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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399), was an English royal prince, military leader and statesman. He was the fourth son (third surviving) of King Edward III of England , and the father of King Henry IV .
When Gaunt finally married Swynford as his third wife in 1396, the Beauforts were legitimized by Pope Boniface IX and by royal proclamation of the reigning monarch King Richard II the following year. John of Gaunt’s eldest legitimate son by his first wife Blanche of Lancaster was Henry Bolingbroke , who would eventually take the throne from ...
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]
Married to: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster; 1359–1369. Constance of Castile: 1354–1394 Quarterly, Castile and Leon (Kingdom of Castile) [91] Daughter of: King Peter of Castile and María de Padilla. Married to: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster; 1371–1394. Katherine Swynford: 1350–1403 Gules, three Catherine wheels Or (Roet) [91]
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1373 – 16 March 1410), known as the Marquess of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset from 1397–99, was an English nobleman and politician. Beaufort was the second son of John of Gaunt (1340–1399; third surviving son of King Edward III ), eldest of the four children by his mistress Katherine Swynford ...
Blanche and John of Gaunt depicted in a 15th-century family tree of Henry VI. Blanche and John of Gaunt together had seven children, of whom three survived to adulthood: Philippa of Lancaster (31 March 1360 – 19 July 1415), wife of John I of Portugal; John of Lancaster (c.1362/1364); died in early infancy
There was a small gathering of family and close friends, and the occasion was marked by a relaxed and intimate atmosphere. Queen Elizabeth's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh turned 40 on June 10, 1961.
Born at Peterborough Castle (now in Cambridgeshire), Blanche was the fifth of the six children born during the marriage of Henry of Lancaster and his wife Mary de Bohun. [1] [2] At the time of her birth, Henry was the Earl of Derby and, thanks to his marriage, Earl of Northampton and Earl of Hereford; as the only surviving son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster, he was the heir of the ...