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John of Gaunt, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster^{[1, 2]}

1340 - 1399

• Suffix	Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster
  Born	Mar 1340	St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8XHQ-M2
  Name AKA	John  [5]
  Name AKA	John of Gant  [6]
  Died	3 Feb 1399	Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [2, 7]
  Buried	St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England
  Notes	KINSHIP: 4th son but 3rd surviving son. KINSHIP: 3rd cousin of wife. BIRTH: Place> Vlaanderen is the Flemish spelling of Flanders. ASSIGNMENTS: Summoned to Parliament as "Duke of Lancaster" 1372 - 1385. ASSIGNMENTS: Summoned to Parliament as "Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster" 1392, 1393, 1396, 1397. HONORS: [K.G.] Knight of the Order of the Garter. TITLES: Birthright> Prince of England. TITLES: 1st marriage> By his marriage with Blanche, younger daughter and coheiress of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, he acquired a moity of Lancaster inheritance upon the Duke's death in 1360/136; also upon the said Duke's death he styled himself Earl of Richmond, Lancaster, Derby, and Lincoln; by the death of his wife's sister Maud, he acquired the other moity and became Earl of Leicester. TITLES: (In right of wife) he assumed, in Sep 1371, the title of "King of Castile and L?eon", which title he resigned shortly before 2 Mar 1389/1390. TITLES: Created Earl of Richmond, 1342; created Duke of Lancaster, 1362. TITLES: Created Duke of Aquitaine "for his whole life", 1389/1390 (after this creation he styled himself "Duc de Guyene et de Lancastre". DEATH: Date> 3 Feb 1398/1399. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION: St. Paul's. PROBATE: Died testate> [PCC: 13 Beaufort]. [8]
  Person ID	I103	British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Edward III, King of England,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 21 Jun 1377, Sheen Palace, North Sheen, Richmond, Surrey, England
  Mother	Philippe of Hainault,   b. Abt 1311-1315, of, , Hainaut, Belgium ,   d. 15 Aug 1369, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Married	24 Jan 1327-1328	York, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Blanche of Lancaster, Countess of Derby,   b. Cal 1347,   d. 12 Sep 1369, Bolingbroke Castle, Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England
  Married	19 May 1359	Reading, Berkshire, England   [9]
  	MARRIAGE: Dispensation> 6 Jan 1359; (wife age 12 years at time of marriage). STATUS: 1st marriage for husband;
  Children	1. Philippe of Lancaster,   b. 31 Mar 1360, Leicester, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 19 Jul 1415, Odivellas   2. John [1st] of Lancaster,   b. Abt 1362,   d. Young   3. Elizabeth of Lancaster,   d. 24 Nov 1425   4. Edward of Lancaster,   b. Abt 1365,   d. Young   5. John [2nd] of Lancaster,   b. Bef 4 May 1366,   d. Young   6. Henry IV, King of England,   b. 3 Apr 1367, Bolingbroke Castle, Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 20 Mar 1413, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England   7. Isabel of Lancaster,   b. Abt 1368,   d. Young
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Constance of Castile-Le?on,   b. 1354, Castrojeriz, Burgos, Spain ,   d. 24 Mar 1394, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Married	Bef 29 Sep 1371	Roquefort, by, Bordeaux, Gironde, France   [10, 11]
  	MARRIAGE: Date Conflict> Listed as "June 1371" in 'Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists', 7th ed. p. 3 line 1:31; listed as "in September 1371" in 'Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists', 2nd ed. p. 204 LANCASTER:11; listed as "before 29 Sep 1371" in 'Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families', p. 428 LANCASTER:8. STATUS: 2nd marriage for husband. CONDITION: 1 son and 1 daughter of this marriage.
  Children	1. Katharine of Lancaster,   b. 1372-1373,   d. 2 Jun 1418, Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain   2. John of Lancaster,   b. 1374, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium ,   d. Young
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Katherine de Ruet, Duchess of Lancaster,   b. 1350, , Hainaut, Belgium ,   d. 10 May 1403, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  Married	13 Jan 1396-1397	Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [10, 12]
  	MARRIAGE: Ratified and Confirmed> During the Great Schism by the Roman pope, Boniface IX. STATUS: 3rd marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife, (formerly the governess of his children and then his mistress). CONDITION: All children born before marriage.
  Children	1. John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset,   b. Abt 1370-1371, of, Beaufort, Champagne, France ,   d. 21 Apr 1410, St. Katherine by the Tower, London, Middlesex, England   2. Cardinal Henry Beaufort,   b. Abt 1375-1376,   d. 11 Apr 1447, Winchester, Hampshire, England   3. Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter,   d. 27 or 31 Dec 1426   4. Joan Beaufort,   b. Abt 1379,   d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 4	Mary de Saint Hilaire,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Type: Not Married
  Children	1. Blanche of Lancaster,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F12928	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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