John Plantagenet 
John was born on June 24th, 1340 in Abbaye de St. Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium. John's father was Edward and his mother was Philippa D'Avesnes. His paternal grandparents were Edward and Isabella "The Fair" Capet; his maternal grandparents were Willem III D'Avesnes and Jeanne De Valois. He had five brothers and five sisters, named Edward, Lionel, Edmund, William Plantagenet of, Thomas, Isabel, Mary, Margaret, Joan and Blanche. He died in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England.General Notes
III.--Edward's third son was John of Gaunt, so-called from Ghent, the place of his birth. On August 6, 1335, he was created Duke of Lancaster. He m. three times: first, to Constance of Castile, by whom he had Constance; second, to Blanche, dau. of Henry Plantagenent, Earl of Derby, grandson of Edmund Crounchback, brother of Edward I; lastly, he m. Mary Bohun, dau. of Earl of Hereford and sister to the wife of his uncle, Thomas, Duke of Gloucester. By Catharine Swynford, he had John Beaufort, who was created Duke of Somerset, and Joan Beaufort, who was the second wife of Ralph Neville, who was the father of Anne Neville, who d. in 1480, and who had m. Humphrey Stafford, b. 1402, d. 1460, who was the first Duke of Buckingham. This duke was the father of Margaret Stafford, the wife of Robert Dunham. Richard, son of the Black Prince, a boy of eleven years of age, succeeded to the Crown under the title of King Richard II, in accordance with a decree of his grandfather. The great change from a sovereign of consummate wisdom and experience to a youth of such an age was not immediately felt by the people. They were ready to admire him for the sake of his brave father. He was flattered by the lords and ladies of the court, who declared him to be the most beautiful, the wisest and best of mankind. To flatter a boy in this manner did not have a tendency to develop any good in him. Being a minor, the government was vested in the hands of his three uncles, the dukes of Lancaster, York, and Gloucester. The duke was supposed to have some thoughts of the throne himself, but he was not popular, and the memory of the Black Prince to the people was enough to force him to submit to his nephew, though on different occasions he took measures to embarrass the King in some of his enterprises.
CHILDREN OF JOHN OF GAUNT, son of Edward III. By Blanche, dau. of Henry of Lancaster; d. 1369. Henry IV was b. 1367, m. Mary Bohun, dau. of the Earl of Hereford. Began to reign Oct. 1, 1399. Died March 20, 1413. II.--Phillippa, m. John of Portugal. III.--Elizabeth, m. John Holland, Earl of Huntington, and Duke of Exeter. He d. 1400. By Constance of Castile; d. 1394. IV.--Cathrine, m. Henry, Prince of Austria, afterwards King of Castile. Before marrying by Cathrine Swynford, d. May 10, 1403. V.--John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. VI.--Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln, Winchester and Cardinal. VII.--Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorset and Duke of Exeter. VIII.--Joan Beaufort, m. Robert Ferrers, and second, in 1397, Ralph Neville, first Earl of Westmoreland, who d. on October 21, 1425. By her marriage to Neville she had Anne Neville, who m. Humphrey Stafford, first Duke of Buckingham, parents of Margaret Stafford, who m. Robert Dunham. STAFFORD. Lord Edmund de Stafford m. Margaret, dau. of Ralph, Lord Basset, of Drayton, Staffordshire, who d. in 1299 and granddaughter of Ralph Basset, who d. in 1265. Edmund d. in 1308.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England d.16 Nov 1272 in London, England
- b.~ 1180 in Angoulême, Charente, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1195 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France
- b.1217 in Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.1266
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in murdered at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Zamora Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva De Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.05 Aug 1201 in Läeon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Sevilla, Spain
- b.JAN 1179/80 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.08 Nov 1246 in Burgos, Castile, Spain
- b.1244 in Castile, Spain d.28 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1180 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, Somme, France
- b.~ 1216 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.15 MAR 1278/79
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale, Normandie d.Sep 1250 in Normandie
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Richmond, co. Surry, England
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Paris, Isle-de-France, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
- b.30 Apr 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Toulouse, France
- b.~ 1220 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, France
- b.1268 in Fontainebleau, France d.29 Nov 1314 in Fontainebleau, Isle De France, France
- b.2 FEB 1207/08 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.25 Jul 1276 in Valencia, Spain
- b.1243 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.28 JAN 1270/71 in Cosenza, Italy
- b.1219 in Eszergom, Hungary d.09 Oct 1251
- b.1292 in Paris, France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1201 in Navarre, Spain d.08 Jul 1253 in France
- b.~ 1245 in Troyes, Aube, France d.22 Jul 1274 in Pampeluna, Navarre, Spain
- b.1211 in Bourbon, France d.12 Apr 1256 in Provins, Brie, France
- b.~ 1270 in Navarre, Spain d.1305 in Château De Vincennes, Vincennes, France
- b.1216 in Paris, Isle-de-France, France d.1250
- b.1248 in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, France
- b.~ 1226 in Brabant, Flandres, France d.29 Sep 1288
- b.24 Jun 1340 in Abbaye de St. Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium d.3 FEB 1397/98 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1182 in Oisy, Namur, Belgium d.1244
- b.Apr 1218 in Houffalize, Luxembourg, Belgium d.24 Dec 1257 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.02 Jun 1202 in Valenciennes, Nord, France d.10 FEB 1279/80
- b.~ 1247 in Brabant, Brabant, Belgium d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1210 in Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.19 Jul 1234 in France
- b.~ 1226 in Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d.09 Apr 1283 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1200 in Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Netherland
- b.~ 1281 in Hainault, Holland d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1180 in Limbourg, Belgium d.Jul 1226 in Rolduc, Belgium
- b.~ 1220 in Luxembourg, Belgium
- b.Jul 1186 in Namur, Luxembourg, Belgium d.17 FEB 1246/47
- b.~ 1252 in Luxembourg, Belgium d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1190 in Bar Le Duc, Meuse, France d.13 Nov 1239 in Gaza, Palestine
- b.~ 1224 in Bar Le Duc, Meuse, France d.25 Nov 1275
- b.~ 1192 in Dreux, Bretagne, France d.17 MAR 1240/41
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Holland d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor, England
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Paris, Isle-de-France, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
- b.30 Apr 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Toulouse, France
- b.~ 1220 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, France
- b.12 MAR 1269/70 in Valois, France d.16 Dec 1325 in Nogent-le-Roi, , France
- b.2 FEB 1207/08 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.25 Jul 1276 in Valencia, Spain
- b.1243 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.28 JAN 1270/71 in Cosenza, Italy
- b.1219 in Eszergom, Hungary d.09 Oct 1251
- b.~ 1291 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1341/42 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.~ 1245 in Napoli, Italy d.06 May 1309
- b.1273 in Napoli, Italy d.1299
- b.~ 1225 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.01 Aug 1272
- b.~ 1255 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.MAR 1322/23
- b.~ 1230 in Cumania d.> 1290
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John and Blanche were married in a religious ceremony on May 19th, 1359. They had a son and two daughters, named IV, Philippa and Elizabeth.
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Children
Philippa Plantagenet
Philippa was born on March 31st, 1360 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. She died at the age of 55 on July 19th, 1415 in Sacavém, Lisboa, Portugal.
Elizabeth Plantagenet
Elizabeth was born about 1365 in Leicester, England. She died on November 24th, 1425 in Burford, Shropshire, England.
John and Constance of Leon and were married in a religious ceremony in June 1371. They had a son and a daughter, named John and Katherine.
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Children
Katherine Plantagenet
Katherine was born about 1372 in Hereford Castle, Herefordshire, England. She died on June 2nd, 1418 in Valladolid, Spain. She was buried in Toledo, Spain.
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Children
John Beaufort
John was born about 1370 in Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France. He died on April 21st, 1410 in England. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent.
Henry de Beaufort
Henry was born about 1375 in Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France. He died on April 11th, 1447 in Westchester, England.
Joan de Beaufort
Joan was born in 1379 in Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France. She died at the age of 61 on November 13th, 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England.
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