Sir John of Gaunt, KG, Duke of Lancaster

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

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His full titles were Prince of England, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond, Titular King of Castile and Leon, and Knight of the Garter.

John married Blanch of Lancaster on 19 May 1359. Blanch was born on 25 Mar 1342; died in 9/31/1369; was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry IV, King of England was born on 3 Apr 1367 in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1412/13 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England.

John married Constance, Infanta de Castilla in Jun 1371. Constance died in Jun 1394. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Katherine Roet on 13 Jan 1396 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Katherine (daughter of Sir Payne Roet, Guienne King of Arms) was born in 1350; died on 10 May 1403; was buried after 10 May 1403 in Lincoln Catheral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joan de Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland was born in 1379 in Château de Beaufort, Luxembourg; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, East Riding, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
2. Sir John Beaufort, KG, Duke of Clarence was born about 1370; died on 16 Mar 1409/10.
3. Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of St. Eusebius was born about 1375; died on 11 Apr 1447 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried after 11 Apr 1447 in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death
• Reign: From 1327 to 1377; King of England

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History:
On 1 February 1377, he was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. [see picture below]

Edward married Philippa of Hainault on 24 Jan 1327 in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England. Philippa (daughter of William III d'Avêsnes "le Bon", Count of Hainault and Holland and Jeanne de Valois) was born on 24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Belgium; died on 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; was buried after 15 Aug 1369 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death
• Title(s): 1301
• Reign: From 1308 to 1327; King of England

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History:
On 25 February 1308, he was crowed by by Henry Merewell (alias Woodlock), Bishop of Winchester in Westminster Abbey.

In March 1308, he confiscated Margaret of France, his step-mother's dower castles of Berkhampstead, Devizes and Marlborough, and also deprived her of the marriage of the young earl of Gloucester, which she had held for some time.

On 25 January 1327, he abdicated after his wife and Roger Mortimer, her lover, invaded England in 1326 and defeated him.

Title(s):
He was created the 1st Prince of Wales.

Died:
He was killed by having a red hot poker inserted up his anus.

Edward married Isabella "the Fair" of France on 25 Jan 1308/09 in Basilica of Notre-Dame, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Isabella (daughter of Philip IV "the Fair", King of France and Navarre and Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France and Navarre) was born in 1292 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 22 Aug 1358 in Castle Rising Castle, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England; was buried after 22 Aug 1358 in Christ Church Greyfriars, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Verity (2006) gives her birth year as 1296.

William married Jeanne de Valois on 19 May 1305 in Chauny, Hauts-de-France, France. Jeanne (daughter of Charles of Valois, Prince of France andCount of Valois and Marguerite, Princess of Naples and Sicily) was born about 1294 in Duchy of Valois, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 7 Mar 1342. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) gives her death as about 1352.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1272
• Crowned: 19 Aug 1272, Westminster Abbey, London, England
• Reign: From 1274 to 1307; King of England
• Military: 1277
• Miscellaneous: 1290
• Military: 1296

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He was also the Duke of Aquitaine.

Title(s):
He became the Duke of Aquitaine.

Crowned:
He was crowned the King of England by Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey.

Military:
In 1277, he began a campaign to subdue Wales and defeat Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. The campaign lasted until Llywelyn's death in 1282. Wales was divided into shires and English law was established.

Miscellaneous:
In 1290, when Alexander III, King of Scotland died without heirs, Edward intervened as feudal lord. Margaret Maid of Norway and heir to the throne of Scotland, then a child, was betrothed to the future Edward II, and sailed from Norway to England. She died in 1290 before reaching England leaving the throne empty. Edward chose John Baliol from among thirteen candidates as King of the Scots. While John Balioli did homage to Edward the Scots resisted English domination.

Military:
Edward invaded Scotland and soundly defeated the Scots under Baliol. Edward forced Balliol to abdicate The Scottish barons did homage to Edward as their king. William Wallace incited a rebellion in 1297, defeated the English army at Stirling, and harassed England's northern counties. The next year, Edward defeated Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk but encountered continued resistance until Wallace's capture and execution in 1304. Robert the Bruce revolted in 1306 against England ultimately defeating Edward II at Bannockburn.

Edward married Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England on 18 Oct 1254 in Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of Saint Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Léon and Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu) was born in 1240/41 in Kingdom of Castile; died on 29 Nov 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried after 29 Nov 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) states she died in Grantham, England.

Name:
She was the Princess of Castile and Léon and the Countess of Ponthieu.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 1285; He was crowned the King of France in 1285.
• Reign: From 1285 to 1314; King of France (House of Capet)

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Philip married Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France and Navarre on 16 Aug 1284 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Jeanne (daughter of Henry I, King of Navarre and Blanche of Artois) was born in Jan 1272 in France; died on 2 Apr 1305 in Château-de-Vincennes, Vincennes, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Burial: Stuart (2002) states she was buried in the Church of the Grey Friars in Paris. I have not found corroborating statements, nor information on such a church. At this point I leave it as she was buried in Paris.

Name:
Also known as Jeanne.

Died:
She died in childbirth.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1299; He became the Count of Hainault.

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Name:
He was also the Seigneur d'Avêsnes.

Jean married Philippa of Luxemburg in 1270. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Marguerite, Princess of Naples and Sicily on 16 Aug 1290 in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. Marguerite (daughter of Charles II "le Boiteax", King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem and Princess Maria of Hungary) was born about 1273; died on 31 Dec 1299. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]