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Henry's relationship with his stepmother, Katherine Swynford, was a positive one, but his relationship with the Beauforts varied.
It is also disputed that the line was in fact illegitimate as John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster married his mistress Katherine Swynford who was the mother of the Beauforts after the death of his second wife Costanza of Castile.
The Beauforts were therefore 'legitimised'.
The quarrel of father and son was political only, though it is probable that the Beauforts had discussed the abdication of Henry IV, and their opponents certainly endeavoured to defame the prince.