The Ancestry of Sir Paon de Ruet, Father-in-Law of Geoffrey Chaucer and of John 'of Gaunt'

Author / Editor
Brook, Lindsay L.

Title
The Ancestry of Sir Paon de Ruet, Father-in-Law of Geoffrey Chaucer and of John 'of Gaunt'

Published
Foundations 1.1: 54-56, 2003

Description
Brook suggests that Sir Paon de Ruet may have been "a cadet of the family of the Lords of Roeulx" and part of the entourage of Philippa of Hainaut. He was probably born about 1309.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Life.