Ancestry of
Kit Harington

TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”

John Beaufort

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• • 17th Great-grandfather of Kit Harington — 20th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 736992 
  • Father:
  • John of Gaunt 
  • Mother:
  • Katherine Roet   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1371 
  • Birth Location:
  • Château de Beaufort, Anjou, France 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Mar 1410 
  • Death Location:
  • St. Katherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, England 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret de Holand
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 28 Sep 1397 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  John Beaufort

  Joan Beaufort

  Edmund Beaufort (Ahnentafel No:368496 )

  • Notes: 

  • 1st Marquess of Dorset

• Sources for John Beaufort

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1999, Vol. 16, p. 31.
  • ² Ancestry.com, "The Surprising Link Between Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle", (accessed 06/27/2017).
  • ³ Furness, Hannah, "Benedict Cumberbatch and Alan Turing are related, genealogists claim", The Telegraph, (accessed 06/30/2017).
  • ⁴ Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Vol. 1, Edinburgh and London: Charles Skilton Ltd (1977), 89.
  • ⁵ Pitcairn, Constance, The History of the Fife Pitcairns with Transcripts from Old Charters, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons (1905), 419.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 102, 154, 189.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 412.
  • ⁸ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 111.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset", _1st_Earl_of_Somerset, (accessed 04/12/2011).

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