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Katherine De GRANDISON

Katherine De GRANDISON

Female 1302 - 1349  (47 years)

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  • Name Katherine De GRANDISON 
    Born 21 Apr 1302  Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID 9C3W-LX1 
    TitleOfNobility   [1
    Countess of Salisbury 
    Name Catherine DE GRANDISON - COUNTESS OF SALISBURY  [1
    _UID D2D978F5D955454087BB62E43D84D49B8375 
    Died 23 Nov 1349  Bisham, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bisham, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I8602  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 

    Father William DE GRANDISON,   b. Abt 1255-1264, Of Cassington, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1335  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Sybil TREGOZ,   b. 1271, Ewyas, Herfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1334  (Age 63 years) 
    Married Abt 1285-1286  Of Donyatt, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William De MONTAGU (MONTACUTE),   b. 1302, Cassington, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1343, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 1327  Cassington, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John DE MONTAGU (MONTACUTE),   b. Abt 1327, Of Donyatt, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1389-1390  (Age ~ 63 years)
     2. Elizabeth DE MONTAGU,   b. Aft 1327, Of Donyatt, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1359, Ashley, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years)
     3. William DE MONTAGU,   b. 25 Jun 1328, Of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1397  (Age 68 years)
     4. Sibyl De MONTAGU,   b. Abt 1330, Donyatt, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Anne (Anneys) DE MONTAGU,   b. Abt 1330, Of Cassington, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Philippe DE MONTAGU,   b. Abt 1332, Of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1381-1382, Bisham, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
     7. Robert MONTAGU,   b. Abt 1334, Of Shepton Montague, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F4354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury (c. 1304 ? 23 November 1349) was an English noblewoman, remembered for her relationship with King Edward III of England and possibly the woman in whose honour the Order of the Garter was originated. She was the daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison, and Sibylla de Tregoz. Her mother was one of two daughters of John de Tregoz, Baron Tregoz (whose arms were blazoned Gules two bars gemels in chief a lion passant guardant or), maternal granddaughter of Fulk IV, Baron FitzWarin).

      Catherine married William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury in about 1320.
      Their children were:
      1. Elizabeth Montacute (b. before 1325); married Hugh le Despencer, Baron le Despencer (1338) before 27 April 1341.
      2. William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1329? 1397)
      3. John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute, (1330? 1390); father of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.
      4. Anne Montacute, (b. 1331); married John De Grey on 12 June 1335.
      5. Philippa Montacute (1332? 1381); married Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March.
      6. Sibyl Montacute (b. before 1339); married Edmund FitzAlan about 1356.

      According to rumour, King Edward III was so enamoured of the countess that in 1341 he raped her and according to The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel 'left her there unconscious, bleeding from her nose, mouth, and elsewhere', after having relieved a Scottish siege on Wark Castle, where she lived, while her husband was out of the country. An Elizabethan play, Edward III, deals with this incident. In the play, the Earl of Warwick is the unnamed Countess's father, though he was not her father in real life.

      In around 1348, the Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III and it is recorded that he did so after an incident at a ball when the "Countess of Salisbury" dropped a garter and the king picked it up. It is assumed that Froissart is referring either to Catherine or to his daughter-in-law, Joan of Kent.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Grandison,_Countess_of_Salisburygeni.com
      Countess of Salisbury
      Also Known As: "de Montacute"
      Birthdate: circa 1304
      Birthplace: Ashford, Hertfordshire, England
      Death: November 23, 1349 (40-49)
      Bisham Abbey, Bisham, Berkshire, England
      Place of Burial: Bisham, Berkshire, England
      Immediate Family:

      Daughter of
      William de Grandison, Sieur de Grandison & de Ste. Croix and
      Sibilla de Tregoz, co-heiress of Ewyas-Harold

      Wife of Sir William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury

      Mother of
      Elizabeth de Brienne;
      William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury;
      John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute;
      Anneys de Grey; Sibyl de Montague and 3 others
      Sister of Agnes de Grandison; John de Grandison; Mabilia de Pateshull (de Grandison) and Baron Piers Grandison


      Occupation: Countess of Salisbury, Lady



  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Katherine De GRANDISON, person ID 9C3W-LX1. (Reliability: 3).