| Name |
John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster [59, Lancaster, Vol VII, p. 410-6], [59, Lancaster, Vol XIV, p. 421], [116], [73, p. 75], [54, His own article], [74, Will of John duke of Lancaster, pp. 140-145], [59, Norfolk article, Vol IX, p. 606], [59, Exeter article, Volume V, p. 196], [59, Arundel art, Vol I, p. 248], [59, Beaumont article, Vol II, p. 62], [59, Fauconberge art, Vol V, pp. 281-287], [59, Mountjoy art, Vol IX, p. 336], [72, p.204], 17G Grandfather |
| Birth |
Mar 1340, St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders |
| Death |
3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle [75, 1-6] |
| Burial |
St Paul's Cathedral |
| General |
5th duke. KG 36: c.1361. King of Castile & Leon. |
| Father |
Edward III (1312-1377) |
| Mother |
Philippa (of Hainault) (1311-1369) |
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| Spouses |
| 1 |
Blanche of Lancaster [59, Lancaster article, Vol VII, pp. 410-6], [59, Lancaster, Vol XIV, p. 421], [59, Exeter article, Volume V, p. 196], [72, p.18], 19G Grandmother |
| Birth |
25 Mar 1342 |
| Death |
12 Sep 1368, Bolingbroke Castle |
| Burial |
St Paul's Cathedral. |
| General |
Younger dau, co-heir & eventual sole heir. |
| Father |
Henry of Grosmont Duke of Lancaster (ca1310-1361) |
| Mother |
Isabel de Beaumont (->1361) |
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Catherine Roet [54, Her own article], [59, Lancaster, Vol VII, p. 410-6], [59, Exeter article, Volume V, p. 200], [73, p. 171], 17G Grandmother |
| Birth |
25 Nov 1340, Picardy, Hainault [75, I-6] |
| Death |
10 May 1403, Lincoln [75, I-6] |
| Burial |
Lincoln Cathedral |
| General |
Governess to Gaunt daus, then mistress, then 3rd wife. LG 1388. |
| Father |
Sir Payne Roet of Guienne |
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| Arms Generally Notes for John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster |
Fox-Davies, "A Complete Guide to Heraldry", p.496:
France (ancient) and England quarterly, a label of three points ermine (ie each point charged with three ermine spots). |
| Will |
In his will, dated February 3d [sic], 1397, he lists:
His most dear late wife Blanch,, near to whom he is to be buried in St Paul's,
His beloved brother Edmund the Duke of York
His late dear wife Constance
His most dear wife Katherine
His Lord and nephew the King,
His dear cousin the Duchess of Norfolk,
His dear son Henry, duke of Hereford and earl of Derby,
His dear brother the Duke of Gloucester
His dear daughter Philippa, Queen of Portugal
His dear daughter Katherine, Queen of Castile and Leon
His dear daughter Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter,
His dear son John Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset
the Rev Father in God and his dear son the Bishop of London,
His lord and brother the Prince of Wales
His dear son Thomas Beaufort
His dear daughter the Countess of Westmorland
His dear Henry, eldest son of his dear son the Duke of Hereford
His dear son [grandson] John, brother to said Henry,
His most dear and entirely beloved Edmund Duke of Aumerle
His dear son-in-law Ralph earl of Westmoreland. |