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| Birthplace: | St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium |
| Death: | Died in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England |
| Managed by: | Ofir Friedman |
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a short summary from Wikipedia;
John of Gaunt (Ghent), 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG
Successor: Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (2nd Duke of Lancaster and of Aquitaine)
Spouse:
Blanche of Lancaster
m. 1359; dec. 1369
Infanta Constance of Castile
m. 1371; dec. 1394
Katherine Swynford
m. 1396; wid. 1399
Issue:
Philippa, Queen of Portugal
Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter
Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England
Catherine, Queen of Castile
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
Cardinal Henry Beaufort
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
House House of Plantagenet (by birth)
House of Lancaster (founder)
Father Edward III of Windsor, King of England
Mother Philippa of Hainault
Born 6 March 1340(1340-03-06)
Ghent, Belgium
Died 3 February 1399 (aged 58)
Leicester Castle, Leicestershire
Burial St Paul's Cathedral, City of London
Wikipedia links:
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other links:
http://www.britannia.com/bios/royals/jgdklanc.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28331470
http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=942
http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00000812&tree=LEO
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I465&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I103&tree=Nixon
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I80355&tree=Welsh
http://www.mathematical.com/gauntjohn1340.htm (which gives his baptism date as his birth date)
http://www.nndb.com/people/826/000094544/
http://www.royalist.info/execute/biog?person=6
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10188.htm#i101878
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PLANTAGENET2.htm
Citations:
1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 908. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
3. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 98. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
4. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 101.
5. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 99.
6. [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online <e-mail address>, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
7. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 102.
8. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 183.
9. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 100.
10. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 248.
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March 6, 1340
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St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium
Castle of Gravesteen. |
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June 24, 1340
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1342
Age 1
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May 19, 1359
Age 19
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Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.
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1359
Age 18
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Hainaut, Belgium
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1359
Age 18
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Hainaut, Walloon Region, Belgium
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March 31, 1360
Age 20
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Leicester, Leicester, England
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1360
Age 19
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| 1361 |
December 28, 1361
Age 21
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13th Stall, in place of Sir Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent |
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1361
Age 20
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