Catherine de Grandison

1304 - 1349  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Catherine de Grandison
  Born	ca 1304	Ashford, Hertfordshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Nov 1349	Bisham, Berkshire, England
  Buried	Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England
  	Grave location, photo of abbey house, and biography: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57335379
  Notes	Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Grandison,_Countess_of_Salisbury She 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),[2] maternal granddaughter of Fulk IV, Baron FitzWarin).[3] Catherine married William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury in about 1320. Their children were: Elizabeth Montacute (b. before 1325); married Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer before 27 April 1341. William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1329?1397) John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute, (1330?1390); father of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury. Anne Montacute, (b. 1331); married John De Grey on 12 June 1335. Philippa Montacute (1332-1381); married Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March. Sibyl Montacute (b. before 1339); married Edmund FitzAlan about 1356. According to rumour, King Edward III was so enamoured of the countess that he forced his attentions on her in around 1341, after having relieved a Scottish siege on Wark Castle, where she lived, while her husband was out of the country. [Note: This may have been French propaganda.] 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 her daughter-in-law, Joan of Kent.
  Person ID	I36008	Master File
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	William de Grandison,   b. 1262, Vaud, Switzerland ,   d. 27 Jun 1335, Herforshire, England  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Sybil de Tregoz,   b. ca 1271, Ewyas-Harold, Herefordshire, England ,   d. 12 Oct 1334, Dalton Lancashire, England  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F14835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William de Montagu,   b. ca 1301, Cassington, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 30 Jan 1344, Windsor, Berkshire, England  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Children	1. Sybill de Montagu,   b. ca 1330
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F14834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart