localidad de Lincoln, el 13 de enero de 1396, con Catalina de Roet-Swynford, viuda de Hugh Swynford y cuñada del célebre escritor Godofredo Chaucer. Catalina había cuidado de los hijos de Juan de Gante y de su primera esposa desde 1368, comenzando en esa época con él una relación adúltera de 28 años. Con Catalina Swynford, Gante tuvo 4 hijos, legitimados por el Papa y luego por el rey Ricardo II al casarse con la madre, pero tanto éste como su sucesor Enrique IV de Inglaterra los declaran eliminados de la sucesión al trono. Todos ellos tomaron el apellido Beaufort:
Juan Beaufort (n. chateâu Beaufort, Anjou, Francia, 1373 – m. Londres, 16.3.1410), nombrado conde de Somerset (1.2.1397) y marqués de Dorset (IX.1397).
Enrique Beaufort (n. chateâu Beaufort, Anjou, Francia, 1375 – m. palacio Wolvesey, Winchester, 11.4.1447), nombrado obispo de Lincoln (1398-1404), de Winchester (1404-1405), y luego Cardenal (1426). Enrique V lo nombra Lord Canciller del Reino.
Tomás Beaufort (n. chateâu Beaufort, Anjou, Francia, I.1377 – m. 13.12.1426), nombrado conde de Dorset (1411) y duque de Exeter (1416); casado con Margarita Neville.
Juana Beaufort (n. chateâu Beaufort, Anjou, Francia, 1379 – m. Howden, Yorkshire, 13.11.1440), casada primero con Sir Roberto Ferrers y luego con Ralph Neville, I conde de Westmorland.
Murió por causas naturales en el castillo de Leicester, el 3 de febrero de 1399, a los 58 años de edad, siendo sepultado en la catedral de San Pablo, en Londres.

Juan se casó con Catherine Swynford el Sí, fecha desconocida. Catherine nació el 25 Nov 1350; falleció el 10 May 1403. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Notas:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Swynford
Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (also spelled Catherine[2] and Synford), née (de) Roet (also spelled (de) Rouet, (de) Roët, or (de) Roelt) (probably 25 November 1350 – 10 May 1403), was the daughter of Sir Payne (or Paen/Pain/Paon) (de) Roet (also spelled (de) Rouet, (de) Roët or (de) Roelt), originally a Flemish herald from County of Hainaut, later knighted.
Katherine became the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, a son of King Edward III. Their descendants were members of the Beaufort family, which played a major role in the Wars of the Roses. Henry VII, who became King of England
in 1485, derived his claim to the throne from his mother Lady Margaret Beaufort, who was a great-granddaughter of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford.