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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) |
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Children: |
*Joan (~1375-1440) |
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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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