English and British royal mistress cousin, the Earl of Lancaster, a group of the barons seized and executed Gaveston in 1312. Edward III appears to have been devoted to his wife, Philippa of Hainault, who bore him 12 children. However, late in their marriage the aged King met Alice Perrers, a young lady-in-waiting to the Queen. Some sources have it that she became his mistress in 1363, six years before his wife's death; others date their relationship to the time when the Queen was terminally ill. The affair was not made public until after the Queen's death, when the King lavished gifts and honours on
Alice Perrers but also a distraction and diversion from decent morals. Perrers was also a great influence in Chaucer's life and supported him greatly. Alice Perrers is the protagonist of Emma Campion's novel, "The King's Mistress". She appears in Anya Seton's novel, "Katherine". Alice Perrers is the main character in Vanora Bennett's novel "The People's Queen" that was first published in 2010. She is a character in Jean Plaidy's "Vow on the Heron". She is portrayed in Rebecca Gablé's "Das Laecheln der Fortuna", a historical novel in the German language about the time. She is portrayed as the protagonist of the 2012