Person ID: I5658471170
John de Gaunt
Mar 1340 – 3 Feb 1398 and 1399
Male
Events
- Born
- Mar 1340 — Gent, Flanders, Belgium1 source
- Died
- 3 Feb 1398 and 1399 — Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom1 source
- Buried
- 15 Mar 1398 and 1399 — St Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
- Title
Earl of Richmond, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Lord of Beaufort and Nogent, Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Derby, Duke of Lancaster, Lord de Bergerac et Roche-sur-Yon, Duke of Aquitaine
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherEdward, III13 Nov 1312 – 21 Jun 1377
- MotherPhillipa De Hainaut24 Jun 1311 – 15 Aug 1369
- ChildEdward of Woodstock15 Jun 1330 – 08 Jun 1376
- ChildIsabella of England16 Jun 1332 – Bef 4 May 1379
- ChildJoan of EnglandFeb 1334 and 1335 – 2 Sep 1348
- ChildWilliam of HatfieldBef 16 Feb 1336 and 1337 – Bef 8 Jul 1337
- ChildLionel of Antwerp29 Nov 1338 – 17 Oct 1368
- ChildJohn de GauntMar 1340 – 3 Feb 1398 and 1399
- ChildEdmund of Langley5 Jun 1341 – 1 Aug 1402
- ChildBlanche de la Tour PlantagenetMar 1342 and 1343 – Mar 1342 and 1343
- ChildMary of England10 Oct 1344 – Bet. 1361 and 1362
- ChildMargaret of England20 Jul 1346 – Aft 1 Oct 1361
- ChildThomas of England1347 – Abt. 1348
- ChildWilliam of WindsorBef 24 Jun 1348 – 5 Sep 1348
- ChildThomas of Woodstock7 Jan 1354 and 1355 – 9 Sep 1397
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 19 May 1359 — Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
- FatherJohn de GauntMar 1340 – 3 Feb 1398 and 1399
- MotherBlanche of Lancaster25 Mar 1341 – 30 Sep 1369
- ChildPhilippa of Lancaster31 Mar 1360 – 19 Jul 1415
- ChildElizabeth Plantagenet1364 – 24 Nov 1425
- ChildJohn of Lancaster1364 – Bef 1366
- ChildEdward Plantagenet1365 – Abt. 1365
- ChildJohn PlantagenetBef. 4 May 1366 – Abt. 1366
- ChildHenry Plantagenet, IV03 Apr 1366 – 20 Mar 1412/13
- ChildIsabel PlantagenetAbt 1368 – Abt 1368
Family
Family group sheet →Married: Jun 1371 — Rochefort-Sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France
- FatherJohn de GauntMar 1340 – 3 Feb 1398 and 1399
- MotherConstanza de Castilla1354 – 24 Mar 1394
- ChildKatherine of LancasterBet. 6 Jun 1372 and 31 Mar 1373 – 02 Jun 1418
- ChildJohn Plantagenet1374 – 1375
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 13 Jan 1395 and 1396 — Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
- FatherJohn de GauntMar 1340 – 3 Feb 1398 and 1399
- MotherKatherine Roët25 Nov 1350 – 10 May 1403
- ChildJohn de Beaufort1373 – 16 Mar 1409 and 1410
- ChildHenry de BeaufortAbt 1376 – 11 Apr 1447
- ChildSir Thomas de BeaufortAbt Jan 1377 – 31 Dec 1426
- ChildLady Joan de Beaufort1379 – 13 Nov 1440
Family
Family group sheet →- FatherJohn de GauntMar 1340 – 3 Feb 1398 and 1399
- MotherMarie De St. Hilaired. Aft. 1399
- ChildBlanche PlantagenetBef. 1360 – 1388/89
Notes
- 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 marr ied 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 Englis h 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 cl aim 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, J ohn 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 an d 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 opp osed 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, o n 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 He nry IV of England), John died on February 3 of the following year. "John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.