Earl of Richmond, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Lord of Beaufort and Nogent, Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Derby, Duke of Lancaster, Lord de Bergerac et Roche-sur-Yon, Duke of Aquitaine John de Gaunt^[1]

1340 - 1399  (~ 57 years)

• Name	John de Gaunt
  Title	Earl of Richmond, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Lord of Beaufort and Nogent, Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Derby, Duke of Lancaster, Lord de Bergerac et Roche-sur-Yon, Duke of Aquitaine
  Nickname	Rey John de Castilla, Rey John de Léon
  Born	Mar 1340	Gent, Flanders, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Feb 1398 and 1399	Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom   [1]
  Buried	15 Mar 1398 and 1399	St Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I5658471170	Master Tree
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	1st Earl of Chester, Comte de Ponthieu et Montreuil, Duc d'Aquitaine, King Edward III of England Edward, III,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 21 Jun 1377, Shene Palace, , Surrey, England, United Kingdom  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Queen of England Phillipa De Hainaut,   b. 24 Jun 1311, Mons, Hainault, Belgium ,   d. 15 Aug 1369, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 58 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1327 and 1328	York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom   [2]
  Family ID	F5259600019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Countess of Derby Blanche of Lancaster,   b. 25 Mar 1341, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 30 Sep 1369, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 28 years)
  Married	19 May 1359	Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
  Children	+ 1. Lady Companion, Order of the Garter Philippa of Lancaster,   b. 31 Mar 1360, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 19 Jul 1415, Sacavem, Lisboa, Portugal  (Age 55 years) + 2. Lady Companion, Order of the Garter Elizabeth Plantagenet,   b. 1364, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 24 Nov 1425, Fanhope, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 61 years)   3. John of Lancaster,   b. 1364, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. Bef 1366  (Age 2 years)   4. Edward Plantagenet,   b. 1365, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. Abt. 1365  (Age 0 years)   5. John Plantagenet,   b. Bef. 4 May 1366,   d. Abt. 1366 + 6. Earl of Derby, Earl of Hereford, Earl of Northampton, Duke of Hereford, Earl of Lincoln, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, King Henry IV of England Henry Plantagenet, IV,   b. 03 Apr 1366, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 20 Mar 1412/13, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom  (Age 46 years)   7. Isabel Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1368, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. Abt 1368  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2010
  Family ID	F5259605359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Reina Constanza de Castilla, Lady Companion, Order of the Garter Constanza de Castilla,   b. 1354, Castro Kerez, Castille and León, Spain ,   d. 24 Mar 1394, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 40 years)
  Married	Jun 1371	Rochefort-Sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France
  Children	+ 1. Katherine of Lancaster,   b. Bet. 6 Jun 1372 and 31 Mar 1373, Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 02 Jun 1418, Toledo, Toledo, Spain  (Age ~ 45 years)   2. John Plantagenet,   b. 1374, Ghent, Flemish, Belgium ,   d. 1375  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2010
  Family ID	F5259605360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Lady Companion, Order of the Garter Katherine Roët,   b. 25 Nov 1350, Picardy, Hainault, France ,   d. 10 May 1403, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 52 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1395 and 1396	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
  Children	+ 1. 1st Earl of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Dorset John de Beaufort,   b. 1373, Near Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 16 Mar 1409 and 1410, St Catherine, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom  (Age 36 years) + 2. Dean of Wells Cathedral, See of Lincoln, Bishop of Lincoln, Bishop of Winchester, Cardinal-Priest of St. Eusebius Henry de Beaufort,   b. Abt 1376, Chateau De Beauf, Meurthe-Et-Mosel, Anjou, Normandy, France ,   d. 11 Apr 1447, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom  (Age ~ 71 years) + 3. Earl of Dorset, 1st Duke of Exeter, Lord of Lillebonne, Count of Harcourt Sir Thomas de Beaufort,   b. Abt Jan 1377, Chateau De Beauf, Meurthe-Et-Mosel, Anjou, Normandy, France ,   d. 31 Dec 1426, Greenwich Manor, East Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom  (Age ~ 49 years) + 4. Countess of Westmorland, Lady Companion, Order of the Garter Lady Joan de Beaufort,   b. 1379, Chateau De Beauf, Meurthe-Et-Mosel, Anjou, Normandy, France ,   d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Humberside, England, United Kingdom  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2010
  Family ID	F5259605361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Marie De St. Hilaire,   d. Aft. 1399
  Children	1. Blanche Plantagenet,   b. Bef. 1360,   d. 1388/89  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2010
  Family ID	F5259605362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Mar 1340 - Gent, Flanders, Belgium Married - 19 May 1359 - Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Married - Jun 1371 - Rochefort-Sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France Married - 13 Jan 1395 and 1396 - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom Died - 3 Feb 1398 and 1399 - Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom Buried - 15 Mar 1398 and 1399 - St Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  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(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5351730431] Mac 14Febxx.FTW. [S5351729842] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 161-16 (Reliability: 3).