Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury
Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury (c. 1304 – 23 November 1349) was an
William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury
in about 1320.
Their children were:
- Elizabeth Montacute, b. before 1325, married Hugh le Despencer, Baron le Despencer before 27 April 1341.
- William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury(1328–1397)
- Sibyl Montacute, born 1329, died after 1371, married Sir Edmund FitzAlan, Knt. before 1347.
- John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.
- Philippa Montagu, born 1332, died 1381, married Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March.
- Agnes Montagu, contracted to marry John, eldest son of Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn.
According to
Elizabethan play, Edward III, deals with this incident. In the play, the Earl of Warwick
is the unnamed countess's father.
In around 1348, the Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III and it is recorded by Jean Froissart[4] 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 her daughter-in-law, Joan of Kent.
In 1836 Alexandre Dumas's first serialised novel The Countess of Salisbury was based on her life.
References
- ISBN 978-0-7083-1936-9.
- ^ Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. H. Colburn & R. Bentley. pp. 521–.
- ^ le Bel, Jean (2011). The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel. The Boydell Press. pp. 155–6.
- ^ Jean Froissart, Chronicles
Sources
- JSTOR 563289.
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