King John Plantagenet 
John was born in March 1340 in Abbaye de St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium. John's father was King Edward Plantagenet III of England and his mother was Queen Philippa Hainault. His paternal grandparents were King Edward II of England and Scotland and Princess Isabella ("the she-wolf") of France; his maternal grandparents were William ("the Good") de Avesnes III or V and Jeanne de Valois. He had three brothers named Lionel, Edmund and Thomas de Woodstock. He died at the age of 59 on March 3rd, 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England.General Notes
King of Castile & Leon, Duke Lancaster & Aquitaine; Prince of England
Duke John - - Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond, Titular King.
John and Catherine had all of their children before they were married, but later the children were legitimated by the Pope.
At the end of the 14th century, Dunstanburgh Castle passed into the hands of John of Gaunt. He carried out substantial alterations and closed up the entrance to the gatehouse. Having converted the original gatehouse into residential quarters, a second gatehouse was constructed further along the curtain wall, but almost nothing can be seen of this today, other than its foundations.
John of Gaunt altered the original castle most obviously in the fact that he created an inner and outer bailey from the existing enclosure. Many of the buildings constructed at the time of the remodelling have long since disappeared, but some fragmentary remains can still be made out along the curtain wall.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.18 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1188 in Angouleme, Charente, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1195/1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.~ 1217 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1201 in Chambâery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, 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 Lâeon, Lâeon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
- b.Jan 1178/1179 in Burgos, Castile, Läeon, Spain d.08 Nov 1246 in Las Huelgas
- b.~ 1244 in Burgos, Burgos, Spain d.24 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, France d.15 Mar 1279 in Abbeville, France
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale, Normandie d.Sep 1250 in Normandy, France
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace, , Surrey, England
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Chãateau De Poissy, Poissy, Isle De France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy, Isle De France, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Toulouse, France
- b.1221 in St Maime B., Forcalquier, Bourgogne d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, Isle De France, France
- b.1268 in Fountainebleu, France d.29 Nov 1314 in Fountainebleu, France
- b.01 Feb 1207 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.27 Jul 1276 in Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- b.1247 in Barcelona, Aragaon d.28 Jan 1271 in Cosenza, , Italy
- b.1219 in Esztergom, Hungary d.09 Oct 1251 in Huesca, Huesca, Spain
- b.1292 in Paris, France d.22 Aug 1358 in Norfolk
- b.20 May 1201 in Troyes, Aube, France d.07 Jul 1253 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
- d.22 Jul 1274
- d.13 Apr 1258
- b.1271 d.1305
- b.Sep 1216 in Paris, Isle De France d.09 Feb 1250 in Egypt
- b.1248 in Arras, , France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, France
- b.~ 1224 in Brabant, Flandres d.19 Sep 1288
- b.Mar 1340 in Abbaye de St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium d.03 Mar 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.1180/1182 in Oizy, Namur, Belgium d.1244 in Clairefontaine, Autelbas, Luxembourg, Belgium
- b.Apr 1218 in Houffalize, Luxembourg, Belgium d.24 Dec 1257 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.02 Jun 1202 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey d.10 Feb 1280
- b.~ 1247 in Brabant, Brabant, Belgium d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1210 d.19 Jul 1234
- b.~ 1226 in 'S-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d.01 Mar 1283 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- d.21 Dec 1267
- b.~ 1286 in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1180 in Limbourg d.02 Jul 1226 in Rolduc
- b.1217 in Luxembourg d.24 Nov 1281
- b.Jul 1186 in Namur, Belgium d.1247
- b.~ 1252 in Luxembourg d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1190 in Bar-Le-Duc, Meuse, Argonne/Lorraine, France d.~13 Nov 1239 in Gaza, Palestine
- b.ABT 1220/1222 in Bar-Le-Duc, Meuse, Argonne/Lorraine, France d.25 Nov 1275
- b.1192 in Braine, Aisne, Picardy, France d.17 Mar 1240
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Le Quesnoy, Nord, France d.15 Aug 1359 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Chãateau De Poissy, Poissy, Isle De France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy, Isle De France, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Toulouse, France
- b.1221 in St Maime B., Forcalquier, Bourgogne d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, Isle De France, France
- b.12 Mar 1270 in Vincennes, Isle De France, France d.15 Dec 1325 in Nogent-le-Roi, , France
- b.01 Feb 1207 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.27 Jul 1276 in Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- b.1247 in Barcelona, Aragaon d.28 Jan 1271 in Cosenza, , Italy
- b.1219 in Esztergom, Hungary d.09 Oct 1251 in Huesca, Huesca, Spain
- b.ABT 1294/1295 in Longpont, Aisne, France d.07 Mar 1342 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.21 Mar 1226/1227 in Foggia Castle, Foggia, Apulia d.07 Jan 1285 in Napoli, Apulia
- b.1248/1254 in Naples, Italy d.05 May 1309
- b.1234 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence d.23 Sep 1267 in Nocera, Calabria, Italy
- b.1273 in Napoli, Italy d.31 Oct or Dec 1299
- b.~ 1240 in Buda, Pest, Hungary d.01 Aug 1272 in Buda, Pest, Hungary
- b.1257 in Napoli, Italy d.25 Mar 1323
- b.1240 in Cumania d.> 1290
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John and Blanche were married in a religious ceremony on May 19th, 1359 in Queen's Chapel, Reading, Berkshire, England. They had a son and a daughter, named Henry and Elizabeth.
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Children
Elizabeth Plantagenet of Lancaster
Elizabeth was born before February 21st, 1363 in Leicester, England. She died on November 24th, 1425 in Burford, Shropshire, England.
King Henry IV of England
Henry was born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England. He died on March 20th, 1413 in Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England.
John and Catharine Swynford were married in a religious ceremony in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. They had a son and a daughter, named Henry and Joan.
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Children
Cardinal Henry de Beaufort
Henry was born about 1375 in Chãateau De Beaufort, , France. He died on April 11th, 1477 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. He was buried in Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
Joan de Beaufort
Joan was born in Chateau De Beaufort, Maine-Et-Loire, France. She died on November 13th, 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England. She was buried in Lincoln Catheral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
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