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Paternal Family Tree: Mortimer
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
1359 de Bohun Fitzalan Double Wedding
1394 Death and Funeral of Anne of Bohemia
1396 Marriage of John of Gaunt and Katherine Roet
1397 Arrest and Execution of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 11th Earl Arundel
In Sep 1359, a case of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings, siblings from the de Bohun family, children of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 49), his only children, and the Fitzalan family, children of , were married:
[her future husband] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 13) and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 9) were married. She the daughter of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 53) and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 40).
Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 18) and [her future sister-in-law] Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. He the son of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton.
On 24 Aug 1369 [her father] Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster (age 17) and [her mother] Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster (age 14) were married at Reading Abbey, Berkshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess March. He by marriage Earl of Ulster. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence. He the son of [her grandfather] Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March and [her grandmother] Philippa Montagu Countess March (age 37).
On 21 Nov 1375 Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey was born to Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster (age 23) and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster (age 20).
On 24 Jun 1380 [her future husband] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 7) and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 17) were married at Kenilworth Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 40) and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. He the son of John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke.
After 24 Jun 1380 [her future husband] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 7) and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 17) marriage annulled since she had become pregnant by John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 28) whom she subsequently married. It isn't clear whether John Holland was punished; he was half-brother to King Richard II of England (age 13) through their mother Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 51).
On 27 Dec 1381 [her father] Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster (age 29) died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. [her brother] Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster (age 7) succeeded 4th Earl March, 6th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 05 Jan 1382 [her mother] Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster (age 26) died at Cork [Map]. She was buried at Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map]. [her brother] Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster (age 7) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England, 6th Earl of Ulster
Around 1388 John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 15) and Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. He the son of John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke.
On 30 Dec 1389 [her husband] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 17) was killed in a tournament during the Christmas Court at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. He was struck in the groin by the lance of Sir John Des. Earl Pembroke and Baron Manny extinct.
John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings (age 61) de jure 6th Baron Hastings. His claim was contested by Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn (age 27) who was the son of Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn daughter of John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings his case being that he was of the full blood whereas John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings was of the half-blood ie Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn, like John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke, was descended from John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings, whereas John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings was descended from John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny.
After 30 Dec 1389 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 43) and Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey.
In 1391 [her brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 38) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
On 03 Aug 1394 Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England was buried at Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map] with [her brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 41) presiding. King Richard II of England (age 27) attended. [her husband] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 48), brother of the presiding Archbishop, and his wife Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 18), arrived late causing Richard, in a rage, to snatch a wand and strike FitzAlan in the face drawing blood.
Froissart Book 4 Chapter 73. [13 Jan 1396]. At this period, the duke of Lancaster (age 55) married his third wife [Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 45)], the daughter of a Hainault knight, called sir Paon de Ruet: he had formerly been one of the knights to the good and noble queen Philippa of England, who much loved the Hainaulters, as she was herself of that country.
This lady whom the duke of Lancaster married was called Catherine, and in her youth had been of the household of the duchess Blanche of Lancaster. Before the lady Blanche's death, and even when the duke was married to his second wife Constance, the daughter of don Pedro, he cohabited with the lady Catherine de Ruet, who was then married to an English knight [Hugh Swynford] now dead.
The duke of Lancaster had three children1 by her, previous to his marriage, two sons and a daughter: the eldest son was named John (age 23) lord Beaufort of Lancaster; the other Thomas [Henry] (age 21), whom the duke kept at the schools in Oxford, and made a great churchman and civihan. He was afterward bishop of Lincoln, which is the richest bishopric in the kingdom: from affection to these children, the duke married their mother, to the great astonishment of France and England, for Catherine Swynford was of base extraction in comparison to his two former duchesses Blanche and Constance. When this marriage was announced to the ladies of high rank in England, such as the duchess of Gloucester (age 30), the countess of Derby2, the countess of Arundel (age 20), and others connected with the royal family, they were greatly shocked, and thought the duke much to blame. They said, "he had sadly disgraced himself by thus marrying his concubine;" and added, that, "since it was so, she would be the second lady in the kingdom, and the queen (age 6) would be dishonourably accompanied by her; but that, for their parts, they would leave her to do the honours alone, for they would never enter any place where she was. They themselves would be disgraced if they suffered such a base-born duchess, who had been the duke's concubine a long time before and during his marriages, to take precedence, and their hearts would burst with grief were it to happen." Those who were the most outrageous on the subject were the duke (age 41) and duchess of Gloucester. They considered the duke of Lancaster as a doating fool for thus marrying his concubine, and declared they would never honour his lady by calling her sister. The duke of York (age 54) made light of the matter, for he lived chiefly with the king and his brother of Lancaster. The duke of Gloucester was of a different way of thinking: although the youngest of the three brothers, he yielded to no man's opinion, was naturally very proud and overbearing, and in opposition to the king's ministers, unless he could turn them as he willed. Catherine Ruet, however, remained duchess of Lancaster, and the second lady in England, as long as she lived. She was a lady accustomed to honours, for she had been brought up at court during her youth, and the duke fondly loved the children he had by her, as he showed during his life and at his death.
Note 1. Froissart mistakes in the number, and Thomas for Henry. According to Sandford, he had four children by Catherine Swynford: — John Beaufort, earl of Somerset, — Henry Beaufort, bishop of Winchester and cardinal of Beaufort, — Thomas Beaufort (age 19), duke of Exeter and earl of Dorset, — Joan Beaufort (age 17), countess of Westmoreland. For farther particulars, see Sandford and Dugdale.
Note 2. This reference to the Countess of Derby is confusing. In 1396 the Earl of Derby was Henry (age 28), future King Henry IV, who inherited the title from fhis mother Blanche when she died in 1368. Henry's first wife Mary Bohun had died in 1394, and he marired his second wife Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 26) in 1403?
On 25 Sep 1396 [her brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 43) was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
On 21 Sep 1397 [her husband] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 51) was tried at Westminster [Map].
He was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] immediately thereafter. Earl Surrey and Earl Arundel forfeit.
In Apr 1398 Thomas Poynings 5th Baron St John of Basing (age 47) and Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Basing. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster.
On 26 Sep 1400 Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 24) died.
On 07 Mar 1429 [her former husband] Thomas Poynings 5th Baron St John of Basing (age 78) died at Old Basing, Hampshire [Map]. Baron St John of Basing extinct or dormant.