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Personal data John of Gaunt (Plantagenet) 1st Duke of Lancaster
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- He was born on March 6, 1340 in Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, West Flanders.Source 5
- He died on February 3, 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England, he was 58 years old.Source 5
- He is buried in London, City of London, Greater London, England.Sources 1, 4
- A child of Edward III Plantagenet and Philippa d'avesnes Hainault de Hainaut
- This information was last updated on September 9, 2021.
Household of John of Gaunt (Plantagenet) 1st Duke of Lancaster
(1) He is married to Katherine (de Roet) Swynford.
Marriage
Date: 13 Jan 1396
Place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, , England
Marriage
Date: 13 Jan 1365
Place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, , England
Marriage
Date: 13 Jan 1369
Place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, , England
They got married on January 13, 1396 at Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Engeland, Lincolnshire, he was 55 years old.
Child(ren):
- THOMAS SWYNFORD 1368-1432
- Thomas de Beaufort 1377-1426
- Phillippa Beaufort 1385-1421
(2) He is married to Blanche of Lancaster (Plantagenet).
They got married
Child(ren):
- Philippa of Lancaster 1360-1415
- John Plantagenet 1362-1365
- Edward Plantagenet 1365-1365
- Isabella Plantagenet 1368-1363
- The couple has common ancestors.
- John Gaunt Lancaster 1366-1374
- Blanche Plantagenet 1370-????
(3) He is married to Constance of CASTILE.
They got married in the year 1371, he was 30 years old.
Child(ren):
(4) He is married to Marie de St. Hilaire of Hainault.
They got married
Child(ren):
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John - of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
Spanish: Juan de Gante, Duque de Lancaster
Gender: Male
Birth: March 6, 1340 St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium
Death: February 3, 1399 (58) Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England
Immediate Family:
Son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of England
Husband of Blanche of Lancaster, Duchess of Lancaster; Constance of Castile, Duchess consort of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
Partner of Marie de St. Hilaire of Hainault
Father of Blanche Plantagenet; Filipa de Lencastre, rainha consorte de Portugal; John Plantagenet of Lancaster; Elizabeth Plantagenet, Duchess of Exeter; Edward of Lancaster; John II (1366-1367) (Plantagenet) of Lancaster; Henry IV of England; Isabel of Lancaster; Catalina de Lancâ°ster, reina consorte de Castilla; John of Lancaster; John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset; Cardinal Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester; Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
Brother of Edward, the Black Prince; Isabella, Countess of Bedford; Joan of England; William of Hatfield; Lionel of Antwerp; Edmund Langley, 1st Duke of York; Mary Plantagenet, Duchess of Brittany; Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Pembroke; Thomas of Windsor; William of Windsor; Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Blanche de la Tour
Half brother of John de Southeray; Nicholas Lytlington, Abbot of Lytlington Westminster; John Baldac and Isabella Plantagenet
https://www.geni.com/people/John-of-Gaunt/6000000000595940091
John of Gaunt House of Plantagenet
Born 6 March 1340 Ghent, Flanders (now in Belgium)
Died 3 February 1399 (aged‰ 58) Leicester Castle, Leicestershire
Burial St Paul's Cathedral, City of London
Spouse
1. Blanche of Lancaster
m. 1359; dec. 1369
Infanta Constance of Castile
m. 1371; dec. 1394
2. Katherine Swynford
m. 1396; wid. 1399
Issue:
Philippa, Queen of Portugal and the Algarve
Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter
Henry IV 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 Plantagenet (by birth)
Lancaster (founder)
Father Edward III of England
Mother Philippa of Hainault
The House of Beaufort is an English noble family, which originated in the fourteenth century and played an important role in the Wars of the Roses in the fifteenth century. The name Beaufort refers to Montmorency-Beaufort [France, dâ©partement de l'Aube, Champagne], once the possession of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, third son of King Edward III.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Beaufort
The family is descended from John Beaufort (1373·Äì1410), John of Gaunt's son by his then-mistress Katherine Swynford. Gaunt married Swynford in 1396, and their children were legitimized by Richard II and Pope Boniface IX. They had three other children, also Beaufort: Henry, Thomas, and Joan.
John Plantagenet of Gaunt Marriages & Children
By Blanche of Lancaster:
1. Philippa (1360·Äì1415) married King John I of Portugal (1357·Äì1433).
2. John (1362·Äì1365) was the first-born son of John and Blanche of Lancaster and lived possibly at least until after the birth of his brother Edward of Lancaster in 1365 and died before his second brother another short lived boy called John in 1366. He was buried in the Collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of The Newarke, Leicester (the church founded by his grandfather Henry, Duke of Lancaster) .
3. Elizabeth (1364·Äì1426), married (1) in 1380 John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1372·Äì1389), annulled 1383; married (2) in 1386 John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1350·Äì1400); (3) Sir John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope and Milbroke (d. 1443)
4. Edward (1365) died within a year of his birth and was buried in the Collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of The Newarke, Leicester.
6. John (1366·Äì1367) most likely died after the birth of his younger brother Henry, the future Henry IV of England; he was buried in the Collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of The Newarke, Leicester.
7. Henry IV of England (1367·Äì1413) married (1) Mary de Bohun (1369·Äì1394); (2) Joanna of Navarre (1368·Äì1437)
8. Isabel (1368·Äì1368)
By Constance of Castile:
1. Catherine (1372·Äì1418), married King Henry III of Castile (1379·Äì1406)
2. John (1374·Äì1375)
By Katherine Swynford (nâ©e de Roet/Roelt), mistress and later wife (children legitimised 1397):
1. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373·Äì1410)·Äîmarried Margaret Holland.
2. Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester and Cardinal (1375·Äì1447)
3. Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (1377·Äì1427), married Margaret Neville, daughter of Sir Thomas de Neville and Joan Furnivall.
4. Joan Beaufort (1379·Äì1440)·Äîmarried first Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem and second Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland.
By Marie de St. Hilaire of Hainaut, mistress:
1. Blanche (1359·Äì1388/89), illegitimate, married Sir Thomas Morieux (1355·Äì1387) in 1381, without issue. Blanche was the daughter of John's mistress, Marie de St. Hilaire of Hainaut (1340-after 1399), who was a lady-in-waiting to his mother, Queen Philippa. The affair apparently took place before John's first marriage to Blanche of Lancaster. John's daughter, Blanche, married Sir Thomas Morieux in 1381. Morieux held several important posts, including Constable of the Tower the year he was married, and Master of Horse to King Richard II two years later. He died in 1387 after six years of marriage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Gaunt#Family
Issue
By Blanche of Lancaster:
i Philippa (1360·Äì1415) married King John I of Portugal (1357·Äì1433).
ii John (1362·Äì1365) was the first-born son of John and Blanche of Lancaster and lived possibly at least until after the birth of his brother Edward of Lancaster in 1365 and died before his second brother another short lived boy called John in 1366.[26] He was buried in the Collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of The Newarke, Leicester (the church founded by his grandfather Henry, Duke of Lancaster[27]) .
iii Elizabeth (1364·Äì1426), married (1) in 1380 John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1372·Äì1389), annulled 1383; married (2) in 1386 John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1350·Äì1400); (3) Sir John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope and Milbroke (d. 1443)
iv Edward (1365) died within a year of his birth and was buried in the Collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of The Newarke, Leicester.
v ohn (1366·Äì1367) most likely died after the birth of his younger brother Henry, the future Henry IV of England; he was buried in the Collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of The Newarke, Leicester.
vi Henry IV of England (1367·Äì1413) married (1) Mary de Bohun (1369·Äì1394); (2) Joanna of Navarre (1368·Äì1437)
vii Isabel (1368·Äì1368)[28][29]
By Constance of Castile:
i Catherine (1372·Äì1418), married King Henry III of Castile (1379·Äì1406)
ii John (1374·Äì1375)[29][30]
By Katherine Swynford (nâ©e de Roet/Roelt), mistress and later wife (children legitimised 1397):
i John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373·Äì1410)·Äîmarried Margaret Holland.
ii Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester and Cardinal (1375·Äì1447)
iii Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (1377·Äì1427), married Margaret Neville, daughter of Sir Thomas de Neville and Joan Furnivall.
iv Joan Beaufort (1379·Äì1440)·Äîmarried first Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem and second Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland.
By Marie de St. Hilaire of Hainaut, mistress:
i Blanche (1359·Äì1388/89), illegitimate, married Sir Thomas Morieux (1355·Äì1387) in 1381, without issue.
Blanche was the daughter of John's mistress, Marie de St. Hilaire of Hainaut (1340-after 1399), who was a lady-in-waiting to his mother, Queen Philippa. The affair apparently took place before John's first marriage to Blanche of Lancaster. John's daughter, Blanche, married Sir Thomas Morieux in 1381. Morieux held several important posts, including Constable of the Tower the year he was married, and Master of Horse to King Richard II two years later. He died in 1387 after six years of marriage.
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"John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG (6 March 1340 ·Äì 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·Äîthe Houses of Lancaster, York and Tudor·Äîwere 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·Äì1413), 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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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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Immediate Family
Son of: Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of England
Husband of: Blanche of Lancaster, Duchess of Lancaster; Constance of Castile, Duchess consort of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
Partner of: Marie de St. Hilaire of Hainault
Father of: Blanche Plantagenet; Filipa de Lencastre, rainha consorte de Portugal; John Plantagenet of Lancaster; Elizabeth Plantagenet, Duchess of Exeter; Edward of Lancaster; John II (1366-1367) (Plantagenet) of Lancaster; Henry IV of England; Isabel of Lancaster; Catalina de Lancâ°ster, reina consorte de Castilla; John of Lancaster; John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset; Cardinal Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester; Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
Brother of: Lionel of Antwerp; Edmund Langley, 1st Duke of York; Mary Plantagenet, Duchess of Brittany; Margaret of England; Thomas of Windsor; William of Windsor; Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester; Edward, the Black Prince; Isabella, Countess of Bedford; Joan of England; Prince William of Hatfield and Blanche de la Tour
Half brother of: John Baldac; John de Southeray; Nicholas Lytlington, Abbot of Lytlington Westminster and Isabella Plantagenet
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From Shakespeare·Äôs Richard II, lines spoken by John of Gaunt.
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred 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,
Feared be their breed and famous by their birth,
Renowned for their deeds as far from home
For Christian service and true chivalry
As is the sepulchre, in stubborn Jewry,
Of the world·Äôs ransom, blessed Mary·Äôs son;
This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land,
Dear for her reputation through the world,
Is now leased out ·Äì I die pronouncing it ·Äì
Like to a tenement or a pelting farm.
England, bound in with the triumphant sea,
Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege
Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame,
With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds.
That England that was wont to conquer others
Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2013/08/is-england-too-good-for-the-english/
The third surviving son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault John of Gaunt was born in 1340 at the Abbey of St Bavon, in Ghent in modern-day Belgium. At the height of his career he was the most powerful man in the kingdom after the king. He was virtually regent for his father, Edward III, in his old age, thus getting the blame for military failures and government corruption. His reputation was further damaged when he blocked the reforms of the Good Parliament of 1376, which had tried to curb the corruption of Edward III·Äôs and limit the influence of the king·Äôs grasping mistress, Alice Perrers.
John of Gaunt·Äôs wealth meant he could form the largest baronial retinue of knights and esquires in the country. He alone provided a quarter of the army raised for Richard II·Äôs Scottish campaign in 1385. A stalwart supporter of his nephew, Richard II, he was the target for the rebels during the Peasants·Äô Revolt; his London residence, the Savoy Palace, was burned to the ground in 1381.
He was a soldier and statesman whose career spanned 6 decades and several countries, including England, Belgium, France, Scotland and Castile. However, by far the most fascinating part of his life is his love life. John married three times; his wives being two great heiresses and a long-time mistress.
John of Gaunt·Äôs first marriage, at the age of 19, was aimed to give him prestige, property and income and was arranged as part of his father·Äôs plans to provide for the futures of several of his children. John and 14-year-old Blanche of Lancaster, youngest daughter of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, were married on 19th May 1359 in the Queen·Äôs Chapel at Reading.
It is quite likely that John had already fathered one child, a daughter, Blanche, by Marie de St Hilaire before his marriage. Blanche was born sometime before 1360 and would go on to marry Sir Thomas Morieux before her death in 1388 or 1389.
Blanche of Lancaster was described as ·Äújone et jolie·Äù ·Äì young and pretty ·Äì by the chronicler Froisssart, and also ·Äúbothe fair and bright·Äù and Nature·Äôs ·Äúcheef patron of beautee·Äù by Geoffrey Chaucer. She brought John of Gaunt the earldom of Lancaster following her father·Äôs death from plague in 1361, and those of Leicester and Lincoln when her older sister, Matilda, died of the same disease in 1362, making him the largest landowner in the country, after the king.
The marriage proved very successful, with 7 children being born in just 8 years, 3 of whom survived infancy; daughters Philippa and Elizabeth and a son, Henry of Bolingbroke.
It has always been believed that Blanche died in 1369, when John of Gaunt was away in France, having moved her young family to Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, to escape a fresh outbreak of the Black Death, but that she succumbed to the plague while there. However, recent research has discovered that Blanche died at Tutbury on 12th September, 1368, more likely from the complications of childbirth than from the plague, following the birth of her daughter, Isabella, who died young. Her husband was by her side when she died and arranged to have prayers said for the soul of his lost duchess.
She was buried in St Paul·Äôs Cathedral in London. John of Gaunt arranged for a splendid alabaster tomb and annual commemorations for the rest of his life. John also commissioned Geoffrey Chaucer to write The Book of the Duchess, also known as The Deth of Blaunche; a poem that is said to depict Gaunt·Äôs mourning for his wife, in the tale of a Knight grieving for his lost love. In it Chaucer describes Blanche as ·Äúwhyt, smothe, streght and flat. Naming the heroine ·ÄúWhite·Äù, he goes on to say she is ·Äúrody, fresh and lyvely hewed·Äù.
Before 1365 Blanche had taken into her household a lady called Katherine Swynford, wife of one of her husband·Äôs Lincolnshire knights. John was godfather to the Swynfords·Äô daughter, Blanche. Katherine later became governess to Blanche·Äôs two daughters, Philippa and Elizabeth and young Blanche Swynford was lodged in the same chambers as the Duchess·Äôs daughters, and accorded the same luxuries as the princesses.
Katherine was the daughter of a Hainault knight, Sir Paon de Roet of Guyenne, who came to England in the retinue of Queen Philippa. She had grown up at court with her sister, Philippa, who would later marry Geoffrey Chaucer. Whilst serving in Blanche·Äôs household, she had married one of John of Gaunt·Äôs retainers, a Lincolnshire knight, Sir Hugh Swynford of Coleby and Kettlethorpe, at St Clement Danes Church on the Strand, London.
Following Blanche·Äôs death Katherine stayed on in the Duke·Äôs household, taking charge of the Duke·Äôs daughters. However, it was only shortly after her husband·Äôs death in 1371 that rumours began of a liaison between Katherine and the Duke; although it is possible the affair started before Sir Hugh·Äôs death, this is far from certain.
John and Katherine would have four children ·Äì 3 sons and a daughter ·Äì in the years between 1371 and 1379. They were supposedly born in John·Äôs castle in Champagne, in France, and were given the name of the castle as their surname; Beaufort. However it seems just as likely that they were named after the lordship of Beaufort, which had formerly belonged to Gaunt and to which he still laid claim.
Meanwhile, John had not yet done with his dynastic ambitions and, despite his relationship with Katherine, married Constance of Castile in September 1371. Constance was the daughter of Peter I ·Äúthe Cruel·Äù and his ·Äòhand-fast·Äô wife, Maria de Padilla. Born in 1354 at Castro Kerez, Castile, she succeeded her father as ·Äòde jure·Äô Queen of Castile on 13th March 1369, but John was never able to wrest control of the kingdom from the rival claimant Henry of Tastamara, reigning as Henry III, and would eventually come to an agreement in 1388 where Henry married John and Constance·Äôs daughter, Katherine.
Katherine was born in 1372/3 at Hertford Castle and was the couple·Äôs only surviving child.
John and Constance·Äôs relationship appears to be purely dynastic. There is some suggestion John formally renounced his relationship with Katherine and reconciled with Constance in June 1381, possibly as a way to recover some popularity during the Peasant·Äôs Revolt, following the destruction of his palace on the Thames.
Katherine left court and settled at her late husband·Äôs manor at Kettlethorpe, before moving to a rented townhouse in Lincoln. John of Gaunt visited her regularly throughout the 1380s, and Katherine was frequently at court. With 4 children by John of Gaunt but still only, officially, governess to his daughters, Katherine was made a Lady of the Garter in 1388.
Constance, however, died on 24th March, 1394, at Leicester Castle and was buried at Newark Abbey in Leicester.
John then went to Guienne to look after his interests as Duke of Aquitaine and remained in France from September 1394 until December 1395. When he returned to England, John wasted no time in reuniting with Katherine and they were married in Lincoln Cathedral in January 1396.
John then made an appeal to the Pope and his children by Katherine were legitimated on 1st September 1396, and then by Charter of Richard II on 9th February 1397. However, a later clause excluded the Beaufort children from the succession.
John was a man of renown, of culture and refinement. An amateur poet and friend of Chaucer, who had married Katherine·Äôs sister, Philippa, he was also a patron of Wycliffe and encouraged the translation of the Bible into English.
His complicated love life would cause problems for future generations, with his son by Blanche of Lancaster, Henry, forcing the abdication of Richard II and usurping the throne on 30th September 1399. His Beaufort descendants would be prominent players on both sides of the Wars of the Roses. While his son John, Earl of Somerset was the grandfather of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, his daughter, Joan, was grandmother of the Yorkist kings Edward IV and Richard III.
John himself died in February 1399, probably at Leicester Castle. He was buried in Old St Paul·Äôs Cathedral, beside his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster. This has often been seen as his final act of love for his first wife, despite the problems John went through in order to finally be able to marry his mistress, Katherine Swynford.
Personally, I think the two ladies, Blanche and Katherine, were his true love at different parts of John·Äôs life. And I hope he had some feelings for poor Constance, who frequently appears as only a means to his dynastic ambitions.
https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2015/09/20/the-complicated-love-life-of-john-of-gaunt-2/
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Day of marriage January 13, 1396
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