JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster GAUNT 
JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster was born in St. Bavon's Abbey,Ghent,East Flanders,Belgium. JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster's father was Edward III, King England and his mother was Countess, Queen of England Philippa Hainault. His paternal grandparents were Edward II, King England and Isabelle, Princess Of France; his maternal grandparents were Guillaume III de Avesnes and Jeanne de Valois. He had eight brothers and five sisters, named Edward , the Black Prince, Edward "The Black", Lionel, John "Of Gaunt" of, Edmund "of Langley", Thomas , 1st Duke of Gloucester, William of Windsor, William of Hatfield, Isabella, Mary, Margaret, Joanna of Woodstock and Blanche. He died in Leicester Castle,Leistershire,England.General Notes
Source: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists,
(Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996, Baltimore), 15:11, [2] Weis,
Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 1-31.
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-99), English soldier and
statesman, the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and brother of
Edward, the Black Prince. John was born in March 1340 in Ghent (M.E.,
Gaunt), now in Belgium. In 1359 he married Blanche, daughter of Henry,
duke of Lancaster; when Henry died, John became duke.
John of Gaunt played an important part in the wars of the period between
England and France and between England and Spain. He commanded a division
of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of
Henry (later Henry II, king of Castile and León) at Nájera in 1367. As a
result of his second marriage, to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel
(king of Castile and León), John laid claim to the throne of Castile.
During the Hundred Years' War, he aided (1370-71) the Black Prince
against France and established English rule over most of southern France.
After a severe illness forced the return of the Black Prince to England,
John took command of the English armies; by 1380 he had lost much of the
territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invaded Castile,
but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and León. John of Gaunt gave
up his claim to Castile and León in 1387, when his daughter married
Henry, later Henry III, king of Castile and León.
John of Gaunt was also prominent in English affairs. Together with Alice
Perrers, his father's mistress, John dominated the English government. He
was opposed by Parliament and by the Black Prince. In 1376 Parliament
banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers. The death of the
Black Prince that year and the dissolution of Parliament, however,
enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on the death of Edward III and
the accession of Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black Prince),
John gave up his control of the government and thereafter played the role
of peacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made (1390)
duke of Aquitaine.
In 1396, after the death of his second wife, John married his mistress
Catherine Swynford, and Richard legitimized their children the following
year. Saddened by the exile (1398) of his son, Henry of Lancaster (later
King Henry IV of England), John died on February 3 of the following year.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manorhouse,Oxford,Oxfordshire,England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark-On-Trent,Newark,Nottinghamshire,England
- b.01 Oct 1206 in ,Winchester,Hampshire,England d.16 Nov 1272 in ,Westminster,Middlesex,England
- b.~ 1188 in Of,Angouleme,Charente,France d.31 MAY 1245/1246 in ,Fontevrault L'Ab,Maine-Et-Loire,France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster,Middlesex,England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-by-Sands,Cumberland,England
- b.1198 d.19 Ago 1245
- b.~ 1217 in Aix-en-Provence,France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury,Wiltshire England
- b.1198 d.1266
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle,Carnarvon,Caernarvonshire,WALES d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle,,Gloucestershire,England
- b.15 Ago 1171 in Leon,España d.24 Sep 1230 in Lugo,España
- b.5 Ago 1201 in of Leon,,Castile,Spain d.30 May 1252 in Sevilla,España
- b.1180 in Burgos,España d.08 Nov 1246 in Burgos,España
- b.1244 in Burgos,Castilla,España d.29 Nov 1290 in Lincolnshire,England
- b.~ 1180 in of,Spain d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville,France
- b.1208 in Castilla,España d.1279
- b.~ 1186 in of,AUMALE,Seine-Maritime,France d.1251 in Spain
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace,,Surrey,England
- b.25 Abr 1214 d.25 Ago 1270
- b.01 May 1245 in Chateau de Poissy,Ile-de-France,France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan,Pyrenees-Orientales,France
- b.1221 d.1295
- b.~ 1228 in Brabant,France d.1291
- b.1260 in Louvain,Brabant,Belgium d.13 Ene 1321 in Paris,Ile-de-France,France
- b.~ 1231 d.23 Oct 1273
- b.1292 in Of,Paris,Seine,France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle,Hertfordshire,England
- b.03 May 1201 in Navarre,Spain d.08 Jul 1253
- b.1234 in Troyes,Aube,Champagne,France d.22 Jul 1274
- b.1205 in Navarre,Spain d.12 Apr 1256 in Provins,Brie,France
- b.1271 in Bar-sur-Seine,Aube,France d.1304 in Chateau de Vince,Vincennes,France
- b.Sep 1216 in Paris,France d.8 FEB 1249/1250 in Egypt
- b.1248 in Arras,France d.02 May 1302 in Paris,France
- b.<1226> in <Of,Brabant,France> d.29 Sep 1288
- b.MAR 1338/1339 in St. Bavon's Abbey,Ghent,East Flanders,Belgium d.3 FEB 1398/1399 in Leicester Castle,Leistershire,England
- b.1182 in Of,Oizy,Namur,Belgium d.1244 in Clairefontaine,Autelbas,Luxembourg,Belgium
- b.1228 in Luxembourg,Germany d.24 Dic 1257 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.02 Jun 1202 in Of,Valenciennes,Nord,France d.10 Feb 1280
- b.1247 in Brabant,Belgium d.22 Ago 1304 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.24 Jun 1210 in ,S Gravenhage,Zuid-Holland,Netherlands d.19 Jun 1234 in ,,,France
- b.1226 in 's-Hertogenbo,Noord Brabant,Neth. d. in Valenciennes,Nord,,France
- b.~ 1200 in 's-Hertogenbo,Noord Brabant,Neth. d.21 Dec 1267
- b.~ 1286 in Hainault,France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.1180 in Of,,,Limbourg d.May Or 1226 Jul in Rolduc
- b.BET 1217 AND 1220 in Of,,,Luxembourg d.24 Dec 1281
- b.Jul 1186 in Of,,Namur,Belgium d.17 Feb 1247
- b.1252 in Luxemburg d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.~ 1170 in Of Bar Le Duc,Meuse,France d.13 Nov 1239 in Geza,Palestine
- b.1220 in Of,,,Luxembourg d.23 Nov 1275
- b.~ 1185 in <Brittany,France> d.17 MAR 1239/1240
- b.~ 1314 in of Le Quesnoy,Nord,France d.15 Aug 1369 in Mons,France
- b.25 Abr 1214 d.25 Ago 1270
- b.01 May 1245 in Chateau de Poissy,Ile-de-France,France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan,Pyrenees-Orientales,France
- b.1221 d.1295
- b.12 MAR 1270/1271 in ,Vincennes,Val-de-Marne,France d.16 Dec 1325 in ,Nogent-le-Roi,Eure-et-Loire,France
- b.01 Feb 1208 in Montpellier,Francia d.25 Jul 1276 in Valencia,España
- b.1243 in Mons,France d.1271 in Aragon,España
- b.1219 in Of,Esztergom,Hungary d.09 Oct 1251 in ,Huesca,Huesca,Spain
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Mons,France d.7 MAR 1342/1352 in Mons,France
- b.21 MAR 1226/1227 in ,Paris,Seine,France d.07 Jan 1285 in Foggia Castle,Foggia,Foggia,Italy
- b.1254 in Napoli,Napoli,Italy d.05 May 1309 in Casanuova,Italy
- b.1234 in Of,Aix-en-Provence,Bouches-du-Rhone,France d.23 Sep 1267 in Nocera,Calabria,Italy
- b.~ 1274 in Of,Napoli,Napoli,Italy d.31 Dec 1299
- b.~ 1240 in Of,Buda,Pest,Hungary d.01 Aug 1272 in Buda,Pest,Hungary
- b.~ 1258 in Of,Buda,Pest,Hungary d.25 Mar 1323
- b.1240 in Of,,Cumania d.> 1290
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JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster were married in a religious ceremony on May 13th, 1359 in Reading,Berkshire,England.
JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster and Constanza de were married in a religious ceremony in September 1371 in Roquefort.
JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster were married in a religious ceremony in Lincoln,Lincolnshire,England.
Source/Citation
Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists @ 15:11
Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists @ 15:11
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