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Life

The second son of John of Gaunt and his mistress Katherine Swynford, Beaufort was born in Anjou (France) in about 1374 and educated for a career in the Church. Subsequently their cousin Richard II of England declared he and his two brothers and one sister legitimate about 1390. (There is some confusion on this point; there seems to have been another such procedure in 1397, involving Parliament.) On 27 February 1398 he was nominated to be Bishop of Lincoln and on 14 July 1398 he was consecrated.^[2] When his half-brother deposed Richard and took the throne as Henry IV of England, he made Bishop Beaufort Chancellor of England in 1403.^[3] Beaufort resigned that position in 1404 when he was appointed Bishop of Winchester on 19 November.^[4] John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (June 24, 1340 - February 3, 1399), the third surviving son of King Edward III of England, gained his name because he was born at Ghent in 1340. ... Coat of arms designed for Katherine Swynford: three gold Catherine wheels (roet means wheel) on a red background. ... Modern département of Maine-et-Loire, which largely corresponds to Anjou Anjou is a former county (c. ... Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. ... The House of Representatives Chamber of the Parliament of Australia in Canberra. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed. ... Arms of the Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln heads the Anglican Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed. ... Henry IV (3 April 1367 – 20 March 1413) was the King of England and France and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413. ... For other uses, see Chancellor (disambiguation). ... Arms of the Bishop of Winchester The diocese of Winchester is one of the oldest and most important in England. ... is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Between 1411 and 1413 Bishop Beaufort was in political disgrace for siding with his nephew, the Prince of Wales, against the King, but when King Henry IV died and the Prince became Henry V of England, he made his uncle Chancellor again in 1413; however, Beaufort resigned the position in 1417.^[3] Pope Martin V offered the Bishop a cardinal's hat, but King Henry V would not let him accept it. Henry V died in 1422, shortly after making himself heir to France by marrying the French King's daughter, and their infant son became Henry VI of England. Bishop Beaufort and the baby King's other uncles were Regents, and in 1424 Beaufort became Chancellor once more, but was forced to resign again in 1426^[3] because of disputes with the King's other uncles. This article is about the title Prince of Wales. ... Henry V of England (16 September 1387 – 31 August 1422) was one of the great English warrior kings of the Middle Ages. ... Martin V, né Oddone Colonna or Odo Colonna (1368 – February 20, 1431), Pope from 1417 to 1431, was elected on St. ... For other uses, see Cardinal (disambiguation). ... Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453. ... Regent, from the Latin, a person selected to administer a state because the ruler is a minor or is not present or debilitated. ...

The Pope finally made him a Cardinal in 1426,^[3] and in 1427 made him Papal Legate for Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia. Beaufort continued to be active in English politics for years, fighting with the other powerful advisors to the King and always managing to extricate himself from the snares they set for him. He died on 11 April 1447^[4] and was laid to rest in a tomb in Winchester Cathedral. He suffered from delirium on his deathbed and, as he hallucinated, offered Death the whole treasury of England in return for living a while longer (according to legend). A papal Legate, from the Decretals of Boniface VIII (1294 to 1303). ... For other uses, see Bohemia (disambiguation). ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 6 - Nicholas V becomes Pope. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close View along the nave of Winchester Cathedral to the west door A plan published in 1911 View of Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, said to be the second longest, and with... This article is about the mental state and medical condition. ... A Western depiction of Death as a skeleton carrying a scythe. ... The term treasury was first used in classical times to describe the votive buildings erected to house gifts to the gods, such as the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi or the many buildings put up in Olympia, Greece by competing city-states, to impress each other during the Ancient Olympic Games. ...

Affair & Daughter

During his youth, most likely while studying at Cambridge University, Henry had an affair with, some believe, Alice Fitzalan (1378–1415), the daughter of Richard Fitzalan and Elizabeth de Bohun, though there is no real evidence to support this. He fathered an illegitimate daughter, Jane Beaufort, in 1402. Both Jane and her husband Sir Edward Stradling, were named in Cardinal Beaufort's will. Their marriage about 1423 brought Sir Edward into the political orbit of his shrewd and assertive father-in-law, to whom he may have owed his appointment as chamberlain of South Wales in December of 1423, a position he held until March of 1437.^[5] The idea of Jane's mother being Alice Fitzalan is possibly a legend of Tudor-era descendants of Sir Edward and Jane Stradling. There is no late-14th/early-15th century documentation to support this affair at all, and the surviving documentation entirely discounts it. However, a blood connection to Cardinal Beaufort would itself be prestigious, regardless of the mother or her marital status. Illegitimacy has never been viewed as overly detrimental in Wales. The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Approximate extent of South East Wales. ...

See also

• List of bishops of Lincoln and precursor offices
• List of bishops of Winchester
• List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers

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Notes

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References

• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd ed. London: Royal Historical Society 1961