Person Sheet


Name Prince *John PLANTAGENET , Duke of Lancaster, 20G Grandfather
Birth Mar 1340, St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders DOB perhaps Jun 1340
Death 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle..Sir Burke says he died at Ely House, Holborn
Burial St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Occupation Earl of Derby, Lincoln, See Notes for more
Father King of England, *Edward III PLANTAGENET (1312-1377)
Mother *Phillipa DE HAINAULT (1311-1369)
Spouses:
1 *Katherine De Roet, 20G Grandmother
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES Former nanny of Lancaster children, mistress and then wife of John de Gaunt
Father Sir *Payne DE ROET
Children: *Joan (~1375-1440)
2 *Blanche PLANTAGENET
Occupation Dutchess of Lancaster
Father Henry "Of Grosmont" PLANTAGENET
Children: *Elizabeth (-1316)
Notes for Prince *John PLANTAGENET , Duke of Lancaster
4th son of Edward III.
Duke of Aquitaine. Lord of Beaufort & Nogent. King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon.
His 2nd marriage (Constance de Castille) provided the title, King of Castille & Leon. From 1376 until his death his diplomatic and military services in France and Guienne, and in Scotland, and his Spanish expedition (1386-88) formed interludes in the factious life of politics in which, as eldest uncle of King Richard II and his chief subject, he was involved.
Katherine de Roet, his 3rd wife, was formerly governess to John's daughters, and then his mistress. By her he had children including Joan and three sons. Their marriage was ratified and confirmed during the Great Schism by the Roman Pope, Boniface IX. The three sons were ligitimised, with the assent of Parliament on 9 Feb 1396/97, the patent confirmed by King Henry IV on 10 Feb 1406/7, but with a saving clause barring them from succession to the throne.
Their children were given the name Beaufort from John's (lost) castle in Champagne which had devolved on him through his 1st wife, Blance of Lancaster, a descendant of Blanche d'Artois who had purchased the lordship of Beaufort in 1270.
221The Duke of Lancaster, "...commonly called John of Gaunt from having been born at Ghent, which the common people so prounounced."
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