Sir John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

1340 - 1399  (~ 58 years)

• Name	John of Gaunt
  Born	Mar 1340	Saint Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders   [3, 5, 6, 7]
  Christened	Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Died	3 Feb 1399	Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [3, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Buried	15 Mar 1399	St Paul's Cathedral, London, England   [9]
  	Tomb of John of Gaunt
  Siblings	4 siblings
  + 1. Edward "The Black Prince", Prince of England,   b. 15 Jun 1330, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 8 Jun 1376, Westminster, London, England  (Age 45 years)   2. Sir Lionel of Antwerp, KG, Duke of Clarence,   b. 29 Nov 1338, Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium ,   d. 7 Oct 1368, Alba, Piedmont, Italy  (Age 29 years) + 3. Sir John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster,   b. Mar 1340, Saint Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders ,   d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 58 years)   4. Sir Edmund of Langley, KG, Duke of York,   b. 5 Jun 1340/01, Kings Langley Palace, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 1 Aug 1402, Kings Langley Palace, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 1 years) + 5. Thomas of Woodstock, KG, Duke of Glouceste,   b. 7 Jan 1354/55, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 8 Sep 1397, Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pas-De-Calais, France  (Age 42 years)
  Person ID	I8505	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Edward III, King of England,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England ,   d. 21 Jun 1377, Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Philippa of Hainault,   b. 24 Jun 1311, Hainault, Belgium ,   d. 15 Aug 1369, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England  (Age 58 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1327	York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F2916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Blanch of Lancaster,   b. 25 Mar 1342,   d. 9/31/1369  (Age ~ 56 years)  [3, 10]
  Married	19 May 1359  [3, 7, 10]
  	Marriage of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster
  Children	1. Henry IV, King of England,   b. 3 Apr 1367, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 20 Mar 1412/13, Westminster Palace, London, England  (Age 45 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F6038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Constance, Infanta de Castilla,   d. Jun 1394  [3]
  Married	Jun 1371  [3, 7]
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F6039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Katherine Roet,   b. 1350, Picardy, France ,   d. 10 May 1403, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 53 years)  [2, 3]
  Married	13 Jan 1396	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   [3, 6, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Joan de Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland,   b. 1379, Château de Beaufort, Luxembourg ,   d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, East Riding, Yorkshire, England  (Age 61 years)  [Natural]   2. Sir John Beaufort, KG, Duke of Clarence,   b. Abt 1370,   d. 16 Mar 1409/10  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F6037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Langston (1974) gives his birth date as 24 June 1340. [6]

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Mar 1340 - Saint Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders Christened - - Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Married - 13 Jan 1396 - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Died - 3 Feb 1399 - Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Buried - 15 Mar 1399 - St Paul's Cathedral, London, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		John of Gaunt
  		Arms of John of Gaunt

  
  

• Sources

  [S2002] ------------- Secondary Sources -------------. [S1456] Brook, Lindsay L. "The Ancestry of Sir Paon de Ruet, father-in-law of Geoffrey Chaucer and John of Gaunt" , (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, January 2003). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), Secondary Source. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S1449] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume VII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929). [S64] Langston, Aileen Lewers and J. Orton Buck Jr. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume II, (Cottonport, Louisiana:Order of the Crown of Charlemagne , 1974 ), Tertiary Source. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), Secondary Source. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941), Tertiary Source. [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source. [S1803] Verity, Brad & Andrew MacEwen. "Corrections and Additons: Isabel de Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,2009).