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Personal data John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster, 1st Earl of Richmond

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He was born on March 6, 1340 in St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium.
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (0) when child (Joan Beaufort) was born (July 22, 1210).
Attention: Was younger than 16 years old (0) when child (Joan Beaufort) died (March 4, 1238).
He was christened in Duke, of, Lancaster, England 13 NOV 1362.
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Alternative: He was christened in Duke, of, Lancaster, England 13 NOV 1362.
Alternative: He was christened in Duke, of, Lancaster, England 13 NOV 1362.
He was baptized on June 24, 1340.
Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
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Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 12, 1927 in LOGAN.
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Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 12, 1927.
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Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 12, 1927.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 12, 1927.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 12, 1927.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 12, 1927.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 12, 1927.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 12, 1927.
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Profession: Duke of Lancaster.
(Misc Event) in the year 1342.
(Misc Event) in the year 1361.
(Misc Event) on December 28, 1361.
(Misc Event) in the year 1362.
(Misc Event) in the year 1390.
He died on February 3, 1399, he was 58 years oldLeicester Castle
Leicestershire, England.
He is buried on March 15, 1399 in St Paul's CathedralEngland.
This information was last updated on June 17, 2020.

Household of John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster, 1st Earl of Richmond

He is married to Katherine de Roet.

They got married on January 13, 1396 at Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England , he was 55 years old.

Child(ren):

Joan Beaufort 1210-1238
John Beaufort 1373-1410

Notes about John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster, 1st Earl of Richmond

GIVN John
SURN von Gaunt
NSFX Duke Of Lancaster, Kg
AFN 8XHQ-M2
DATE 9 SEP 2000
TIME 13:15:21

(Research):John of Gaunt John of Gaunt [Mid. Eng. Gaunt=Ghent, his birthplace], 1340-99, duke of Lancaster; fourth son of Edward III of England. He married (1359) Blanche, heiress of Lancaster, and through her became earl (1361) and duke (1362) of Lancaster. The Lancaster holdings made him the wealthiest and one of the most influential nobles in England. He served under his brother, Edward the Black Prince, in the Hundred Years War and went (1367) on his campaign to aid Peter the Cruel of Castile. After the death of Blanche he married (1371) Peter's daughter, Constance, and thus gained a claim to the Castilian throne. When the Black Prince became ill during the French campaign of 1370-71, John took chief command. In 1373 he led his army from Calais to Bordeaux, but the expedition accomplished little. After a truce was reached (1375) he returned to England, where he allied himself with the corrupt court party led by Alice Perrers, mistress of the aging Edward III. For a short time John of Gaunt in effect ruled England. His party was temporarily dislodged from power by the Good Parliament of 1376, but John was soon able to restore his friends and assembled a hand-picked Parliament in 1377. Hostility to the strong clerical party, led by William of Wykeham, caused him to support the movement of John Wyclif. After the accession (1377) of his nephew, Richard II, John remained the most powerful figure in the government, but he devoted himself primarily to military matters. In 1386, allied with John I of Portugal, who married one of his daughters, he led an expedition to make good his Castilian claims against John I of Castile. John of Gaunt finally agreed to peace in 1388, transferred his claims to his daughter by Constance of Castile, and married her to the future Henry III of Castile. He returned to England in 1389, was made duke of Aquitaine, and helped to restore peace between Richard II and the hostile barons led by Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester. In 1396, John of Gaunt married Catherine Swynford, many years his mistress, and had his children by her, under the name of Beaufort, declared legitimate. He died soon after the king had exiled his eldest son, the duke of Hereford (later Henry IV, first of the royal line of Lancaster). John is also remembered as the patron of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.

Name Prefix: Prince Name Suffix: of England

REFERENCE: 1922

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Facts about this person:

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Duke of Lancaster

**NOTES**

NAME John "Of Gaunt" Prince Of /ENGLAND/

In 1362, got title of Duke of Lancaster through marriage to the joint-heiress of Henry of Grosmont. In 1371, married the daughter of Edward III's old ally Peter I, and through her claimed the throne of Castile. In 1372 French forces took over much of the northern part of Aquitaine, confinig English control to a narrow strip of Norman coastline. John of Gaunt led the only significant counter-measure, a large expedition through France in 1373, which achieved no military advantage.

John was also the king's representative at the 'Good Parliament' of 1376. The House of Commons chose Sir Peter de la Mare of Herefordshire to negotiate a proposal to John of Gaunt. This became a grievance which turned into a scndal for impeachment: the charges were tried and heard by the lords, presided over by John of Gaunt. These included accusations against Latimer, Neville, Alice Perrers and Richard Lyons and other financiers. They were dismissed from office or imprisoned. This represents the first time the commons challenged the royal court.

See W. M. Ormrod, The Reign of Edward III (New Haven: Yale, 1990).

Geneal. source: Family tree of Edward Phipps, 39500 Stevenson Place #204, Fremont, CA 95439, 510-794-6850; email ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))

The following from Brian Tompsett's Royal Genealogy:
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01236

Born: MAR 1340, St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders
Acceded: 13 NOV 1362
Died: 3 FEB 1399, Leicester Castle
Interred: St Paul's Cathedral, London
Notes:

and Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340.
Earl of Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Lord of Beaufort & Nogent.
Burke says he died at Ely House, Holborn
King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon.

Father: , Edward III, King of England, b. 13 NOV 1312
Mother: , Philippa of Hainault, b. 24 JUN 1311

Married 19 MAY 1359, Reading Abbey, Berkshire to Plantagenet, Blanche of Lancaster

Child 1: Plantagenet, Philippa of Lancaster, b. 31 MAR 1360
Child 2: Plantagenet, Elizabeth of Lancaster, b. 1364
Child 3: Plantagenet, John, b. BEF 4 MAY 1366
Child 4: Plantagenet, Edward, b. 1364
Child 5: Plantagenet, John
Child 6: Plantagenet, Henry IV, King of England, b. 30 MAY 1366
Child 7: Plantagenet, Isabel, b. CIR 1368

Married 21 SEP 1371, Roquefort, Guienne to , Constanza (Constance) of Castile, Queen of
Castile

Child 8: Plantagenet, Katherine de Lancaster, Lady, b. 1372
Child 9: Plantagenet, John, b. 1374

Married 13 JAN 1396, Lincoln Cathedral to Roet, Catherine Swynford

Child 10: de Beaufort, John of Somerset, Earl Somerset 1st, b. 1373
Child 11: de Beaufort, Henry, Cardinal, b. CIR 1375
Child 12: Beaufort, Thomas, Duke of Exeter, b. CIR 1377
Child 13: de Beaufort, Joan, b. CIR 1379

Associated with St Hilaire, Marie de

Child 14: Plantagenet, Blanche, b. BEF 1360

Basic Life Information

Born in March 1340, John of Gaunt was the fourth son of Edward III and received his name from his birthplace, Ghent. He was created Earl of Richmond in September 1342. Trained in military skills, at the age of 19 he took part in an expedition to France, and on May 19, 1359, he married Blanche, younger daughter and coheiress of Henry of Lancaster. Through this marriage he was created Earl of Derby in April 1362 and in November Duke of Lancaster.

Warrior for the Black Prince

For the next years Lancaster was active in various military campaigns, serving under his brother Edward the Black Prince in Spain in 1367, as captain of Calais 2 years later, and in 1371 as lieutenant of Aquitaine. After the death of his first wife in September 1369, he married Constance of Castile in 1372, surrendered his title of Earl of Richmond, and assumed the title of king of Castile.

Political Intrigue

Upon his return to England Lancaster took an active part in politics as head of the court party that was opposed by the "Good Parliament" of 1376. At the same time he supported John Wyclif and protected him from the Londoners at the Council of London the following year. With the accession of Richard II in 1377, Lancaster had great influence at court, advising on the French war, serving on the Scottish border and making a truce there in 1380, and serving on several commissions the following year to deal with the rebellion of 1381 and the reform of the royal household.

Lancaster continued to serve Richard II in other roles: negotiating peace with France and dealing with the Scottish border. But in 1385 he fought with the King and, though reconciled, continued to serve as a mediator between the King and his opponents. In 1388 he was made lieutenant of Guienne and in 1390 Duke of Aquitaine, but he failed to have the latter claim recognized. After he married his daughter Catherine to Henry of Castile, he gave up the claims to the kingship of that country, and after effecting a reconciliation between the Duke of Gloucester and Richard, Lancaster retired from active politics.

Marriages and Children

He married Blanche of Lancaster in 1359 and had the following children:
Philippa Plantagenet
Elizabeth Plantagenet
Edward Plantagenet
Henry IV of England
Isabel Plantagenet

He married Constance of Castile in 1371 and had the following children:
Catalina Plantagenet
John Plantagenet

His famous affair with Katherine Swynford (also known as Catherine De Roet) produced four illegitimate children who were given the name Beaufort. With the death of his second wife, in 1396, John of Gaunt married Katherine Swynford in 1396 and their children, by this time adults, were legitimised. He and Katherine became the ancestors of the Tudors, the greatest Kings and Queens of England.
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
Henry Cardinal Beaufort
Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland.

Death

John of Gaunt died on February 3, 1399. After Lancaster's death Richard seized his estates, which caused Lancaster's son, Henry of Bolingbroke, to claim the throne as Henry IV. The children of his last marriage, known as the Beauforts by patent in 1397, were the line through which Henry Tudor (Henry VII) claimed the throne.
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Duke of Lancaster
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The union of John of Gaunt and Catherine called the family of Beaufort. John
was the son of King Edward III, so the blood line continued through his
ancestors to King Henry VII, the blood line having stopped with Henry VI. He
was also the father of King Henry IV.

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (June 24, 1340–February 3, 1399) was the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He gained his name "John of Gaunt" because he was born at Ghent in 1340. The fabulously wealthy Gaunt exercised tremendous influence over the throne during the minority reign of his nephew, Richard II, and during the ensuing periods of political strife, but took care not to be openly associated with opponents of the King.

John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, the Lancasters, included Kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. John of Gaunt's illegitimate heirs, the Beauforts, later married into the House of Tudor, which ascended to the throne in the person of Henry VII. In addition, Gaunt's legitimate descendants included his daughters Philippa of Lancaster, Queen consort of John I of Portugal and mother of King Edward of Portugal, Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter, the mother of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, and Katherine of Lancaster, Queen consort of Henry III of Castile, a grand-daughter of Peter I of Castile and the mother of John II of Castile.

When John of Gaunt died in 1399, his estates were declared forfeit to the crown, as Richard II had exiled John's less diplomatic heir, Henry Bolingbroke, in 1398. Bolingbroke returned and deposed the unpopular Richard, to reign as King Henry IV of England (1399–1413), the first of the descendants of John of Gaunt to hold the throne of England.

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2 Marriages and descendants
2.1 Children of John of Gaunt
3 Popular culture
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Duke of Lancaster
John was created Duke of Lancaster in 1362, following the death of his father-in-law Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. He received half of Henry's lands, the title Earl of Lancaster, and the distinction as the greatest landowner in the north of England, because of his first marriage to his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster (1359), heiress to the Palatinate of Lancaster. John received the rest of the inheritance only when Blanche's sister, Maud (married to William of Hainault, Count of Holland and Zealand), died in 1361.

Gaunt received the title "Duke of Lancaster" from Edward III on 13 November 1382. John was by then well-established as a fabulously wealthy prince, owning at least thirty castles and vast estates across England and France. His household was comparable in scale and organisation to that of a monarch.

After the death of his elder brother, Edward, the Black Prince, John of Gaunt became increasingly powerful. He contrived to protect the religious reformer John Wyclif, with whose aims he sympathised. However, Gaunt's ascendancy to political power coincided with widespread resentment at his influence. At a time when English forces encountered setbacks in the Hundred Years' War against France, and Edward III's rule had started to become domestically unpopular, due to high taxation and to the king's affair with Alice Perrers, political opinion closely associated the Duke of Lancaster with the failing government of the 1370s. Furthermore, while the king and the Prince of Wales had the status of 'popular heroes' due to their success on the battlefield, John of Gaunt had never known any such military success, which might have bolstered his reputation.

When King Edward III died in 1377 and John's ten-year-old nephew succeeded to the throne as Richard II of England, Gaunt's influence strengthened further. However, mistrust remained, and some suspected him of wanting to seize the throne for himself. John took pains to ensure that he never became associated with the opposition to Richard's kingship; but as the virtual ruler of England during Richard's minority, he made some unwise decisions on taxation that led to the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, during which the rebels destroyed his Savoy Palace.

In 1386, Richard, who had by now assumed more power for himself, dispatched Gaunt to Spain as an ambassador. However, crisis ensued almost immediately, and in 1387, Richard's misrule brought England to the brink of civil war. Only John of Gaunt, upon his return to England, was able to bring about a compromise between the Lords Appellant and King Richard, ushering in a period of relative stability and harmony. During the 1390s, John of Gaunt's reputation of devotion to the well-being of the kingdom became much restored. Gaunt died of natural causes on February 3, 1399 at Leicester Castle, with his beloved third wife Katherine by his side.

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Marriages and descendants
Blanche died in 1369. It is believed the poet Geoffrey Chaucer wrote and dedicated his "Book of the Duchess" to her, as the poem not only mentions the Black Knight, but the "Lady White"; whom we can take to be Blanche, in allegory.

In 1371, John married Constanza of Castile, daughter of King Peter I of Castile, thus giving him a claim upon the kingdom of Castile, which he would pursue unsuccessfully.

In the meantime, John of Gaunt had fathered four children by a mistress, Katherine Swynford (whose sister married Geoffrey Chaucer). Constanza died in 1394. He married Katherine in 1396 or 1397, and their children, the Beauforts, were 'legitimised' but barred from inheriting the throne. From the eldest son, John, came a granddaughter, Margaret Beaufort, whose son, later King Henry VII of England, would nevertheless claim the throne.

John of Gaunt's legitimate son from his first marriage, Henry Bolingbroke, proved less of a diplomat than his father; and Richard II banished Henry from the kingdom in 1398. When John of Gaunt died in 1399, his estates were declared forfeit to the crown. This caused Bolingbroke to return; he deposed the unpopular Richard, to reign as King Henry IV of England (1399–1413).

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Children of John of Gaunt
By Blanche of Lancaster:
Philippa Plantagenet (1360–1426), married King John I of Portugal (1357–1433)
John Plantagenet (1362–1365)
Elizabeth Plantagenet (1364–1426), married (1) John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1372–1389); (2) John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1350-1400); (3) Sir John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope and Lord Milbrook (d. 1443)
Edward Plantagenet (1365–1368)
John Plantagenet (1366–136x)
Henry IV of England (1367–1413), married (1) Mary de Bohun (1369–1394); (2) Joanna of Navarre (1368–1437)
Isabel Plantagenet (1368–136x)
By Constanza of Castile:
Catalina (Catherine) Plantagenet (1372–1418), married King Henry III of Castile (1379–1406)
John Plantagenet (1372–1375)
By Katherine Swynford:
John Beaufort (1373–1410), Earl of Somerset, married Margaret Holland (1385-1429)
Henry Cardinal Beaufort (1375–1447)
Thomas Beaufort (1377–1426), Duke of Exeter, married Margaret Neville
Joan Beaufort (1379–1440), married (1) Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (d. 1396); (2) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland (1364–1425)
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Popular culture
The Lancaster city centre has a pub called The John O'Gaunt, noted for its live jazz music and its large collection of whiskies. An administrative ward on the city council also bears the name.

In William Shakespeare's play Richard II, the famous England speech is attributed to John of Gaunt as he lay on his deathbed.

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,
Fear'd by their breed and famous by their earth
—Act II, scene i, 42–54
The Tragedy of King Richard II at Wikisource

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Links
Information about John of Gaunt

Preceded by:
Henry of Grosmont Lord High Steward
1362–1399 Succeeded by:
Henry Bolingbroke

Preceded by:
New Creation Earl of Richmond
1342–1372 Succeeded by:
surrendered to crown
Preceded by:
Henry of Grosmont Earl of Leicester and Lancaster
1361–1399 Succeeded by:
Henry Bolingbroke
Preceded by:
New Creation Duke of Lancaster
1362–1399
Preceded by:
New Creation Duke of Aquitaine
1390–1399

The union of John of Gaunt and Catherine called the family of Beaufort. John
was the son of King Edward III, so the blood line continued through his
ancestors to King Henry VII, the blood line having stopped with Henry VI. He
was also the father of King Henry IV.

This prince, the fourth son of King «u»Edward III <http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon32.html>«/u» and Queen Philippa, was born at Ghent (or Gaunt) in Flanders, in 1340. In his infancy, he was created Earl of Richmond and, by that title, admitted into the Order of the Garter upon the death of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, one of the original knights. In 1359, at «u»Reading Abbey <http://www.britannia.com/history/berks/churches/rdgab.html>«/u» (Berks), he married Blanche, the younger of the two daughters and co-heirs of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, and upon the death of his father-in-law, in 1361, he was advanced to that Dukedom. He held also, in right of his wife, the Earldoms of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, and the high office of Steward of England.
Blanche, dying in 1369, the ambition of the Duke - who had taken an active part in the war carried on by the his brother, Black Prince, for the restoration of Peter, King of Castile & Leon - induced him to direct his views towards Constance, the elder of the two daughters of that monarch, then lately slain by his illegitimate brother, Henry of Transtamare, his successor under the title of Henry II. In 1372, the Duke married this princess and thus assumed the regal style of those kingdoms. These titular honours were ascribed to him in the writs of summons to Parliament from that year until 1386, when, by an arrangement with King John I of Castile & Leon, the son and successor of Henry, Catherine, the only daughter of the Duke of Lancaster by Constance, was betrothed to Henry, Prince of Asturias, his heir-apparent, and the crown settled upon the issue of that alliance.
Although John of Gaunt had been engaged in warlike enterprises from his earliest years, yet his martial achievements did not increase the lustre of British glory or secure for himself the character of a great commander. In three expeditions into France, in 1369, 1370 and 1373, he gained no laurels and the peculiar misfortunes which attended the last, when a considerable number of his followers perished amongst the mountains of Auvergne, rendered him very unpopular on his return to England in July 1374. All Guienne and Gascony, with the exception of the towns of Bordeaux and Bayonne, had fallen from their allegiance and a suspension of hostilities was negotiated at Bruges, by the Duke and others, with the Duke of Anjou, before the expiration of that year.
After the death of the Black Prince, in 1376, the Duke of Lancaster acquired a marked ascendency in the councils of the infirm monarch, his father. His administration of public affairs is said, furthermore, to have been stained by several acts of violence. On the 16th June 1386, "at the palace of John of Gaunt, King of Castile & Leon, in the convent of the Friars Carmelites, at Plymouth" (where he was then sojourning prior to his embarkation for Spain), he gave his remarkable testimony in favour of the right of Sir Richard Scrope to the arms borne by him in the celebrated controversy between Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor. John continued to govern the Kingdom during the minority of his nephew, «u»Richard II <http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon33.html>«/u», by whom, in 1389, he was created Duke of Aquitaine. His power increasing, he proffered, in open parliament, a claim to the succession for his son, Henry «i»Bolingbroke «/i»(later King «u»Henry IV <http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon34.html>«/u»), as son to Blanche, great-grandaughter of Edmund «i»Crouchback«/i», Earl of Lancaster, whom, he pretended, had been elder brother to King «u»Edward I <http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon30.html>«/u», but set aside on account of his deformity. The weakness of this pretension, which, if established, would have been fatal to the reigning monarch, was opposed, without difficulty, by Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, who, as son and heir of Philippa, the daughter and heir of his elder brother, «u»Lionel <http://www.britannia.com/bios/royals/ladkclre.html>«/u», Duke of Clarence, had, by the laws of the empire, an indisputably prior right and was, accordingly, declared the presumptive heir to the crown.
The Duchess Constance dying in 1394, John espoused, in 1396, Catherine, daughter of Sir Paine Roet, Guienne King of Arms, and widow of Sir Hugh Swynford, a knight of Lincolnshire. This lady had been of the household of the Duchess Blanche and charged with the education of the ladies Philippa and Elizabeth during their minority.
On the 3rd February 1399, John «i»of Gaunt«/i», Duke of Lancaster, died at the Bishop of Ely's Palace in Holborn. Conforming to his will, dated 3rd February 1398, his body was interred before the high altar of Old St. Paul's Cathedral, near the remains of Blanche, his first consort.
By his first consort, Blanche of Lancaster, he had issue:
1. Henry, Duke of Hereford & Lancaster and Earl of Derby, afterwards King Henry IV.
2. Philippa, married to John I, King of Portugal. Seven kings pf her issue governed that country.
3. Elizabeth, married, firstly, to John Holland, Duke of Exeter, and, secondly, Sir John Cornwall Lord Fanhope.
By his second consort, Constance of Castile, John of Gaunt had an only daughter, Catherine, wife of Henry, Prince of Asturias, afterwards Henry III, King of Castile & Leon. The descendants of this alliance were on the throne of Spain until King Charles II, who died in 1700.
His issue, before his marriage to his third consort, Catherine Swynford, were legitimated by Act of Parliament, 9th February 1397. They were all surnamed "De Beaufort," having been born at Beaufort Castle in France, which had devolved to the Huse of Lancaster by the marriage of Blanche of Artois with Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. They were:
1. John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset and Marquis of Dorset, KG
2. «u»Henry Beaufort <http://www.britannia.com/bios/hbeaufrt.html>«/u», Bishop of Lincoln, afterwards of Winchester, and, at length, Cardinal and Chancellor of England
3. Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, KG
4. Joan Beaufort, married, firstly, to Sir Robert Ferrers of Worn and Oversley; and, secondly, to Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland. Her grandsons included Richard, Earl of Warwick «i»'the Kingmaker,'«/i» Kings «u»Edward IV <http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon37.html>«/u» and «u»Richard III <http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon39.html>«/u».
«i»Edited from George Frederick Beltz's
"Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter" (1861).«/i»

Family:

Marriage: 19 MAY 1359 Queen's Chapel, Reading, Berkshire, England
Spouse: Plantagenet, Blanche Duchess/Lancaster
Birth: 25 MAR 1345 Lancaster, England
Death: 30 SEP 1369 London, Middlesex, England
Gender: Female
Parents:

Father: Plantagenet, Henry II D/Lancaster
Mother: Beaumont, Isabel de Duchess/Lancaster

Children:

Lancaster, Elizabeth Plantagenet

The union of John of Gaunt and Catherine called the family of Beaufort. John
was the son of King Edward III, so the blood line continued through his
ancestors to King Henry VII, the blood line having stopped with Henry VI. He
was also the father of King Henry IV.

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[Wikipedia, "John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster", retrieved 23 Dec 07]
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (March 6, 1340-February 3, 1399) was the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He gained his name "John of Gaunt" because he was born in Ghent, then called Gaunt. The fabulously wealthy Gaunt exercised tremendous influence over the English throne during the minority reign of his nephew, Richard II, and during the ensuing periods of political strife, but took care not to be openly associated with opponents of the King.

John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, the Lancasters, included Kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. John of Gaunt's illegitimate descendants, who ultimately became legitimate by his marriage to Katherine Swynford in 1396, the Beauforts, later married into the House of Tudor, which ascended to the throne in the person of Henry VII. In addition, Gaunt's legitimate descendants included his daughters Philippa of Lancaster, Queen consort of John I of Portugal and mother of King Edward of Portugal ("Duarte", in Portuguese), Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter, the mother of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, and Katherine of Lancaster, Queen consort of Henry III of Castile, a granddaughter of Pedro of Castile and the mother of John II of Castile. His patronage included the poet Chaucer who records much of the mores of England at the time of John in Canterbury Tales .

When John of Gaunt died in 1399, his estates were declared forfeit to the crown, as Richard II had exiled John's less diplomatic heir, Henry Bolingbroke, in 1398. Bolingbroke returned and deposed the unpopular Richard, to reign as King Henry IV of England (1399?1413), the first of the descendants of John of Gaunt to hold the throne of England.

John of Gaunt was buried alongside his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, in the nave of Old St. Paul's Cathedral in an alabaster tomb designed by Henry Yevele (similar to that of his son in Canterbury Cathedral).

Duke of Lancaster
Upon the death of his father-in-law Henry of Grosmont, he received half of Henry's lands, the title Earl of Lancaster, and the distinction as the greatest landowner in the north of England, because of his first marriage to his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster (1359), heiress to the Palatinate of Lancaster. He also became the 14th Baron of Halton. John received the rest of the inheritance only when Blanche's sister, Maud, Countess of Leicester (married to William V, Count of Hainaut), died on April 10, 1362.

Gaunt received the title "Duke of Lancaster" from Edward III on 13 November 1362. John was by then well-established as a fabulously wealthy prince, owning at least thirty castles and vast estates across England and France. His household was comparable in scale and organisation to that of a monarch.

After the death of his elder brother, Edward of Woodstock (later known as The Black Prince), John of Gaunt became increasingly powerful. He contrived to protect the religious reformer John Wyclif, for reasons that cannot be determined, but possibly to counteract the growing secular power of the Roman Catholic Church. However, Gaunt's ascendancy to political power coincided with widespread resentment of his influence. At a time when English forces encountered setbacks in the Hundred Years' War against France, and Edward III's rule had started to become domestically unpopular, due to high taxation and to the king's affair with Alice Perrers, political opinion closely associated the Duke of Lancaster with the failing government of the 1370s. Furthermore, while the king and the Prince of Wales had the status of 'popular heroes' due to their success on the battlefield, John of Gaunt had never known equivalent military success, which might have bolstered his reputation. Although he did fight in the Battle of Nájera (Navarette), for example, his later military projects, such as his chevauchée of 1373 and his invasion of Castile in 1386, were unsuccessful.

On his marriage to Costanza of Castile in 1371, Gaunt assumed the title of King of Castile and Leon, and insisted that his fellow English nobles henceforth address him as 'my lord of Spain'.

When King Edward III died in 1377 and John's ten-year-old nephew succeeded to the throne as Richard II of England, Gaunt's influence strengthened further. However, mistrust remained, and some suspected him of wanting to seize the throne for himself. Gaunt took pains to ensure that he never became associated with the opposition to Richard's kingship; but as the virtual ruler of England during Richard's minority, he made some unwise decisions on taxation that led to the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, during which the rebels destroyed his Savoy Palace in London.

In 1386, Gaunt left England to make good his claim to the throne of Castile. However, crisis ensued almost immediately, and in 1387, Richard's misrule brought England to the brink of civil war. Only John of Gaunt, upon his return to England in 1389, was able to bring about a compromise between the Lords Appellant and King Richard, ushering in a period of relative stability and harmony. During the 1390s, John of Gaunt's reputation of devotion to the well-being of the kingdom became much restored. Gaunt died of natural causes on February 3, 1399 at Leicester Castle, with his wife Katherine by his side.

Marriages and descendants
On May 19, 1359, at Reading Abbey, Gaunt married his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. Blanche died of bubonic plague in September 12, 1369 at Bolingbroke Castle whilst John was away at sea. It is believed the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, a friend and client of Gaunt, wrote and dedicated his "Book of the Duchess" to her, as the poem not only mentions a "Black Knight," but the "Lady White"; whom we can take to be Blanche, in allegory. At the end of the poem reference is made to Gaunt's marriage to Blanche by playing on the sound of their titles of Lancaster and Richmond in the form of "long castel" (line 1318) and "riche hil" (line 1319). Alternatively, the "long castel" could also refer to Constanza of Castile and the heraldic arms of Castile.

In 1371, John married Constance of Castile, daughter of King Pedro of Castile, thus giving him a claim to the kingdom of Castile, which he would pursue. Though Gaunt was never able to make good his claim, his daughter by Constanza, Katherine of Lancaster, became Queen of Castile by marrying Henry III of Castile.

In the meantime, John of Gaunt had fathered four children by a mistress, Katherine Swynford (whose sister Philippa de Roet was married to Chaucer). Constance died in 1394. He married Katherine in 1396, and their children, the Beauforts, were 'legitimised' but barred from inheriting the throne. From the eldest son, John, came a granddaughter, Margaret Beaufort, whose son, later King Henry VII of England, would nevertheless claim the throne.

John of Gaunt's legitimate son from his first marriage, Henry Bolingbroke, proved less of a diplomat than his father; and Richard II banished Henry from the kingdom in 1398. When John of Gaunt died in 1399, his estates were declared forfeit to the crown. This caused Bolingbroke to return. He deposed the unpopular Richard, to reign as King of England (1399-1413).

Children of John of Gaunt
By Blanche of Lancaster:
- Philippa (1360-1415), married King John I of Portugal (1357-1433)
- John (1362-1365); Buried Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester
- Elizabeth (1364-1426), married (1) in 1380 John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1372-1389), annulled 1383; married (2) in 1386 John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1350-1400); (3) Sir John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope and Milbroke (d. 1443)
- Edward (1365-1368); Buried Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester
- John (1366-1367); Buried Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester
- Henry IV of England (1366-1413), married (1) Mary de Bohun (1369-1394); (2) Joanna of Navarre (1368-1437)
- Isabel (1368-1368)
By Constance of Castile:
- Katherine (Catalina) (1372-1418), married King Henry III of Castile (1379-1406)
- John (1374-1375)
By Katherine Swynford (nee de Roet/Roelt):
- John Beaufort (1373-1410), Earl of Somerset, married Margaret Holland (1385-1429)
- Henry Cardinal Beaufort (1375-1447)
- Thomas Beaufort (1377-1427), Duke of Exeter, married Margaret Neville
- Joan Beaufort (1379-1440), married (1) Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (d. 1396); married (2) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland (1364-1425)

Popular culture
The Lancaster city centre has a pub called The John O'Gaunt. An administrative ward on the city council also bears the name.

Hungerford in Berkshire also has ancient links to the Duchy, the manor becoming part of John of Gaunt's estate in 1362 before James I passed ownership to two local men in 1612 (which subsequently became Hungerford Town & Manor). The links are visible today in the Town and Manor-owned John O'Gaunt pub, the John O'Gaunt state secondary school, as well as various street names. It is also customary for the Loyal Toast to be given by residents as "The Queen, the Duke of Lancaster".

There is also a secondary school in Trowbridge, Wiltshire bearing the same name, which is built upon land that he once owned.

The remnants of the castle at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, once owned by Gaunt, sit on John o' Gaunt's Street.

In William Shakespeare's play Richard II, the famous England speech is attributed to John of Gaunt as he lay on his deathbed.

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,
Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth
- Act II, scene i, 42-54
The Tragedy of King Richard II at Wikisource

Anya Seton's bestselling 1954 novel Katherine depicts Gaunt's long-term affair and eventual marriage to Katherine Swynford.

The eponymous character of the US comic book series GrimJack is legally named John Gaunt; according to author John Ostrander, he took the name from the historical figure simply because it sounded impressive, without any specific historical reference.

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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-99), English soldier and statesman, the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and brother of Edward, the Black Prince. John was born in March 1340 in Ghent (M.E., Gaunt), now in Belgium. In 1359 he married Blanche, daughter of Henry, duke of Lancaster; when Henry died, John became duke.John of Gaunt played an important part in the wars of the period between England and France and between England and Spain. He commanded a division of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of Henry (later Henry II, king of Castile and León) at Nájera in 1367. As a result of his second marriage, to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel (king of Castile and León), John laid claim to the throne of Castile. During the Hundred Years' War, he aided (1370-71) the Black Prince against France and established English rule over most of southern France. After a severe illness forced the return of the Black Prince to England, John took command of the English armies; by 1380 he had lost much of the territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invaded Castile, but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and León. John of Gaunt gave up his claim to Castile and León in 1387, when his daughter married Henry, later Henry III, king of Castile and León.John of Gaunt was also prominent in English affairs. Together with Alice Perrers, his father's mistress, John dominated the English government. He was opposed by Parliament and by the Black Prince. In 1376 Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers. The death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution of Parliament, however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on the death of Edward III and the accession of Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black Prince), John gave up his control of the government and thereafter played the role of peacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made (1390) duke of Aquitaine. In 1396, after the death of his second wife, John married his mistress Catherine Swynford, and Richard legitimized their children the following year. Saddened by the exile (1398) of his son, Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV of England), John died on February 3 of the following year.
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Duke of Lancaster, m. (1) 19 May 1359, Blanche, d. 31 Sept 1369, dau. of Henry, Duke of Lancaster; son of HENRY, Earl of Lancaster, (17-29)m. (2) Jun. 1371, Constance, d. Jun. 1394, eldest dau, and coh. Pedro I "The Cruel", King of Castile and Leon; m. 3() Jan 1396/7, Catherine (Roet) Swynford, b. 1350; d. 10 May 1403; dau of Sir Paon Roet, a Gascon, and widow of Sir Hugh Swynford. (CP V 320, 736 Chart, VII 415; S. Armitage Smith: John Gaunt, reprint 1964).

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-99), English soldier and statesman, the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and brother of Edward, the Black Prince. John was born in March 1340 in Ghent (M.E., Gaunt), now in Belgium. In 1359 he married Blanche, daughter of Henry, duke of Lancaster; when Henry died, John became duke.
John of Gaunt played an important part in the wars of the period between England and France and between England and Spain. He commanded a division of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of Henry (later Henry II, king of Castile and León) at Nájera in 1367. As a result of his second marriage, to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel (king of Castile and León), John laid claim to the throne of Castile. During the Hundred Years' War, he aided (1370-71) the Black Prince against France and established English rule over most of southern France. After a severe illness forced the return of the Black Prince to England, John took command of the English armies; by 1380 he had lost much of the territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invaded Castile, but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and León. John of Gaunt gave up his claim to Castile and León in 1387, when his daughter married Henry, later Henry III, king of Castile and León.
John of Gaunt was also prominent in English affairs. Together with Alice Perrers, his father's mistress, John dominated the English government. He was opposed by Parliament and by the Black Prince. In 1376 Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers. The death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution of Parliament, however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on the death of Edward III and the accession of Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black Prince), John gave up his control of the government and thereafter played the role of peacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made (1390) duke of Aquitaine. In 1396, after the death of his second wife, John married his mistress Catherine Swynford, and Richard legitimized their children the following year. Saddened by the exile (1398) of his son, Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV of England), John died on February 3 of the following year.[Holmes A Court.FTW]

Acceded: 13 NOV 1362
Notes:
and Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340, but see CP
vol.XIV,p.421.
Earl of Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Lord of Beaufort & Nogent.
Burke says he died at Ely House, Holborn
King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon.
The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.410-416 & vol.XIV,p.421.
John of Gaunt
1340-99, duke of Lancaster, fourth son of EDWARD III of England. He
acquired the Lancaster holdings (see LANCASTER, HOUSE OF) through
marriage and became one of the most influential nobles in England. He
served under his brother EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE in the HUNDRED YEARS
WAR and by his second marriage (1371) gained a claim on the throne of
Castile. For a short time John, in effect, ruled England for his aging
father; he remained powerful under his nephew RICHARD II. From 1386 to
1388 he fought in vain to make good his Castilian claims. Returning
(1389) to England, John helped to restore peace between Richard II and
the barons. In 1396 he married Catherine Swynford; they were ancestors
of the TUDORS. John was the patron of CHAUCER. His eldest son was
HENRY IV.
John of Gaunt [Mid. Eng. Gaunt=Ghent, his birthplace], 134099, duke
of Lancaster; fourth son of Edward III of England. He married (1359)
Blanche, heiress of Lancaster, and through her became earl (1361) and
duke (1362) of Lancaster. The Lancaster holdings made him the
wealthiest and one of the most influential nobles in England. He
served under his brother, Edward the Black Prince, in the Hundred
Years War and went (1367) on his campaign to aid Peter the Cruel of
Castile. After the death of Blanche he married (1371) Peter's
daughter, Constance, and thus gained a claim to the Castilian throne.
When the Black Prince became ill during the French campaign of
137071, John took chief command. In 1373 he led his army from Calais
to Bordeaux, but the expedition accomplished little. After a truce was
reached (1375) he returned to England, where he allied himself with
the corrupt court party led by Alice Perrers, mistress of the aging
Edward III. For a short time John of Gaunt in effect ruled England.
His party was temporarily dislodged from power by the Good Parliament
of 1376, but John was soon able to restore his friends and assembled a
hand-picked Parliament in 1377. Hostility to the strong clerical
party, led by William of Wykeham, caused him to support the movement
of John Wyclif. After the accession (1377) of his nephew, Richard II,
John remained the most powerful figure in the government, but he
devoted himself primarily to military matters. In 1386, allied with
John I of Portugal, who married one of his daughters, he led an
expedition to make good his Castilian claims against John I of
Castile. John of Gaunt finally agreed to peace in 1388, transferred
his claims to his daughter by Constance of Castile, and married her to
the future Henry III of Castile. He returned to England in 1389, was
made duke of Aquitaine, and helped to restore peace between Richard II
and the hostile barons led by Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester.
In 1396, John of Gaunt married Catherine Swynford, many years his
mistress, and had his children by her, under the name of Beaufort,
declared legitimate. He died soon after the king had exiled his eldest
son, the duke of Hereford (later Henry IV, first of the royal line of
Lancaster). John is also remembered as the patron of the poet Geoffrey
Chaucer.

Richard II (1367-1400), king of England (1377-99), whose reign was marked by national disunity and civil strife.
A younger son of Edward, prince of Wales (the Black Prince), and Joan, called the Fair Maid of Kent, Richard was born January 6, 1367, in Bordeaux, France. He was created prince of Wales in 1376, the year of his father's death, and was placed in the care of his uncle John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster. In 1377, on the death of his grandfather, King Edward III, Richard became ruler of England, then a country devastated by plague and oppressed by heavy taxes, the result of a war with France. Parliament, which had obtained greater power in the last years of Edward III's reign, now sought to secure control of the government, but was opposed by John of Gaunt and his followers. The speedy suppression of Tyler's Rebellion in 1381 was largely the result of Richard's courage and daring. A year later, at the age of 15, Richard married Anne of Bohemia, daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Charles IV, and began to seek the downfall of the great nobles who controlled Parliament and prevented him from acting independently. Led by Richard's uncle Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester, in 1388 a coterie of noblemen known in history as the lords appellant "appealed" or accused Richard's adherents of treason, banishing some and having others executed. The following year Richard, with the help of John of Gaunt, succeeded in asserting his authority.
Trying to reestablish English authority in Ireland, Richard led an expedition to the country in 1394; that same year his queen died. In 1396 a marriage treaty was concluded between Richard and a French princess, Isabella. In 1397 Richard had Gloucester arrested and imprisoned at Calais, where he died, perhaps murdered. He also exiled John of Gaunt's son, Henry Bolingbroke, duke of Hereford, who later became Richard's successor as Henry IV, and executed or banished others of the lords appellant. On his return from a second military expedition to Ireland in 1399 Richard found that Bolingbroke had returned from exile and placed himself at the head of a formidable army. Richard was captured by Bolingbroke in Wales and brought captive to London, where on September 30, 1399, he formally resigned his crown. On the following day his abdication was ratified by Parliament, which then confirmed Bolingbroke as King Henry IV. Richard was secretly confined in Pontefract Castle, where he either died of starvation or was murdered in February 1400.

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Earl of Richmond, 4th son of King Edward III, was b. 1340, styled of Gaunt from the place of his birth, who had been created Earl of Richmond in 1342, was advanced to the Dukedom of Lancaster by his father, Edward III, in the 36th year of his reign. After the decease of his 1st wife, Blanch, the great heiress of the Duke of Lancaster, he m. Constance, elder dau. and co-heiress of Peter, King of Castile, and in her right assumed the title of King of Castile and Leon, in which regal dignity, as well as in those of Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond, Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, he had summons to parliament; he was likewise Duke of Aquitaine and a knight of the Garter. On the decease of Edward III, this prince was joined in the administration of affairs during the minority of his nephew, Richard II. He subsequently attempted the conquest of Spain at the head of a fine army, and landing at the Groyne, advanced to Compostella, where he was met by John, King of Portugal, between whom and his eldest dau., the Lady Philippa, a marriage was concluded. Thence he marched into Castile and there ratified a treaty of peace, by which he abandoned his claim to the throne of Castile and Leon in consideration of a large sum of money and the marriage of Henry, Prince of Asturias, with his only dau. by his 2nd wife, the Lady Katherine Plantagenet. In the latter part of his life he dwelt in retirement, having incurred the displeasure of King Richard by a motion which he had made in parliament that his son, Henry of Bolingbroke, should be declared heir to the crown. He d. at Ely House, Holborn, in 1399.
John of Gaunt m. 1st, in 1359, Lady Blanche Plantagenet, the eventual heiress of the Duke of Lancaster, and had by her, Henry, Philippa, and Elizabeth. He m. 2ndly, Constance, elder dau. and co-heir of Peter, King of Castile, and by her had an only dau., Katherine. The duke m. 3rdly, in 1396, Catherine, dau. of Sir Payn Roet, Guyenne King of Arms, and widow of Sir Otho de Swynford, Knt., by whom, before marriage, he had issue, John, Henry, Thomas, and Joan. These [last] children were legitimated by act of parliament for all purposes, save succession to the throne, in the 20th Richard II and derived their surname from the castle of Beaufort, the place of their birth. John of Gaunt, was s. by his eldest son, Henry Plantagenet, b. 1366, surnamed of Bolingbroke, Earl of Hereford, who, upon the deposition of Richard II, was called to the throne as King Henry IV, when his great inheritance, with the Dukedom of Lancaster, and the Earldoms of Hereford, Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, merged in the crown. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 432, Plantagenet, Earls of Chester, &c.]

!Name is; John "Of Gaunt", Prince Of /ENGLAND/ Duke of Lancaster Birth place; Abbaye de St Bavon, Gand, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium Bur place; St Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England Marr place; Rochefort-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France

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John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (June 24, 1340 - February 3,1399), the third surviving son of King Edward III of England, gainedhis name because he was born at Ghent in 1340. He became Duke ofLancaster by his first marriage to his cousin, Blanche (1359), heiressto the Palatinate of Lancaster, a title which gave its holderconsiderable independence from the crown. John became a fabulouslywealthy prince who maintained a household organised along the lines ofa royal household, as well as vast estates across England and Franceand thirty castles.

After the death of his elder brother, Edward, the Black Prince, Johnof Gaunt became increasingly powerful. He contrived to protect thereligious reformer, John Wyclif, with whose aims he sympathised.However, Gaunt's ascendancy to political power coincided withwidespread resentment at his influence. At a time when when Englishforces encountered setbacks in the Hundred Years' War against Franceand Edward III's rule had started to become domestically unpopular dueto high taxation and to the King's affair with Alice Perrers,political opinion closely associated the Duke of Lancaster with thefailing government of the 1370s. Furthermore, while the king and thePrince of Wales had the status of popular heroes due to their successon the battlefield, Gaunt had never known any such military successwhich might have bolstered his reputation.

John of GauntWhen King Edward III died (1377) and John's nephew, thenine-year-old Richard II of England, succeeded to the throne, Gaunt'sinfluence strengthened further, but mistrust remained and somesuspected him of wanting to seize the throne for himself. He tookpains to ensure that he never became associated with the opposition toRichard's kingship, but as virtual ruler of England during Richard'sminority, some unwise decisions on taxation led to the Peasants'Revolt in 1381, during which the rebels destroyed his Savoy Palace.

In 1386, Richard, who had by now assumed more power for himself,dispatched Gaunt to Spain as an ambassador. However, crisis ensuedalmost immediately and in 1387 Richard's misrule took the country tothe brink of civil war. Only John of Gaunt, on his return to England,was able to bring about a compromise between the Lords Appellant andKing Richard, ushering in a period of stability and relative harmony.During the 1390s John of Gaunt's reputation of devotion to thewell-being of the kingdom became much restored. Gaunt died in 1399.

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John of Gaunt (see here and here), Duke of Lancaster,
born Mar 1340,
mar 1stly, 1359 to Blanche Plantagenet [descendant of Aoife Mac Murrough] and had issue:

1. Philippa Plantagenet, mar John I, King of Portugal and had issue.
2. Elizabeth Plantagenet, mar John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter and had issue.
3. Henry IV, born 1366, succeeded 13th Oct 1399 (House of Lancaster).

through his wife inherited Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire (later held by Robert Dudley),
he was the effective ruler late Edward III - early Richard II,
appears in Richard II by Shakespeare,
the TV movie Richard II (1978) has John Gielgud as John of Gaunt,
patron of John Wycliffe, the "Morning Star of the Reformation", who produced the first English translation of the Bible 1382,
mar 3rdly, 1396, to his long-time mistress Catherine Roet [born 1350], by whom he had already had illegitimate issue,
his children by Catherine Roet were legitimated by statute 1397 "for all purposes save succession to the crown" (i.e. this line is not in the Royal line of succession, but of course we have other Royal Descents),
he died 3rd Feb 1399, age 58 yrs, bur St.Paul's Cathedral, London,
see biography,
never king himself, but within months of his death his son became king,
Catherine died 10th May 1403, Lincoln, age 53 yrs, bur Lincoln Cathedral,
he had issue by Catherine Roet:

1. John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, born 1373,
mar Margaret Holland [descendant of Edward I and of Aoife Mac Murrough] and had issue:
1. John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, had issue:
1. Margaret Beaufort (see here), mar Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and had issue (House of Tudor).
2. Thomasine Beaufort, mar Reginald de Grey, 7th Baron Grey de Wilton and had issue.
2. Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (second creation), mar Eleanor Beauchamp [descendant of Edward I] and had issue:
1. Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, associated with Joan Hill and had illegitimate issue:
1. Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester.
2. Margaret Beaufort, mar Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford and had issue.
3. Joan Beaufort,
mar 1stly to James I, King of Scotland and had issue,
mar 2ndly to Sir James Stewart and had issue.

Joan de Beaufort (see here),
born c.1379, Beaufort Castle, Anjou,
mar 2ndly, 1396, to Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland and had issue.
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Name: John Beaufort, [Marquess of Som
Born: ABT 1371 at: Near Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England
Married: BEF 28 Sep 1397 at: of, Upholland, Lancashire, England
Died: 16 Mar 1409/1410 at: St.Catherine by, London, Middlesex, England
Spouses: Margaret de Holand, [Duchess of Clar
NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Name: Joan de Beaufort, [Countess of Wes
Born: ABT 1375 at: Chateau de Beauf, Meuse-et-Loire, France
Married: 29 Nov 1396 at: Chateau de Beauf, Meuse-et-Loire, France
Died: 13 Nov 1440 at: Howden, Yorkshire, England
Spouses: Ralph de Neville, [Earl of Westmor Robert de Ferrers
NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Name: Henry "Cardinal" Beaufort, [Bishop of Linco
Born: ABT 1376 at: Chateau de Beauf, Meurthe-et-Mosel, Anjou, France
Married: at: Not Married
Died: 11 Apr 1447 at: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Spouses: Alice FitzAlan
NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Name: Thomas Beaufort, [Duke of Exeter]
Born: ABT Jan 1377 at: Chateau de Beauf, Meurthe-et-Mosel, Anjou, France
Married: BEF 15 Feb 1403/1404at: of, Hornby, Lancashire, England
Died: 31 Dec 1426 at: Greenwich Manor, East Greenwich, Kent, England
Spouses: Margaret Neville

John of Gaunt was an English soldier and statesman as well as a brother of Edward, the Black Prince. In 1359, John married Blanche, daughter of Henry, Duke of Lancaster. When Henry died, John became the next Duke.

John played an important part in the wars of the period between England and France and between England and spain. He commanded a division of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of Henry (later Henry II, King of Castile and Leon) at Najera in 1367.

As a result of his second marriage to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel (King of Castile and Leon), John laid claim to the throne of Castile. During the Hundred Years’ War, he aided the Black Prince against France and established English rule over most of southern France. After a severe illness forced the return of the Black Prince to England, John took command of the English armies. But by 1380, he had lost much of the territory the English had previously won.

In 1386, John invaded Castile, but was defeated by King John I of Castile and Leon. The following year, John of Gaunt gave up his claim to Castile and Leon upon the marriage of his daughter to Henry III who would himself become King of those countries.

John of Gaunt was also prominent in English affairs. Together with Alice Perrers, his father’s mistress, John dominated the English government. He was opposed by Parliament and by the Black Prince. In 1376, Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John’s powers. The death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution of Parliament, however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, upon the death of King Edward III and the ascension of Richard II (John’s nephew and son of the Black Prince), John gave up his control of the government and thereafter played the role of peacemaker. He also supported King Richard, who named John the Duke of Aquitaine in 1390.

In 1396, after the death of his second wife, John married his mistress, Katherine de Roet Swynford, and King Richard legitimized their children the following year. Saddened by the exile of his son, Henry of Lancaster in 1398, John died on February 3 of the following year.

John of Gaunt, b. Ghent 1340; d. Leicester Castle, Feb. 1399; Duke of Lancaster; m. (1) 19 May 1359, Blanche, d. 31 Sep. 1369, dau. of Henry, Duke of Lancaster; son of Henry, Earl of Lancaster (17-29); m. (2) Jun. 1371, Constance, d. Jun. 1394, eldest dau. and coh. Pedro I “The Cruel”, King of Castile and Leon; m. (3) Jan. 1396/7, Catherine (Roet) Swynford, b. 1350; d. 10 May 1403; dau. of Sir Paon Roet, a Gascon, and widow of Sir Hugh Swynford. (G. E. Cokayne’s (new revised) “Complete Peerage,” vols. I-XII pt. 2, 1910-1959 - V, 320, 736 chart, VII 415; S. Armitage Smith, “John of Gaunt,” reprint 1964).

!Name is; John "Of Gaunt", Prince Of /ENGLAND/ Duke of Lancaster Birth place; Abbaye de St Bavon, Gand, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium Bur place; St Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England Marr place; Rochefort-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France

John "Of Gaunt" Duke of Lancaster

Born: March, 1340 in Abbaye de St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium
Died: 3 FEB 1398/1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Married: Catherine De Roet on 13 JAN 1396

Children: John, Henry, Thomas, Joan

Source 1: Royalty for Commoners', Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 1.

GIVN John
SURN von Gaunt
NSFX Duke Of Lancaster, Kg
AFN 8XHQ-M2
DATE 9 SEP 2000
TIME 13:15:21

!Name is; John "Of Gaunt", Prince Of /ENGLAND/ Duke of Lancaster Birth place; Abbaye de St Bavon, Gand, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium Bur place; St Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England Marr place; Rochefort-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France

[Kopi av ROYALS.FTW]

His eldest surviving son by his first marriage later became King Henry IV.His eldest surviving son by his first marriage later became King Henry IV.
His eldest surviving son by his first marriage later became King Henry IV.

[Collier, fidonet July '95] : John of Gaunt First Duke of Lancaster,
Knight of the Garter, King of Castile and Leon, was born on 24 June
1340 and died on 3 Feb. 1399. He married Katherine, a d/o Payne
Roelt, as his third wife. Their daughter:
Joan Roelt married, being his second wife, Ralph de Nevill, who was a
Knight of the Garter and the first Earl of Westmoreland (1364-1425).
Their third son was:
George de Nevill, Lord Latimer. His wife was Elizabeth, a d/o Richard
de Beauchamp and his wife Elizabeth Berkley. He died on 30 Dec. 1649.
Their son:
Sir Henry Neville married Joan, a d/o John Bouchier, who was Baron
Berners. Their son:
Richard Neville, Baron Latimer, married Ann, a d/o Sir Humphrey
Stafford. Their son:
William Neville of Wyke married Elizabeth, a d/o Sir Giles Greville.
Their son:
Richard Neville of Wyke (d-1590), married Barbara, a d/o Thomas
Arden of Park Hall in County Warwick. Their son:
Edmund Neville called himself the 7th Earl of Westmoreland. He
married Jane Smythe who in her will, probated in 1647, styled
herself as the Countess of Westmoreland. Their son:
Ralph Neville (1588-1643) married Elizabeth Hautrey. He considered
himself to be the 8th Earl of Westmoreland. Their son:
Richard Neville, b-1607, came to Virginia in 1650. He died in 1706 in
King William County as Richard Westmoreland. His son:
Richard Westmoreland lived in Prince George Co., VA. His son: Thomas
Westmoreland, b-ca 1700, married (3) Edith Nipper/Napier. He died in
Dinwiddie Co., VA before 1784. Their daughter:
Sarah Westmoreland, (1760-1832) married William Wells Nov. 1785 in
Brunswick Co., VA and moved to Giles Co., TN with her brothers and at
least one sister. Their daughter: continued...
Email mildred.collier - at - gamug.com. [Alan Wilson,
soc.genealogy.medieval, July '95, Email abwilson - at -
uclink2.berkeley.edu]
My last post in which I suggested that there might be 'many' descents
from Konstantinos and Pancalo to the European royal family may have been
too slushy to provide a clear target for comment. Let me list two lines
down to John of Gaunt with Gregoria married to Munir Skleros in 'Line
A' and married to Niketas Skleros in 'Line B.' I list my references
at the end of each list. I would like to know if either or both are
well enough established to warrant inclusion in my data base.
LINE A 92. Konstantinos (0810 - Circa 0838) & Pancalo (0815 - After
0838) 93. Bardas (0835 - After 0867) 94. Basileos (0860 - ) 95.
Bardas (0885 - ) 96. Gregoria (Georgia) 'the Macedonian' (Circa 0910 -
) & Munir (Pantherios) ? SKLEROS
97. Bardas SKLEROS (Circa 0915 - 6 Mar 0991) 98. Romanos SKLEROS
(Circa 0940 - ) 99. Basileios SKLEROS (Circa 0965 - ) & Pulcheria
(Circa 0965 - Before Apr 1032)
100. ? SKLERAINA (Circa 0995 - 1032/1034) & Constantine IV MONOMACHOS
Emperor ( - 11 Jan 1055)
101. Maria \ Irene \ Anastasia ? MONOMACHA (Circa 1030 - Circa 1067) &
Usevold I of Kiev Grand Duke (1030 - 13 Apr 1093)
102. Vladimir II of Kiev Grand Duke (1053 - 19 May 1125) & Gytha of
England Princess (Circa 1053 - )
103. Mstislav of Kiev Grand Duke (Circa 1076 - Apr 1132) & Lyubawa of
Novograd (Circa 1100 - 1167/1168)
104. Euphrosine \ Euphrasyna Mstislawna (1130 - 1175/1186) & Geza II of
Hungary King (1130 - 11 May 1161)
105. Bela III of Hungary King (1148 - Apr 1196) & Agnes de Chatillon
(Circa 1150 - Circa 1184)
106. Andrew II of Hungary King (1176 - 7 Mar 1235) & Yolande de
COURTENAY ( - 1232/1233)
107. Yolanda of Hungary (1213 - Oct 1251) & James I of Aragon King (1
Feb 1208 - 25 Jul 1276)
108. Isabelle d'Aragon (1243/1247 - 28 Jan 1271) & Philip III The Bold
King (1 May 1245 - 5 Oct 1285)
119. Philip IV the Fair of France King (1268 - 29 Nov 1314) & Jeanne of
Navarre (Jan 1273 - 2 Apr 1305)
110. Isabella Of France (1292 - 22 Aug 1358) & Edward II of Caernarvon
King (25 Apr 1284 - 21 Sep 1327)
111. Edward III of Windsor King (13 Nov 1312 - 21 Jun 1377) & Philippa
of Hainault (24 Jun 1311 - 14 Aug 1369)
112. John of Gaunt Duke (Mar 1340 - 3 Feb 1398/1399) & Catherine
Swynford ROET (1350 - 10 May 1403)
Generation 92 corresponds to 92 in Rik Vigeland (Post #1). Generations
92 through 96 are discussed in Settipani, 'Nos Ancestres de
l'Antiquite.' pp. 185-189; esp. chart p. 187. The same, but omitting
gen. 95, can be found in Brook, The Genealogist, ii, 3-51; Stuart,
Royalty for Commoners, line 322; Michel Call, Royal Ancestors of some
American Families, Pedigree Charts; The Augustan Society, Descents
from antiquity, Chart T1. Generations 96 through 101 can be found in
Stuart, line 115, and in Brook and Call. Generations 101 through 112
can be found in Weis, Ancestral Roots, lines 242, 103, 105, 101, and
1; Moriarty, Plantagenet Ancestry, pp. 144-145, 143, 131, 116, and 2;
and in other sources.
LINE B 92. Konstantinos (0810 - Circa 0838) & Pancalo (0815 - After
0838) 93. Bardas (0835 - After 0867) 94. Basileos (0860 - ) 95.
Bardas (0885 - ) 96. Gregoria (Georgia) 'the Macedonian' (Circa 0910 -
) & Niketas Skleros 97. Konstantin Skleros of Constantinople (Circa
0920 - After 0980) & Sophia Phokas (Circa 0936 - )
98. Theophano Skleros of Byzantium (0956 - 15 Sep 0991) & Otto II
Emperor of West (0955 - 7 Dec 0983)
99. Matilda of Saxony (0981 - 4 Nov 1025) & Edzo \ Ezzo of Lorraine
Count Palatine (0955 - 21 May 1034)
100. Richenza (Rixa) of Pfalz-Lorraine (Circa 0998 - Mar 1063) &
Mieszko (Mieszyslaw) II of Poland King (Circa 0990 - 10 May 1034)
101. Rixa of Poland (1018 - After 1059) & Bela I of Hungary King (Circa
1015 - Circa 1063)
102. Sophia of Hungary Princess (Circa 1043 - 18 Jun 1095) & Magnus of
Saxony Duke (Before 1045 - 23 Aug 1106)
103. Wulfhilda of Saxony (Circa 1075 - 29 Dec 1126) & Henry I 'the
Black' of Bavaria Duke (1074 - 13 Dec 1126)
104. Judith of Bavaria (1100 - 22 Feb 1130) & Frederick II of Swabia
Duke (1090 - 6 Apr 1147)
105. Frederick III of Germany Emperor (1122 - 10 Jun 1190) & Beatrix of
Macon (1135 - 15 Nov 1184/1185)
106. Philip II of Germany Emperor (1176/1181 - 21 Jun 1208) & Irene
Angelica (Circa 1181 - 27 Aug 1208)
107. Marie de Swabia (1201 - 1235) & Henry II of Brabent Duke (1180 - 1
Feb 1247/1248)
108. Matilda of Brabent (Circa 1218 - 29 Sep 1288) & Robert d'Artois
comte (Sep 1216 - 8 Jan 1250)
109. Blanche of Artois* (Circa 1248 - 2 May 1302) & Henri I of Navarre,
King (Circa 1244 - Jul 1274)
110. Jeanne of Navarre (Jan 1273 - 2 Apr 1305) & Philip IV the Fair of
France King (1268 - 29 Nov 1314)
111. Isabella Of France (1292 - 22 Aug 1358) & Edward II of Caernarvon
King (25 Apr 1284 - 21 Sep 1327)
112. Edward III of Windsor King (13 Nov 1312 - 21 Jun 1377) & Philippa
of Hainault (24 Jun 1311 - 14 Aug 1369)
113. John of Gaunt Duke (Mar 1340 - 3 Feb 1398/1399) & Catherine
Swynford ROET (1350 - 10 May 1403)
Generations 92 through 96 are as before. Generations 96 through 113 can
be found in Moriarty pp. 89, 87, 86, 84, 140, 169, 167, 166-167, 154,
148, 116, and 2. (He mentions Niketas Skleros, but not Gregoria, in
gen. 96.) Also Stuart lines 322, 237, 51, etc.
Generations 98 through 113 can be found in Weis, Ancestral Roots, lines
147, 243, 166, 45, 101, and 1.
[Anders, replying to Alan B. Wilson] Just a couple of remarks.
Theophano's (98) descent is hardly undisputed. I don't know how this one
holds compared with e.g. the Romanus II descent. Secondly, it has been
suggested that Richenza (100) was born in Ezzo's first marriage with
Richenza, not in the marriage with Matilda of Saxony(99). //
[Robin Clay, fidonet Aug 17 '95]: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, b.
Mar 1340, d. 3 Feb 1399.

and Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340, but see CP vol.XIV,p.421.
Earl of Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Lord of Beaufort & Nogent.
Burke says he died at Ely House, Holborn
King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon.
The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.410-416 & vol.XIV,p.421.

Shar Lee West Packet dated Sep 1998.

Hollingshead Chronicles. Frank Barrow File.
...married as wife #3, Katherine de Roet, widow of Hugh Swynfort
...4th son of Edward III.

Ahnetafel Chart. Gerry Hill File.

WFT Vol. 24, Tree 490. Descendants of Geoffrey IV Plantagenet, Count de Anjou.

Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Weis. Charlotte Larson File.
...b. Ghent, 1340; d. Leicester Castle, Feb 1399; Duke of Lancaster; m. (1) 19 May 1359, Blanche, dau of Henry, Duke of Lancaster; son of Henry, Earl of Lancaster; m. (2) Jun 1371, Constance, d. 1394, eldest dau. and coheir Pedro I "The Cruel", King of Castile and Leon; m. (3) Jan 1396/7, Catherine ROET Swynford, b. 1350; d. 10 May 1403; dau. of Si9r Paon Roet, a Gascon, and widow of Sir Hugh Swynford.
(CP V 320, 736 chart; VII 415; DNB xxix; 417, iv, 243; s. Armitage Smith; John of Gaunt, reprint 1964). Son (John Beaufort) by (3) wife.

{geni:about_me} a short summary from Wikipedia;

'''John of Gaunt (Ghent), 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG'''

Successor: Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (2nd Duke of Lancaster and of Aquitaine)

Spouse:

Blanche of Lancaster

m. 1359; dec. 1369

Infanta Constance of Castile

m. 1371; dec. 1394

Katherine Swynford

m. 1396; wid. 1399

Issue:

Philippa, Queen of Portugal

Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter

Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England

Catherine, Queen of Castile

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset

Cardinal Henry Beaufort

Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland

House House of Plantagenet (by birth)

House of Lancaster (founder)

Father Edward III of Windsor, King of England

Mother Philippa of Hainault

Born 6 March 1340(1340-03-06)

Ghent, Belgium

Died 3 February 1399 (aged 58)

Leicester Castle, Leicestershire

Burial St Paul's Cathedral, City of London

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"John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was called "John of Gaunt" because he was born in Ghent, then rendered in English as Gaunt. When he became unpopular later in life, scurrilous rumours and lampoons circulated that he was actually the son of a Ghent butcher, perhaps because Edward III was not present at the birth. This story always drove him to fury.
As a younger brother of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward, the Black Prince), John exercised great influence over the English throne during the minority of his nephew, Richard II, and during the ensuing periods of political strife, but was not thought to have been among the opponents of the king.

John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, the Lancasters, included Kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. His other legitimate descendants included, by his first wife, Blanche, his daughters Queen Philippa of Portugal and Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter; and by his second wife, Constance, his daughter Queen Catherine of Castile. John fathered five children outside marriage, one early in life by a lady-in-waiting to his mother, and four surnamed "Beaufort" (after a former French possession of the Duke) by Katherine Swynford, Gaunt's long-term mistress and third wife. The Beaufort children, three sons and a daughter, were legitimised by royal and papal decrees after John and Katherine married in 1396; a later proviso that they were specifically barred from inheriting the throne, the phrase excepta regali dignitate (English: except royal status), was inserted with dubious authority by their half-brother Henry IV. Descendants of this marriage included Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester and eventually Cardinal; Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, grandmother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III; John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, the grandfather of Margret Beaufort, the mother of King Henry VII; and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, from whom are descended, beginning in 1437, all subsequent sovereigns of Scotland, and successively, from 1603 on, the sovereigns of England, of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the United Kingdom to the present day. The three succeeding houses of English sovereigns from 1399—the Houses of Lancaster, York and Tudor—were descended from John through Henry Bolingbroke, Joan Beaufort and John Beaufort, respectively.

Lancaster's eldest son and heir, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, was exiled for ten years by King Richard II in 1398 as resolution to a dispute between Hereford and Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.
When John of Gaunt died in 1399, his estates and titles were declared forfeit to the crown as King Richard II named Hereford a traitor and commuted his sentence to exile for life.

Henry Bolingbroke returned from exile to reclaim his inheritance and depose Richard. Bolingbroke then reigned as King Henry IV of England (1399–1413), the first of the descendants of John of Gaunt to hold the throne of England. Due to some generous land grants, John was not only one of the richest men in his era, but also one of the wealthiest men to have ever lived. Taking into account inflation rates, John was worth a modern equivalent of $110 billion, making him the sixteenth richest man in history"

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Wikipedia links:

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[http://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_II,_vojvoda_Akvitanije Bosanski],
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[http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Gante Español],
[http://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanes_Gantekoa Euskara],
[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Gand Français],
[http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juhana_Gent Suomi],
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[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_di_Gand Italiano],
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[http://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Gante Mirandés],
[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Gent Nederlands],
[http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_av_Gaunt Norsk (bokmål)‬],
[http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_z_Gandawy Polski],
[http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Gante Português],
[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82 Русский],
[http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_z_Gentu Slovenčina],
[http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_av_Gent Svenska],
[http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_1 ไทย],
[http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82 Українська],
[http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%88%E7%89%B9%E7%9A%84%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0 中文]

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other links:

http://www.britannia.com/bios/royals/jgdklanc.html

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28331470

http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=942

http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00000812&tree=LEO

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I465&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I103&tree=Nixon

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I80355&tree=Welsh

http://www.mathematical.com/gauntjohn1340.htm (which gives his baptism date as his birth date)

http://www.nndb.com/people/826/000094544/

http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/14843

http://www.royalist.info/execute/biog?person=6

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10188.htm#i101878

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PLANTAGENET2.htm

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[S37] #93 [Book version] The Dictionary of National Biography: from the Earliest Times to 1900 (1885-1900, reprint 1993), Stephen, Leslie, (22 volumes. 1885-1900. Reprint, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1993), FHL book 920.042 D561n., vol. 29 p. 417-427 vol. 4 p. 41.

[S40] Handbook of British Chronology (1986), Fryde, E. B., editor, (Royal Historical Society guides and handbooks, no. 2. London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986), FHL book 942 C4rg no. 2., p. 40.

[S44] #242 [1846 edition] A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland & Scotland, extinct, dormant, & abeyance, Burke, John, (London : Henry Colburn, 1846), 942 D22bua 1846., p. 38.

[S46] #8356 The Ligon Family and Connections (1947-1973), Ligon, William D. (William Daniel Ligon, Jr.), (3 volumes. New York: W.D. Ligon Jr, c1947-c1973 (Hartford, Conn.: Bond Press)), p. 127.

[S47] #688 Collectanea topographica et genealogica (1834-1843), (8 volumes. London: J.B. Nichols, 1834-1843), FHL book 942 B2ct; FHL microfilms 496,953 item 3 a., vol. 1 p. 297, 302.

[S49] Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, (Periodical. Chobham, Surrey, England: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2005- Published twice yearly.), vol. 1 no. 5 2005 p. 310.

[S77] #33 An Official Genealogical and Heraldic Baronage of England (filmed 1957), Paget, Gerald, (Typescript, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), FHL microfilm 170,063-170,067., no. 406, Nevill, Earls of Salisbury & Warwick.

[S81] #125 The Royal Daughters of England and Their Representatives (1910-1911), Lane, Henry Murray, (2 voulmes. London: Constable and Co., 1910-1911), FHL microfilm 88,003., vol. 1 p. 160, 24 243-244, 248, 259-260 vol. 2 p. 242, table 2 pt. 2.

[S117] #227 The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford (1815-1827), Clutterbuck, Robert, (3 volumes. London: Nichols, Son and Bentley, 1815-1827), FHL book Q 942.58 H2c; FHL microfilms 899,855-899,., vol. 3 p. 31.

[S266] #379 [7th edition, 1992] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came to America Before 1700 (7th edition, 1992), Weis, Frederick Lewis, (7th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1992), FHL book 974 D2w 1992., p. 3 line 1:31, p. 4 line 1A:31.

[S673] #1079 A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time (1904-1993), Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred, (Publications of the South Wales Record Society, number 8. Five volumes in 13. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1904-1993), FHL book 942.43 H2b., vol. 1 p. 6*; vol. 2 p. 25*.

[S712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. I.

[S735] Richard III, Ross, Charles Derek, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981), JWML book DA260 .R67 1981., p. 238.

[S743] John of Gaunt, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, Seneschal of England (1904, reprint 1964), Armitage-Smith, Sidney, (1904. Reprint, New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc., 1964), JWML book DA 247 J6 A7 1964., p. 2, 14, 407, 460-462.

[S744] #788 County Genealogies: Pedigrees of Essex Families (19--?, filmed 1965), Berry, William, ([S.l.: Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 19--?]. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965), FHL book Q 942.67 D2bw; FHL microfilm 452,530 item., p. 71.

[S745] #1600 Memorials of the Family of Tufton, Earls of Thanet: Deduced from Various Sources of Authentic Information (1880), Pocock, Robert, (Gravesend: R. Pocock, 1880), FHL book 929.242 T816p., p. 31.

[S1301] #243 [2nd ed. 1844, reprint 1977] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (second edition, 1841, reprint 1977), Burke, John, (Second edition, 1844. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1977), FHL book 942 D22bu 1977; FHL microfilm 994,038 ite., p?.

[S1886] #89 A Genealogical History of the Kings of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, & C. From the Conquest, Anno 1066 to the Year, 1677, Sandford, Francis Esq., (London: Thomas Newcomb, 1677), FHL microfilm 599,670 item 3., p. 312, 313.

[S1888] The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Editor: George Burnett, (H.M. General Register House Edinburgh), Film: 994052., vol. 4 p. lxxxv.

[S2318] #1210 The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, as Registered in the College of Arms from the Beginning of the XIth Century (1934), Glenn, Thomas Allen, (London: Harrison, 1934), FHL book 929.2429 G875g; FHL microfilm 994,040 ite., p. 221 fn. 1.

[S2411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 5 p. E5; book 6 p. F3*, 9*.

[S2420] #11886 The Golden Grove books of pedigrees (filmed 1970), (Manuscript, National Library of Wales manuscript number Castell Gorfod 7. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,349-104,351., book 9 p. G1187.

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John of Gaunt
Memorial

Birth: Mar. 6, 1340
Ghent
Arrondissement Gent
East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Death: Feb. 3, 1399
Leicester
Leicester Unitary Authority
Leicestershire, England

English Royalty. 1st Duke of Lancaster. Born the fourth son of Edward III Plantagenet and Queen Philippa of Hainault, at Ghent (or Gaunt) in Flanders. He was made Earl of Richmond in September 1342. He married Blanche, Countess of Derby in May 1359, with whom he had seven children, including the future Henry IV. After his marriage, he was styled as Earl of Derby and of Leicester. He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in April 1361. He gained the title of Duke of Lancaster in November 1362 . After the death of his wife in 1369, the ambitious Duke married Costanza, the daughter of Pedro I, King of Léon and Castilla in 1372, with whom he had two children. After his marriage, he was styled as King John of Léon and Castilla. He took Katherine Swynford as his mistress about the same time, and with her had four children, who were given the surname Beaufort. He campaigned with his elder brother, Edward of Woodstock, and took part in the conflicts of the Hundred Years War. After the death of his brother in 1376, he was in the ascendancy at court, however, favor coincided with widespread resentment of his influence among the English population. When his father died in 1377, and was succeeded by Edward's 10 year old son, John became the protector of the young king and effectively ruled England during his minority. His decisions on taxation however, culminated in the Peasants' Revolt in 1381. In 1386, he left England in an unsuccessful attempt to claim the Castilian throne. Upon his return to England in 1389, he served as mediator between the king and the Lords Appellant who had been on the brink of violence. In March 1390, Richard II invested John as Duke of Aquitaine. Costanza died at Leicester Castle in March 1394, and John married his mistress, Katherine, in 1396 at Lincoln Cathedral. The couple's children were legitimized by Richard II and the Church, but barred from inheriting the throne. He died at Leicester Castle three years later at the age of fifty-eight, he was buried beside his first wife in the choir of St Paul's Cathedral. (bio by: Iola)

Family links:
Parents:
Edward III (1312 - 1377)
Philippa d'Avesnes of Hainault (1311 - 1369)

Spouses:
Blanche of Lancaster (1345 - 1369)
Katherine Roet Swynford (1350 - 1403)
Constance of Castile (1354 - 1394)*

Children:
Philippa of Lancaster (1360 - 1415)*
Elizabeth Lancaster (1363 - 1425)*
Henry IV (1367 - 1413)*
John de Beaufort (1371 - 1410)*
Catherine Plantagenet Of Lancaster (1373 - 1418)*
Henry Beaufort (1374 - 1447)*
Joan Beaufort Neville (1375 - 1440)*
Thomas de Beaufort (1377 - 1426)*

Siblings:
Joan Perrers Skerne (____ - 1431)**
Edward Plantagenet (1330 - 1376)*
Isabel Plantagenet de Coucy (1332 - 1379)*
Joan Plantagenet (1334 - 1348)*
Prince William Of Hatfield (1337 - 1337)*
Lionel Plantagenet (1338 - 1368)*
John of Gaunt (1340 - 1399)
Edmund of Langley (1341 - 1402)*
Blanche de la Tour (1342 - 1342)*
Mary de Waltham (1344 - 1362)*
Princess Margaret Plantagenet Hastings (1346 - 1361)*
William de Windsor (1348 - 1348)*
Prince Thomas Woodstock Plantagenet (1355 - 1397)*

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Burial:
Saint Paul's Cathedral
London
City of London
Greater London, England
Plot: Nave

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Record added: Jul 16, 2008
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Gaunt

John of Gaunt (son of Edward Windsor) was born on 24 June 1340 in St.Bavon Abbey, Ghent, Flanders. He married Blanche of Lancaster, daughterof Henry of Lancaster and Isabel de Beaumont, on 19 May 1359 in Reading.He married Constanza (Constance) of Castille, daughter of Pedro III deCastile and Maria Garcias de Padilla, in June 1371 in Roquefort nearBordeaux, France. He married Catherine Roët , daughter of Payne Roët ofGuienne, on 13 January 1395/96 in Lincoln Cathedral, County Lincolnshire,England.He died on 3 February 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, London,England, at age 58.He was buried in St. Paul's, England.

Prince of England, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond, Titular King deCastile and Leon, Knight of the Garter.

John of Gaunt, 4th son of King Edward III of England born June 24, 1340.Duke of Lancaster, K.G. King de Castile and Leon. He married 1st in 1369- Blanche, daughter and County - Heir of Henry - Duke of Lancaster, 4thson of King Henry III. By this marriage he was the father of King HenryIV of England.

John of Gaunt married 2nd Constance - daughter of Peter - King de Castileand Leon.

His third marriage was to Katherine de Roelt , widow of sir Hugh Swynford, and daughter of Sir Payne de Roelt, Knight, a native of Hainault andGuienne - King - of - Arms. Katherine was the mother of Joan de Beaufort.John of Gaunt died February 3, 1398.

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, was the fourth son of Edward III andhis queen Philippa, and was born at Ghent about 1340. He married Blanche,daughter of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, and was created Earl of Derby andDuke of Lancaster. He took part with his brother, the Black Prince, inhis Spanish expedition; married soon after Constance de Castile, andassumed the title of King de Castile; invaded France in 1373, and marchedunopposed from Calais to Bordeaux; and succeeded his brother as Governorof Gascony. In 1380 he invaded Scotland, and during his absence hispalace at London was attacked and burnt by the insurgents under Wat theTyler. He afterwards made an attack on Castile in alliance with the Kingof Portugal; but closed the war by marrying his daughter to the son ofthe King de Castile; and returned to England in 1389. In the followingyear Richard II. gave him the Duchy d'Aquitaine. By his first wife Johnof Gaunt was father of Henry IV. He married as his third wife CatherineSwynford, and died in 1399. He had distinguished himself as the firm andpowerful protector of Wickliffe.

He was also known as Knight of the Garter. As of 20 September 1342, hewas also known as Earl of Richmond. As of 13 November 1362, he was alsoknown as Duke of Lancaster. As of September 1371, he was also known asKing de Castile and Leon. As of 2 March 1390, he was also known as Duked'Aquitaine.

The four known children of John of Gaunt and Catherine Roët (see #2539)were as follows:

i. John de Beaufort Knt was born in 1373. He married Margaret de Holand,daughter of 2nd Earl Thomas de Holand of Kent and Alice Fitz Alan, before28 September 1397.183 He died on 16 March 1410 in hospital of St.Katherine by-the-Tower, London, England.He was buried in St. Michael'sChapel Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, co. Kent, England.

ii. Henry Beaufort was born circa 1375. He died on 11 April 1447 inWincester, England.

iii. Thomas Beaufort was born in January 1377. He married MargaretNeville, daughter of Thomas Neville, before 15 February 1404.He died on31 December 1426 in Greenwich, England, at age 49. He was buried in BurySt. Edmunds.

1269. iv. Joan Beaufort. [FAVthomas.FTW]

Titular King de Castile and Leon
Also called (1342/62) earl of Richmond, or (from 1390) duc (duke)d'Aquitaine English prince, fourth but third surviving son of the Englishking Edward III and Philippa of Hainaut; he exercised a moderatinginfluence in the political and constitutional struggles of the reign ofhis nephew Richard II. He was the immediate ancestor of the three15th-century Lancastrian monarchs, Henry IV, V, and VI. The term Gaunt, acorruption of the name of his birthplace, Ghent, was never employed afterhe was three years old; it became the popularly accepted form of his namethrough its use in Shakespeare's play Richard II.
Through his first wife, Blanche (d. 1369), John, in 1362, acquired theduchy of Lancaster and the vast Lancastrian estates in England and Wales.From 1367 to 1374 he served as a commander in the Hundred Years' War(1337–1453) against France. On his return he obtained the chief influencewith his father, but he had serious opponents among a group of powerfulprelates who aspired to hold state offices. He countered their hostilityby forming a curious alliance with the religious reformer John Wycliffe.Despite John's extreme unpopularity, he maintained his position after theaccession of his ten-year-old nephew, Richard II, in 1377, and from 1381to 1386 he mediated between the King's party and the opposition group ledby John's younger brother, Thomas Woodstock, earl of Gloucester.
In 1386 John departed for Spain to pursue his claim to the kingship deCastile and Leon based upon his marriage to Constance de Castile in 1371.The expedition was a military failure. John renounced his claim in 1388,but he married his daughter, Catherine, to the young nobleman whoeventually became King Henry III de Castile and Leon.
Meanwhile, in England, war had nearly broken out between the followersof King Richard II and the followers of Gloucester. John returned in 1389and resumed his role as peacemaker.
His wife Constance died in 1394, and two years later he married hismistress, Catherine
Swynford. In 1397 he obtained legitimization of the four children born toher before their marriage. This family, the Beauforts, played animportant part in 15th-century politics. When John died in 1399, RichardII confiscated the Lancastrian estates, thereby preventing them frompassing to John's son, Henry Bolingbroke. Henry then deposed Richard andin September 1399 ascended the throne as King Henry IV.

To cite this page: "John" Encyclopædia Britannica
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_gaunt

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John of Gaunt. Duke of Aquitaine. Earl of Richmond
Titular King of Castile & Leon. May have died Oct 21, 1425
This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/mpbennett/1/data/4821

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John of gaunt Plantagenêt
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and Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340, but see CP vol.XIV,p.421.
Earl of Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Lord of Beaufort & Nogent.
Burke says he died at Ely House, Holborn
King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon.
The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.410-416 & vol.XIV,p.421.

Shar Lee West Packet dated Sep 1998.

Hollingshead Chronicles. Frank Barrow File.
...married as wife #3, Katherine de Roet, widow of Hugh Swynfort
...4th son of Edward III.

Ahnetafel Chart. Gerry Hill File.

WFT Vol. 24, Tree 490. Descendants of Geoffrey IV Plantagenet, Count de Anjou.

Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Weis. Charlotte Larson File.
...b. Ghent, 1340; d. Leicester Castle, Feb 1399; Duke of Lancaster; m. (1) 19 May 1359, Blanche, dau of Henry, Duke of Lancaster; son of Henry, Earl of Lancaster; m. (2) Jun 1371, Constance, d. 1394, eldest dau. and coheir Pedro I "The Cruel", King of Castile and Leon; m. (3) Jan 1396/7, Catherine ROET Swynford, b. 1350; d. 10 May 1403; dau. of Si9r Paon Roet, a Gascon, and widow of Sir Hugh Swynford.
(CP V 320, 736 chart; VII 415; DNB xxix; 417, iv, 243; s. Armitage Smith; John of Gaunt, reprint 1964). Son (John Beaufort) by (3) wife.

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Jongaunt
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Príncipe de Inglaterra; Conde de Richmond (1342); Duque de Lancaster (1362); titulado rey de Castilla y León

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Príncipe de Inglaterra; Conde de Richmond (1342); Duque de Lancaster (1362); titulado rey de Castilla y León

MPA P.2;GEN MAG VIII:204-5

!SOURCES:
1. Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 7, p. 410-16
2. Royal Dau of Eng., Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 241, tab. II
3. Dict. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v. 4, p. 41-47, 49-50, v. 29, p. 417-27
4. Burke's Peerage, Eng. P, 1949, pref. p. 253, 255

!NOTE:
Duke of Leicester.

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Had daughter Blanche Plantagenet through Marie de St. Hilaire.

John of Gaunt played an important part in the wars of the period between
England and France and between England and Spain. He commanded a division
of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of
Henry (later Henry II, king of Castile and León) at Najera in 1367. As a
result of his second marriage, to Constance, daughter of Pedro III the
Cruel (king of Castile and León), John laid claim to the throne of
Castile. During the Hundred Years' War, he aided (1370-71) the Black
Prince against France and established English rule over most of southern
France. After a severe illness forced the return of the Black Prince to
England, John took command of the English armies; by 1380 he had lost much
of the territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invaded
Castile, but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and León. John of
Gaunt gave up his claim to Castile and León in 1387, when his daughter
married Henry, later Henry III, king of Castile and León.

John of Gaunt was also prominent in English affairs. Together with Alice
Perrers (d. 1400), his father's mistress, John dominated the English
government. His rule was opposed by Parliament and by the Black Prince. In
1376 Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers. The
death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution of Parliament,
however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on the death of Edward
III and the accession of Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black
Prince), John gave up his control of the government and thereafter played
the role of peacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made
(1390) duke of Aquitaine. In 1396, after the death of his second wife,
John married his mistress Catherine Swynford and Richard legitimized their
children the following year. Saddened by the exile (1398) of his son,
Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV of England), John died.

John av Gaunt (født 24. juni 1340, død 3. februar 1399 var tredje overlevende sønn av Edvard III av England og Philippa av Hainault. Han fikk sitt tilnavn fordi han ble født i Gent. John var hertug av Lancaster og de facto hersker i England mens faren var på felttog i Frankrike og mens Richard II var mindreårig.

Hertug av Lancaster
Han ble utnevnt til hertug av Lancaster i 1362, etter at hans svigerfar Henry av Grosmont, 1. hertug av Lancaster døde. Han fikk denne tittelen fordi han var gift med Blanche av Lancaster, som forøvrig var hans kusine. Hun var arving til hertugdømmet Lancaster, et palatinatsgrevskap som gav innehaveren betydelig uavhengighet fra kronen. John ble ekstremt rik, og eide tretti slott og en rekke eiendommer i England og Franrkike. Hans hushold var sammenlignbart med et kongelig hoff både i størrelse og organisasjon.

Etter at hans eldre bror Edward, den svarte prinsen døde i 1376 ble John stadig mektigere. Han forsøkte blant annet å bruke sin innflytelse til å beskytte John Wyclif, en religiøs reformator som han sympatierte med. Men hans fremgang førte til betydelig mishag. Da krigslykken også snudde seg for de engelske styrkene i Hundreårskrigen og Edvard III ble stadig mer upopulær på grunn av høye skatter og hans forhold til Alice Perrers, fikk hertugen mye av skylden for problemene. Mens kongen og prinsen av Wales hadde fått godt rykte på slagmarken, hadde hertugen ikke tatt del i noen militær suksess som kunne styrke hans posisjon.

Da kong Edvard III døde i 1377 var det hertugens i år gamle nevø som ble kronet som Richard II. Dette styrket hertugens innflytelse, men mange mistrodde ham og mente han forsøkte å ta tronen selv. Han passet seg nøye for å ikke bli assosiert med Richard IIs motstandere, men som de facto regent så lenge kongen var mindreårig fikk han allikevel problemer. Noen uheldige avgjørelser i skattespørsmål førte til bondeopprøret i 1381, hvor opprørerne blant annet ødela hertugens Savoy Palace.

I 1386 hadde Richard tatt over styret av landet, og han sendte John til Spania som ambassadør. Det oppsto snart etter en krise i England, og i 1387 var landet på randen av borgerkrig på grunn av kongens vanstyre. Det var hertugen som klarte å finne frem til et kompromiss mellom Lords Apellant og kongen, som førte til en periode med stabilitet og nokså god harmoni. I 1390-årene ble hans rykte for å være en mann som var opptatt av rikets ve og vel gjenopprettet.

Han døde av naturlige årsaker i Leicester Castle, med sin tredje kone Katherine ved sin side. Året før hadde sønnen Henry Bolingbroke blitt forvist fra landet, og da hertugen døde ble hans eiendommer og titler inndratt av kronen. Dette fikk Henry til å komme tilbake, og samme år styrtet han Richard II og ble kronet som Henrik IV, noe som var en viktig faktor bak utbruddet av Rosekrigene.

Ekteskap og barn

Blanche av Lancaster
Johns første ekteskap, med Blanche av Lancaster, ble inngått i 1359, og Blanche døde i 1369. Paret fikk syv barn:

Philippa Plantagenet (1360-1426), gift med kong Johan I av Portugal
John Plantagenet (1362-1365)
Elizabeth Plantagenet (1364-1426), gift med (1) John Hastings, 3. jarl av Pembroke (1372-1389); (2) John Holland, 1. hertug av Exeter (1350-1400); (3) sir John Cornwall, 1. baron Fanhope og Lord Milbrook (d. 1443)
Edward Plantagenet (1365-1368)
John Plantagenet (1366-136x)
Henry Bolingbroke (1367-1413), gift med (1) Mary de Bohun (1369-1394); (2) Joanna av Navarra (1368-1437)
Isabel Plantagenet (1368-1360-tallet)

Costanza av Castilla
I 1371 giftet han seg med Costanza av Castilla, datter av kong Pedro I av Castilla. Dette gav ham et krav på den kastiljanske kronen, som har uten hell forsøkte å fremme. Hun døde i 1394. Paret fikk to barn:

Catalina (Catherine) Plantagenet (1372-1418), gift med kong Henrik III av Castilla (1379-1406)
John Plantagenet (1372-1375)
Katherine Swynford
I løpet av ekteskapet med Costanza fikk han også fire barn med sin elskerinne Katherine Swynford, som ellers er kjent for at henne søster giftet seg med poeten Geoffrey Chaucer. Etter Costanzas død giftet de seg, i 1396 eller 1397, og deres barn ble legitimert, men uten arverett til tronen. Det var fra den eldste sønnen, John Beaufort, at den senere Henrik VII av England hadde sitt krav på tronen, da hans mor Margaret Beaufort var hans barnebarn; hans krav var således svært svakt. Deres fire barn var:

John Beaufort (1373-1410), jarl av Somerset, gift med Margaret Holland (1385-1429)
Henry Beaufort (1375-1447)
Thomas Beaufort (1377-1426), hertug av Exeter, gift med Margaret Neville
Joan Beaufort (1379-1440), gift med (1) Robert Ferrers, 3. baron Ferrers of Wemme (d. 1396); (2) Ralph Neville, 1. jarl av Westmorland (1364-1425)

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BIOGRAPHY: !Duke of Lancasteer and 4th son of King Edward 111

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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster was the son of Edward III, King of England and Philippe de Hainault. He was born in March 1340 at St. Bavon's Abbey, Gent, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium.2 He married Blanche of Lancaster, Countess of Derby, daughter of Hrosmont of Derby Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Isabella de Beaumont, on 13 May 1359 at Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England. He married Constanza de Castilla, Reina de Castilla, daughter of Pedro I de Castilla, Rey de Castilla and Ma Padilla, on 21 September 1371 at Roquefort, Gascogne, France.3 He married Katherine Roët, daughter of Sir Payne Roët, on 13 January 1396 at Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. He died on 3 February 1399 at age 58 at Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicesre, England.4 He was buried at Old St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.4 He gained the title of Earl of Richmond on 20 September 1342.2 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in April 1361.2 Through his marriage, John of Gaunt, D Lancaster gained the title of Earl of Derby on 21 July 1361.2 Through his marriage, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster gained the title of Earl of Lancaster before 14 August 1361.2 Through his marriage, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster gained the ti Lord of Beaufort and Nogent on 14 August 1361.2 He succeeded to the title of Earl of Lincoln on 10 April 1362.2 He succeeded to the title of Earl of Leicester on 10 April 1362.2 He succeeded to the title of Earl of Derby on 10 April 1362.2 He gain title of Duke of Lancaster on 13 November 1362.4 He gained the title of Lord de Bergerac et Roche-sur-Yon [France] on 8 October 1370.4 He and Katherine Roët were associated between 1371 and 1372.5 He abdicated as Earl of Richmond on 5 June 1372.4h his marriage, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster gained the title of Rey John de Castilla before 6 October 1372.4 Through his marriage, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster gained the title of Rey John de Léon before 6 October 1372. He was created Dukequitaine [England] on 2 March 1390.4,6

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!SOURCES:
1. Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 7, p. 410-16
2. Royal Dau of Eng., Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 241, tab. II
3. Dict. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v. 4, p. 41-47, 49-50, v. 29, p. 417-27
4. Burke's Peerage, Eng. P, 1949, pref. p. 253, 255
!NOTE:
Duke of Leicester.

Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340, but see CP vol.XI V,p.421. Earl
of Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Lord of Beaufor t & Nogent. Burke
says he died at Ely House, Holborn King of Castile & Leon. Lord of
Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.410-416 &
vol.XIV,p.421. 14 barn med 3(4) koner:
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01236

"OF GAUNT"; KING OF CASTILE & LEON; KG; CREATED 10TH EARL OF RICHMOND 9/20/1342
(LATER SURRENDERED WHEN CREATED DUKE OF LANCASTER 11/13/1362)

MONK AT ELY

Duke of Lancaster.

John Of Gaunt
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life story
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!SOURCES:
1. Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 7, p. 410-16
2. Royal Dau of Eng., Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 241, tab. II
3. Dict. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v. 4, p. 41-47, 49-50, v. 29, p. 417-27
4. Burke's Peerage, Eng. P, 1949, pref. p. 253, 255
!NOTE:
Duke of Leicester.

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John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster
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John of Gaunt (1340-99), Duke of Lancaster, the fourth son of Edward III, was born in Ghent. After the close of the Black Prince�s expedition to help Pedro the Cruel of Castile, John married Constance, daughter of Pedro, and in 1372 assumed the title of King of Castile. In England, where he exercised great influence, he supported Wycliffe, but failed to gain the confidence of the House of Commons. His eldest son, Henry Bolingbroke, became king as Henry IV. [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

Notes on John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
The fourth son of Edward III, he was born at Ghent. In 1359 he married his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster, and was created Duke in 1362. She died in 1369, and in 1372 he married Constance, daughter of Pedro the Cruel of Castile, and assumed the title of king of Castile, though he failed by to oust his rival, Henry of Trastamare. Before his father�s death, John became the most influential personage in England, and was thought to be aiming at the crown. He opposed the clergy and protected Wycliffe (the first translator of the complete Bible into English). Young King Richard, distrusting him, sent him in 1386 on another attempt to secure the crown of Castile; and this time he secured a treaty for the marriage of his daughter, Catharine, to the future King of Castile. After his return to England in 1389, he reconciled Richard to his (John�s) brother, the Duke of Gloucester, and by Richard was made Duke of Aquitaine, and sent on several embassies to France. On his second wife�s death, he had married in 1396 his mistress, Catharine Swynford, by whom he had three sons, legitimated in 1397; from the eldest descended Henry VIII. {Chamber�s Biographical Dictionary} [GADD.GED]

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John was Duke of Lancaster at the time he went on the Cursades against Castile. His campaign was haralded by a ceremony in which his nephew King Richard II recognized him as king of Castile, began on 9 Jul 1386, when he sailed from England. He withdrew to Gascony after receiving a rich indemnity in return for his renunciation of the crown.

Catherine was an attendent on his first wife, Blanche. John had several illegitemate children by Catherine, but, after Blanche died, he married Catherine and legitemized the children.

!SOURCES:
1. Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 7, p. 410-16
2. Royal Dau of Eng., Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 241, tab. II
3. Dict. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v. 4, p. 41-47, 49-50, v. 29, p. 417-27
4. Burke's Peerage, Eng. P, 1949, pref. p. 253, 255
!NOTE:
Duke of Leicester.

NOT-A-MATCH: This individual is not the same as William /Plantagenet/ 1251-1256, PAF ID {1653d1a2-5e05-4a7a-b2f4-1bf0d396917a}

NOT-A-MATCH: This individual is not the same as Richard /Plantagenet/ 1247-1256, PAF ID {e28132d4-7ed3-45b1-a267-7bd56235f268}

1st Duke of Lancaster. Was opressed by King Richard II, his nephew. Richard took away his lands and exiled his family. He was the 3rd son of Edward.
Source:
Stuart Roderick, W.
Royalty for Commoners, 3rd Edit. Published, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltomore, MD. 1998,
ISBN-0-8063-1561-X Text 324-40
Source II
Alison Weir, Britains Royal Family A Complete Genealogy 1999, ppg 41-44

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1340-1399

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1350-1403



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Birthday March 6, 1340

Graaf Willem IV (Henegouws Huis) was from 1337 till 1345 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)

Christening day July 12, 1927

The temperature on July 12, 1927 was between 14.4 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
- April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
- April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
- May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
- June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
- August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
- September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

Day of marriage January 13, 1396

Graaf Albrecht (Beiers Huis) was from 1389 till 1404 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)

Day of death February 3, 1399

Graaf Albrecht (Beiers Huis) was from 1389 till 1404 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)

Day of burial March 15, 1399

Graaf Albrecht (Beiers Huis) was from 1389 till 1404 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)

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1340 » John of Gaunt († 1399)
1405 » John II of Castile († 1454)
1459 » Jakob Fugger, German merchant and banker († 1525)
1475 » Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor († 1564)
1483 » Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician († 1540)
1493 » Juan Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist († 1540)

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1252 » Sviatoslav III, Russian Grand Prince (b. 1196)
1399 » John of Gaunt, Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1340)
1428 » Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1386)
1451 » Murad II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1404)
1468 » Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher, invented the Printing press (b. 1398)
1537 » Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (b. 1513)

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