Katherine (Grandison) de Montagu (abt. 1305 - 1349)

Born about 1305 in England

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Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1349 at about age 44 in Bisham, Berkshire, England

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Biography

Katherine de Grandison^[1]

Katharine was the daughter of William, Lord Grandson, and his wife Sibylla de Tresgoz.^[2]

By 1328, she had married William, son of William de Montagu & his wife Elisabeth de Montfort. William had succeeded his father in 1319 as Lord Montagu and was summoned to parliament as such on 18 February 1331. He was created Earl of Salisbury on 16 March 1337.^[2]

William & Katharine had six children:^[2][1]

sons

1. William de Montagu (born 20 June 1328 in Somerset), married (2) Elizabeth Mohun, daughter of John Mohun, Lord Mohun of Dunster & his wife Joan Burghersh.^[2] The 1333 contract for him to marry Alice of Norfolk, daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, was voided^[1]and his marriage in 1341 to Joan of Kent, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, was annulled in 1349.^[2]
2. John de Montagu, younger son^[1] (born in London), married Margaret, Baroness Monthermer, about 1341/3.^[2]

daughters

• Sibyl de Montagu married Edmund de Arundel in 1349. He was the son of Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and his first wife Isabel le Despencer.^[2]
• Philippa de Montagu married Roger de Mortimer before 1352. Lord Mortimer succeeded in 1354 as Earl of March.^[2]
• Elizabeth de Montagu married (1) Giles de Badlesmere, Lord Badlesmere, in 1328; (2) Hugh le Despencer, Lord Despencer, before May 1341; (3) Guy de Bryan Lord Bryan, about 1349/50.^[2]
• Agnes de Montagu married John de Grey, son of Roger, Lord Grey of Ruthin (contract 12 June 1335).^[2]

William, Earl of Salisbury, died 30 January 1343/4^[1] and was buried at Bisham.^[2] Katherine, Countess of Salisbury, died testate 23 April 1349.^[1][2] She is believed to have been buried in the Bisham Priory for Austin Canons at Bisham, Berkshire. Bisham was the burial place of many earls of Salisbury.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Estimated Birth: "about 1305, England" in datafields as of 14 May 2023; previously, "1304, Ashford, Hertfordshire, England".^[3] 1304 was likely an estimated date based on her husband's estimated birth, 1302/3^[2] (aged 17 or 18 in 1320).^[1] No indication of why "Ashford, Hertfordshire". Richardson has her father "of Ashperton, Herefordshire..." and lots of other places, but none in Hertfordshire.^[1]

Name: Grandison is "an anglicisation of Grandson".^[4]

Edward III: Legend has it that Montagu's wife Catherine was raped by Edward III, but this story is almost certainly French propaganda. Most of William and Catherine's six children married into the nobility. Modern historians have called William Montague Edward's "most intimate personal friend" and "the chief influence behind the throne from Mortimer's downfall in 1330 until his own death in 1344."^[5]

To Do:

1. She died testate, so look for her IPM.
2. Look for her father/husband/sons in CP:

• Cokayne, G.E., Gibbs, V., ed. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1910-). See also WikiTree's source page for Complete Peerage.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume IV, pages 115-118 MONTAGU 7.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} William de Montagu, Medieval Lands
3. ↑ Heritage Consulting Millennium File (Ancestry online publication, 2003). Note: Not considered a reliable source.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: William de Grandison (accessed 14 May 2023).
5. ↑ Wikipedia: William Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, citing
   • Ormrod, W.M. (1990). The Reign of Edward III. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-300-04876-9.

   See also Catherine's Wikipedia article.

• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• English Nobility: Grandson, Medieval Lands.
• The Descendants of King Edward I, King of England, and Eleanora of Castile: Wayback machine capture of 11 January 2015 (accessed 13 May 2023)
• Royal Database, Camelot International (Note: Burke's old records; Burke's is not considered a reliable source for pre-1500 profiles)
• Ancestry trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members): 1, 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9