Plantagenet, Katherine (Princess)

ID
2210
Nationality
English
British
Occupation
Princess
Royalty
Summary
Born to King Henry III at Westminster Palace, his youngest child, but lived most of her short life at Swallowfield, Berkshire; was frail and often sick; deafness discovered at about age 2 but may have been congenital; died at Windsor Castle; is buried in an alcove in the ambulatory of Westminster Abbey, though her tomb is now missing its identifying inscription.
References
Deaf Lives, p.149; Notable Deaf Persons, p.128-130; Peeps into the Deaf World, p.67-68; The Frat, vol.40 no.4, Nov. 1942, p.3.
Dates
25 November 1253-3 May 1257