John Of GAUNT

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• Fact: John Plantagenet
• Fact: Knight of the Garter
• Fact: Prince of England
• Fact: 2nd Duke of Lancaster
• Fact: 5th Earl of Lancaster, Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester
• Fact: 20 Sep 1342, Earl of Richmond
• Fact: 13 Nov 1362, Duke Of Lancaster
• Fact: Sep 1371, Titular King of Castile and Leon
• Fact: 2 Mar 1390, Duke of Aquitaine

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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 Lancaster (f Gaunt), Duke of Lancaster, fourth son, was married for the third time at Lincoln Cathedral on 13 Jan. 1395/6 to Katherine De Roet, widow of Hugh Swynford, Knt., of Coleby and Ketelthorpe, co., Lincoln. (died 1372), and younger daughter and co-heiress of Pain de Roet, Knt., Guienne King of Arms, a Hainaulter, and one of the knights of Queen Philippe's household. She was born probably in Hainault, about 1350 and had formerly been the governess to his daughters, and then his mistress, and by her he had children, born before marriage. The marriage was ratified and confirmed during the Great Schism by the Roman pope, Boniface IX. Their three sons were legitimised, with the assent of parliament, on 9 Feb. 1396/7, the patent confirmed by King Henry IV of 10 Feb. 1406/7, but with a saving clause barring them from succession to the throne. Their children were given the name Beaufort from their father's (lost) castle in Champagne which had devolved on him through his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, a descendant of Blanche d'Artois who had purchased the lordship of Beaufort in 1270.

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He was created Earl of Richmond on 20 Sep 1342. He was created Duke of Lancaster on 13 Nov 1362 in consequence of the marriage, and was ancestor of the Lancastrian Kings of England. In her right (Constance De Castille) John assumed in September 1371 the title of King of Castille and 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. He was created Duke of Aquitaine on 2 Mar 1390.

John married Blanche Of LANCASTER on 19 May 1359 in Queen's Chapel, Reading. Blanche (daughter of Henry "The Wryneck" Of GROSMENT and Isabel DE BEAUMONT) was born on 25 Mar 1345; died on 12 Sep 1368 in Bolingbroke Castle; was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Philippa Of LANCASTER was born on 31 Mar 1360 in Leicester; died on 19 Jul 1415 in Odivelas, near Lisbon; was buried in Batalha.
2. John Of LANCASTER was born about 1362; died in young; was buried in St. Mary's Church.
3. Edward Of LANCASTER was born about 1365; died in young; was buried in St. Mary's Church.
4. Elizabeth Of LANCASTER was born on 21 Feb 1363/4; died on 24 Nov 1425; was buried in Burford Church, Salop.
5. John Of LANCASTER was born before 4 May 1366; died in young.
6. Henry IV King Of ENGLAND was born on 04 Apr 1366 in Bolingbroke Castle, England; died on 20 Mar 1413 in Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral.
7. Isabel Of LANCASTER was born about 1368; died in young.

John married Constance Of CASTILE in Sep 1371 in Roquefort, Guienne, or St. Andrew. Constance (daughter of Peter IPedro I The Cruel Of CASTILE and Maria DE PADILLA) was born in 1354 in Castro Kerez; died on 24 Mar 1394. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Of LANCASTER was born in 1374 in Ghent; died in young.
2. Katherine Of LANCASTER was born in 1372/3 in Hertford; died on 02 Jun 1418; was buried in Toledo.

John married Katherine DE ROET on 13 Jan 1395/6. Katherine (daughter of Payn DE ROET and ? UNKNOWN) was born in 1350 in Picardy, Somme, France; died on 10 May 1403 in Lincoln, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John BEAUFORT was born about 1371 in Chcateau De Beaufort, Maine-Et-Loire, France; died on 16 Mar 1409/10 in St Catherine By The Tower Hospital, London, England; was buried in St. Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England.
2. Henry BEAUFORT was born about 1375; died on 11 Apr 1447; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
3. Thomas BEAUFORT was born about Jan 1377; died on 31 Dec 1426 in Greenwich Manor; was buried in Bury St. Edmunds.
4. Joan BEAUFORT was born about 1379; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• Fact: Between 1327 and 1377, King of England
• Crowned: 02 Feb 1327, Westminster Abbey
• Death: 21 Jun 1377, Shene Palace, Surrey, England

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Reigned 1327-1377. Edward assumed effective power in 1330 after imprisoning his mother and executing her lover Roger de Mortimer who had murdered his father; therafter his reign was dominated by military adventures. His victory in Scotland, especially at Haildon Hill 1333 encouraged him to plan (1363) the union of England and Scotland. Through his mother he claimed the French throne thus starting (1337) the Hundred years war. His son John of Gaunt dominated the government during his last years. Died of a Stroke.

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Edward III of England, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duc d'Aguitaine, Earl of Chester, was born at Windsor Castle, co. Berks, on 13 Nov. 1312. He succeeded his father as from 24 Jan 1326/7, and was crowned aged fifteen at Westminster Abbey on 29 Jan 1326/7. During his first four years of his reign England was governed in his name by his mother and Roger Mortimer. Edward assumed personal rule on 19-20 Oct 1330, and had Mortimer executed. In 1333 he reversed Isabelle's and Mortimer's policy of peace with Scotland by invading it, reviving the ambitions of his grandfather King Edward I. Edward III's main foreign preoccupation, however, from 1337 onwards was France, whose king, Philippe VI, then declared his Ducy of Gascony forfeited. Edward formally assumed the title ensued with some respite from truces. The financial burden of the war roused resentment which was assuaged somewhat when Edward negotiated the main war taxes with the representatives of the shires and the borough communities sitting in parliament. He aroused enthusiasm for the war by engaging the chivalrous interests of the nobles in it and stirring up distrust and hatred of the French. Edward won the battle of Sluys in Flanders in June 1340. Bubonic plague (the Black Death) made its first appearance in England during his reign in 1348. His son Edward 'the Black Prince' captured the French king, Jean II, in his victory at Poitiers in 1356. In 1360 Jean the Duchy of Aquitaine in full sovereignty. The gains won by English armed forces however could not be sustained in the face of sustained French resources. In the war of 1369-75 Jean's son Charles V won back from Edward what had been conceded in 1360. By the tie of his death he had been discredited. His wife and consort died at Windsor Castle on 15 Aug 1369. Edward III of England, King of England, died at Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey, on 21 June 1377. They were buried at Westminster Abbey. The descendants of their sons, Lionel of Clarence, John of Lancaster, and Edmund of York, contested the Throne for generations ending the Wars of the Roses from 1455 to 1485.

Edward ruled for 50 years, reign dominated by the 100 Years' War with France. Edward's principal aim was to unite the nobility into a cohesive class of public servants, motivated by chivalry, enriched by the wealth he enabled them to win, and tied to the crown through marriage to his relatives.

Tall and handsome, with gold-red hair, Edward was a flamboyant affable, and generous man. He excelled in the knightly arts, and loved hunting and falconry. He was much loved by his people.

Edward married Philippa Of HAINAULT on 24 Jan 1328 in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England. Philippa (daughter of William III and Jeanne Of VALOIS) was born on 24 Jun 1311 in Valenciennes; died on 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 18 Feb 1330, Westminster Abbey
• Death: 14 Aug 1369, Windsor Castle