Katherine Mortimer
Katherine Mortimer (married Katherine Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick , * between 1315 and 1321, † after August 4, 1369 ) was an English noblewoman .
Katherine Mortimer came from the Anglo-Norman Mortimer family . She was the younger daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and his wife Joan de Geneville .
On July 20, 1318, King Edward II granted her father guardianship and the right to marry the underage Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick . Apparently Mortimer betrothed his ward to his daughter Katherine, which he may have already agreed with Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick , who died in 1315, and Thomas' father. Because Katherine was probably still a child, she was not arrested in 1322 when her father had to surrender after a failed rebellion against the king. After her father was able to overthrow the king in September 1326, her father became the real regent for the new underage King Edward III. Katherine could now marry her fiancé, making her the Countess of Warwick. The celebration took place as a double wedding with the wedding of her sister Joan in the summer of 1329 in Hereford . Medieval chroniclers may have confused the wedding with the double wedding of their two sisters Beatrice and Agnes , which had also taken place in Hereford a year earlier. Accordingly, the weddings of Katherine and Joan could have taken place on May 31, 1328.
Katherine had with her husband, who during the reign of Edward III. was one of the most respected English magnates, five sons and at least six daughters:
- Guy de Beauchamp († April 28, 1360)
- Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (* 1337 / 9–1401)
- Reinbrun de Beauchamp († 1361)
- William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny (around 1343–1411)
- Roger de Beauchamp († 1361)
- Maud de Beauchamp († 1403), ⚭ Roger de Clifford, 5th Baron de Clifford
- Philippa de Beauchamp (before 1344–1386), ⚭ Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
- Alice de Beauchamp († 1383), ⚭ (1) John Beauchamp of Hatch; ⚭ (2) Sir Matthew Gournay
- Joan de Beauchamp, ⚭ Ralph Basset, 3rd Baron Basset de Drayton († 1390)
- Isabell de Beauchamp († 1416), ⚭ (1) John le Strange, 5th Baron Strange ; ⚭ (2) William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
- Margaret de Beauchamp, ⚭ Guy de Montfort
She died before her husband shortly after drawing up her will on August 4, 1369. She was buried in St Mary's Church in Warwick , where her grave figure made of alabaster can still be found.
Web links
- Katherine Mortimer, on thepeerage.com , accessed July 6, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ian Mortimer: The greatest traitor. The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327-1330. Pimlico, London 2003, ISBN 0-7126-9715-2 , p. 322
- ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 225
- ^ Anthony Tuck: Beauchamp, Thomas, eleventh earl of Warwick (c.1272-1315). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
- ^ Ian Mortimer: The greatest traitor. The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327-1330. Pimlico, London 2003, ISBN 0-7126-9715-2 , p. 206
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mortimer, Katherine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beauchamp, Katherine, Countess of Warwick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1315 and 1321 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after August 4, 1369 |