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From: Leo van de Pas< >
Subject: Re: John of Gaunt [1340-1399] - Lord of Beaufort
Date: 2 Sep 1998 18:24:38 -0700


A curse on Yahoo :-)
Have you considered Yahoo may only refer to still existing buildings?
Within the last week or so it has been quoted from the Complete Peerage,
Volume XII/1 Page 39 in a footnote :

The name Beaufort (for John of Gaunts children by Katherine Roet)
came (Walsingham, 'Ypodigma' Rolls Ser.,p.374) from their father's
castle in Champagne, which devolved on him through his 1st wife,
Blanche of Lancaster, who descended etc.

Are there two Chateaus de Beaufort? Has the border between Anjou and
Champagne been changed (doubt it)?
Leo van de Pas

At 09:09 PM 9/2/98 GMT, you wrote:
>>Doug Holmes wrote in message <>...
>>
>>>Dear Mr. Hines,
>>>
>>>Could you please tell me where the referred to Beaufort is located. I was
>>>told it's a location in France, but perhaps not.
>>>
>>>My reasons are thus:
>>>
>>>John de Sudeley was a secretary of the future queen Philippa of Lancaster
>>>when she married King Joao I of Portugal. Sudeley, amongst others, sailed
>>>with Philippa to Portugal and was "of the House of Beaufort." Since you
>>>mention the Lord of Beaufort, I am wondering where this house is/was, and
>>>if there is any book or article reference about the House of Beaufort, I
>>>would be very interested in knowing the title, etc.
>
>I don't remember a John de Sudeley being part of the Beaufort family ...
>my guess is that the reference means he was a retainer. Philippa, as I
>remember (no books at work, unfortunately) was John of Gaunt's legitimate
>daughter and the half-sister of his Beaufort children by Katharine (Roet)
>Swynford.
>
>Mr. Hines is right ... you shouldn't have any trouble finding a book about
>John of Gaunt (or, at worst, Lancastrian England) which should tell you
>where Beaufort Castle is.
>
>Or, why even do that. "Beaufort Castle" , queried to Yahoo, returns
>
>Chateau De Beaufort, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Anjou, France
>
>(Whatever did we do without the Web?)
>
>--
>Jon Meltzer
>
>
>

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