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Personal data John Plantagenet 

• Also known as John of Gaunt.
• He was born March 1340 in Ghent.
• Title: Duke of Lancast.
• He died on February 3, 1399 in Leicester Castle, he was 58 years old.Source 1
• A child of Edward Iii Plantagenet and Philippa of Hainault

Household of John Plantagenet

(1) He is married to Blanche of Lancaster.

They got married on May 13, 1359 at Reading, he was 19 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Philippa of Lancaster  ± 1360-1415
2. Elizabeth  1364-1426
3. Henry Iv Lancaster  1366-1413 

(2) He is married to Constanza Perez.

They got married September 1371 at Roquefort, he was 31 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Katherine  

(3) He is married to Catherine Swynford Roet.

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

Child(ren):

1. John Beaufort  ± 1373-1410 
2. Henry Beaufort  ????-1447
3. Thomas Beaufort  
4. Joan de Beaufort   

Notes about John Plantagenet

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. "John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.

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