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In order to maintain ferry services whilst these modifications took place, Duke of Lancaster's duties as a cruise ship ceased. [5] [6] On 25 April 1970 the ship returned to service, having had her main deck rebuilt to accommodate vehicles via a rear door at her stern. The ship now provided space for 1,200 single-class passengers and 105 cars ...
Duke of Lancaster and Royal Saxon off Cape Town, Samuel Waters (artist), c. 1832. Duke of Lancaster, of 556 tons , was launched at Liverpool for Gladstone & Co. She traded with India under a licence from the British East India Company. She was last listed in 1844. SS Duke of Lancaster (1895) RMS Duke of Lancaster (1927) TSS Duke of Lancaster (1955)
“The Marriage Portrait” tells the somewhat true story of Lucrezia di Cosimo de’Medici, forced at 15 to marry the older Alfonso II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, in order to unite two powerful ...
Duke of Lancaster: granted as a new creation on 13 November 1362 following the death of the prior Duke, Henry of Grosmont. King of Galicia , King of Castile , King of León : claimed in January 1372 by his second marriage to the heiress to these thrones, unrecognised except for a brief period when he was able to capture Galicia from 1386 to ...
In 1941 Duke of Lancaster as requisitioned as HM Hospital Ship No.56, with capacity for 408 patients and 60 medical staff, as well as 100 crew. In June 1944 she accompanied the troopships to the Normandy landings. [2] The ship was refitted after the war and fitted with, and used for testing, Marconi's first civil marine radar, the 'Radiolocator 1'.
Arms of the Beaufort family, legitimised descendants of John of Gaunt: Royal arms of King Edward III within a bordure compony argent and azure Joan Beaufort (c. 1377 – 13 November 1440) was the youngest of the four legitimised children and only daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (third surviving son of King Edward III), by his mistress, later wife, Katherine de Roet. [1]
[1] [2] In the US, the book is titled Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster. Katherine Swynford was the longtime mistress and later the third wife of John of Gaunt, third surviving son of Edward III. Through their legitimized children, she became an ancestress of several royal dynasties. As Weir notes ...
Duke Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster [83] Earl by right of his wife, the title Duke of Lancaster was vacant because there were no male heirs. Created Duke by his father Edward III of England 6 March 1340 Ghent, Flanders son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault (1) Blanche of Lancaster 1359 7 ...