Nirac de Bayanne
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Which man fathered the first Beaufort….?
adultery, Arthurian legend, Blanche of Lancaster, Bordeaux, Catherine de Roet, Catherine of Valois, dysentery, Edmund “Tudor”, Edward III, Fourth Lateran Council, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry IV, Henry VII, Hundred Years War, incest, John Earl of Somerset, John of Gaunt, Margaret Beaufort, Nirac de Bayanne, Owen Tudor, Phillipa de Roet, Richard II, Sir Hugh Swynford, Sir Robert KindlesHere is the scene. The mother with her newly born child, her ladies, the air of relief and happiness. But presumably she is a faithful wife, and her delighted husband will soon be summoned to see his new offspring. No doubt he hopes for a son. But what if she isn’t a faithful wife, and…