John (Plantagenet), of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster

1340 - 1399  (~ 58 years)

• Name	John (Plantagenet)  [1]
  Suffix	of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
  Born	March 1340	St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	1st Duke of Lancaster  [1]
  Hereditary Title	King of Castile and Leon  [1]
  Died	3 Feb. 1398/99	Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [2]
  Buried	16 March 1398/99	Old St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Person ID	I468	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	30 June 2019

  
  

  Father	Edward III (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 13 Nov. 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 21 June 1377, Palace of Sheen, Sheen, Richmond, Surrey, England  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Philippa (Avesnes), of Hainault,   d. 15 Aug. 1369, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Papal dispensation	30 Aug. 1327  [3]
  Married by Proxy	28 Oct. 1327	Valenciennes, France   [3]
  Married	24 Jan. 1328	York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Family ID	F228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Blanche (Plantagenet), of Lancaster,   d. 12 Sept. 1368, Tutbury Castle, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
  Married	19 May 1359	Reading, Berkshire, England   [2, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Henry IV (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 30 May 1366, Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 21 March 1413, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 46 years)   2. Philippa (Plantagenet), of Lancaster,   b. 31 March 1360,   d. 9 June 1415  (Age 55 years)   3. Elizabeth (Plantagenet), of Lancaster,   b. 1362,   d. 24 Nov. 1425  (Age 63 years)   4. Sabel (Plantagenet), of Lancaster
  Last Modified	30 June 2019
  Family ID	F240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Constance (Ivrea), of Castile,   d. June 1394
  Married	Sept. 1371  [2]
  Children	1. Katharine (Plantagenet), of Lancaster,   d. 2 June 1418
  Last Modified	30 June 2019
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Katharine de Roet,   d. 10 May 1403, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  Married	13 Jan. 1396/97	Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [1, 5]
  Notes	The Beaufort children were legitimated by papal bull in September 1396 and by royal patent the following February. [5]
  Children	+ 1. John (Beaufort), Earl of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset,   b. circa 1372,   d. 16 March 1410  (Age ~ 38 years)   2. His Eminence Henry (Beaufort), Cardinal Beaufort,   b. circa 1375,   d. 11 April 1447, Wolvesey Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 72 years) + 3. Lady Joan Beaufort,   d. 13 Nov. 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England
  Last Modified	15 June 2019
  Family ID	F248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page liii. [S9] Oxford D.N.B., H. C. G. Matthew (ed.), (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), Simon Walker, "John [John of Gaunt], duke of Aquitaine and duke of Lancaster, styled king of Castile and León (1340–1399), prince and steward of England". [S116] Medieval Lands, Charles Cawley, (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), British Isles, England Kings post-1066, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm. [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page lii. [S9] Oxford D.N.B., H. C. G. Matthew (ed.), (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), Simon Walker, "Katherine [née Katherine Roelt; married name Katherine Swynford], duchess of Lancaster (1350?–1403), mistress and third wife of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster".