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Blanche of Lancaster 1342 – 1368 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1342

Birth Location: Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 12 Sep 1368

Death Location: Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England

Father: Henry Grosmont

Mother: Isabel Beaumont

Spouse(s): John Richmond

Children(s): Philippa Lancaster, John Lancaster, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Edward Lancaster, John Lancaster, Henry England

The story of Blanche of Lancaster began in 1342 in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England. Blanche of Lancaster married John of Gaunt 1st Earl of Richmond, and had children including Philippa of Lancaster, John of Lancaster, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Edward of Lancaster, John of Lancaster, Henry IV of England. Blanche of Lancaster passed away in 1368 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Blanche of Lancaster began in 1342 in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England.
  • Blanche of Lancaster married John of Gaunt 1st Earl of Richmond, and had children including Philippa of Lancaster, John of Lancaster, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Edward of Lancaster, John of Lancaster, Henry IV of England.
  • Blanche of Lancaster passed away in 1368 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Grosmont
1310 – 1361
Birth Location: Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales
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Isabel Beaumont
1315 – 1361
Birth Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
IB

Spouses(s)

John Richmond
1340 – 1399
Birth Location: St Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Comté de Flandre
JR

Children(s)

Philippa Lancaster
1360 – 1415
Birth Location: Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
PL
John Lancaster
1362 – 1365
Birth Location: Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
JL
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1363 – 1425
Birth Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
EP
Edward Lancaster
1364 – 1365
Birth Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
EL
John Lancaster
1366 – 1373
Birth Location: Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
JL
Henry England
1367 – 1413
Birth Location: Bolingbroke Castle, Bolingbroke Soke, Lincolnshire, England
HE

Blanche Lancaster's Ancestors

Self
Blanche Lancaster
1342 – 1368
Birth Place: Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Henry of Grosmont
1310 – 1361
Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales
Isabel Beaumont
1315 – 1361
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Henry (of) Lancaster
1281 – 1345
Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales
Maude Chaworth
1282 – 1322
Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly, Carmarthanshire, Wales
Henry Beaumont
1265 – 1339
Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Alice Comyn
1289 – 1349
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Edmund
1245 – 1296
Blanche d’Artois
1248 – 1302
Patrick Chaworth
1250 – 1283
Isabel Beauchamp
1263 – 1306
Louis Brienne
1235 – 1297
Agnes Beaumont
1240 – 1301
Alexander Comyn
1252 – 1308
Joan Latimer
1266 – 1320
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry III,
1207 – 1272
Éléonore Provence
1223 – 1291
Robert d'Artois
1216 – 1250
Mathilde Brabant
1224 – 1288
Patrick Chaworth
1218 – 1258
Hawise Londres
1223 – 1274
William Beauchamp
1238 – 1298
Maud FitzJohn
1238 – 1301
Jean Brienne
1168 – 1237
Berenguela Grande
1204 – 1237
Raoul Beaumont
1180 – 1239
Agnes Fleche
1195 – 1225
Alexander Comyn
1216 – 1290
Elizabeth Quincy
1220 – 1282
William Latimer
1243 – 1304
Alicia Ledet
1251 – 1316

Blanche Lancaster's Descendants

1.
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Blanche (of) Lancaster (25 Mar 1342 – 12 Sep 1368) m. John (of Gaunt 1st Earl of) Richmond (6 Mar 1340 – 3 Feb 1399)
  1. 1. Philippa (of) Lancaster (31 Mar 1360 – 19 Jul 1415) m. João I (11 Apr 1357 – 14 Aug 1433)
    1. 1. Branca (13 Jul 1388 – 6 Mar 1389)
    2. 2. Afonso (22 Jul 1390 – 22 Dec 1400)
    3. 3. Peter (Of) Portugal (9 Dec 1392 – 20 May 1449) m. Isabella (12 Mar 1409 – 29 Aug 1443)
    4. 4. Henry Portugal (4 Mar 1393 – 13 Nov 1460) m. Isabel (Gonçalves da) Câmara
    5. 5. Isabel (de) Portugal (21 Feb 1397 – 14 Dec 1471) m. Philippe (III le bon de) Bourgogne (30 Jun 1396 – 15 Jun 1467)
      1. 1. Marguerite (de) Bourgogne (Abt 1410 – Bet 10 Jan 1411 and 9 Jan 1413)
      2. 2. Charles DeBourgogne (1414 – 25 May 1464)
      3. 3. Rafael deBurgundy (1416 – 3 Aug 1508)
      4. 4. Cornelis (de) Bourgondië (May 1420 – 16 Jun 1452)
      5. 5. Anthony (Bastard) Burgundy (1421 – 5 May 1504)
      6. 6. Catherine (bâtarde de) Bourgogne (1426 – 1462)
      7. 7. Maria Bourgondië (Abt 1426 – 12 Nov 1447)
      8. 8. David, (le Batard de) Bourgogne (1427 – 5 May 1504)
      9. 9. Jossine (Philip) BourgondiËe (1429 – 1492)
      10. 10. Marguerite (Valois De) Bourgogne-Burgundy (1430 – 1454) m. Etienne Jamin (1440 – 1507)
      11. 11. Elizabeth Capet (1430 – 1480) m. Thomas (Ap Gryffydd Fitz) URYAN (1425 – 1499)
      12. 12. ELISABETH (Elsbeth) BOURGOGNE (1430 – 1514)
      13. 13. Antoine (Charolais) Bourgogne (30 Sep 1430 – 5 Feb 1432)
      14. 14. André (de) Bourgogne (1431 – 1467)
      15. 15. Yolande (de) VALOIS (1432 – 12 Nov 1470) m. Jean (D) Ailly (Abt 1431 – 1492)
      16. 16. Jossine (de) BOURGOGNE (14 Apr 1432 – 6 May 1432)
      17. 17. Joseph (de) Valois-Bourgogne (14 Apr 1432 – May 1432)
      18. 18. Louisa (De) Burgundy (14 Apr 1432 – 4 May 1518) m. Graf (De) Mailly (1430 – )
      19. 19. Andries (Philip BB) BourgondiËe (1433 – )
      20. 20. Charles (de) Bourgogne (10 Nov 1433 – 14 Jan 1477) m. Catherine (1428 – 13 Jul 1446) m. Isabella Burbon (19 Oct 1434 – 25 Sep 1467) m. Margaret (of) York (3 May 1446 – 23 Nov 1503)
        1. 1. Marie (de) Bourgogne (13 Feb 1457 – 27 Mar 1482) m. Maximilian (I von) Habsburg (22 Mar 1459 – 12 Jan 1519)
      21. 21. Antoine (Karel de Stout de) Bourgogne (10 Nov 1433 – 5 May 1504) m. Marie (De) Brabant (1460 – 12 Jan 1521)
      22. 22. Anna (de) Bourgogne (1434 – 18 Jan 1508)
      23. 23. Arthur D'Burgundy (1435 – 1467)
      24. 24. Jeanne Glymes (1435 – 17 Jan 1508) m. Adien (de) Maille (1430 – 4 Sep 1518) m. Adolf (von) Kleve (28 Jun 1425 – 18 Sep 1492)
      25. 25. Cornelius D'Burgundy (1436 – 1462)
      26. 26. Marguerite (de Valois de) Bourgogne (1437 – 1437)
      27. 27. Johann D'Burgundy (1438 – 1470)
      28. 28. Marie D'Burgundy (1438 – 1486)
      29. 29. Catherine D'Burgundy (1440 – 1515)
      30. 30. Catherine (de) BOURGOGNE (1440 – 1515)
      31. 31. Catherine (de) BOURGOGNE (1440 – 1515)
      32. 32. Catherine (de) BOURGOGNE (1440 – 1515)
      33. 33. Catherine (de) BOURGOGNE (1440 – 1515)
      34. 34. Catherine (de) BOURGOGNE (1440 – 1515)
      35. 35. Catherine deBOURGOGNE (1440 – 1515)
      36. 36. Marion deBurgundy (1443 – )
      37. 37. Baudouin (Bâtard de) Bourgogne (1445 – May 1508) m. Maria (Manuel de la) Cerda (1468 – 1500) m. Catherine (De) Gavre (1474 – ) m. Marie (Manuel de la) Cerda (1468 – 1500)
      38. 38. Jeanne (De Burgundy) DeGlymes (23 Oct 1451 – 4 May 1518) m. Adrien (de) Mailly (1430 – 4 Sep 1518)
      39. 39. Raphael (de) BOURGOGNE (1463 – 13 Aug 1508)
      40. 40. Philippe IV (1464 – 7 Apr 1524)
      41. 41. Philippe deBOURGOGNE (1464 – 17 Apr 1524)
      42. 42. Anton (Philip BB) BourgondiËe (1465 – )
      43. 43. Arthur (de) BOURGOGNE ( – 1467)
      44. 44. Baudouin (de) BOURGOGNE ( – 1467)
      45. 45. Jérome (de) BOURGOGNE ( – 1467)
      46. 46. Marie deBOURGOGNE ( – 1467)
      47. 47. Anna (de) BOURGOGNE ( – 28 Jan 1508)
      48. 48. Catherine (De) Burgundy m. Humbert (Lord Of) Qucille
      49. 49. Cornelia (De) Burgundy m. Adrian (Lord Of) Moruay
    6. 6. Branca (11 Apr 1398 – 27 Jul 1398)
    7. 7. João (de) Portugal (13 Jan 1400 – 18 Oct 1442) m. Isabelle (of Portugal) Barcelos (Oct 1402 – 26 Oct 1465)
      1. 1. Diogo (de) Portugal (1426 – 1443)
      2. 2. Isabel (de) Portugal (1428 – 15 Aug 1496) m. Juan (II de) Castilla (6 Mar 1405 – 20 Jul 1454)
        1. 1. Isabel (I de) Castilla (22 Apr 1451 – 26 Nov 1504) m. Fernando II (10 Mar 1452 – 23 Jan 1516)
        2. 2. Alfonso (De) Castilla (15 Nov 1453 – 5 Jul 1468) m. Juana (De) Portugal m. Blanca (II De) Navarra
      3. 3. Jordão (de) Portugal (15 Oct 1429 – 1433)
      4. 4. Beatriz (de) Portugal (13 Jun 1430 – 30 Sep 1506) m. Fernando (de) Portugal (17 Nov 1433 – 18 Sep 1470)
      5. 5. Filipa (de) Portugal (1432 – 1450)
    8. 8. Ferdinando (de) Portugal (29 Sep 1402 – 5 Jun 1443) m. Leonor (Vasques) Coutinho (1381 – )
  2. 2. John (of) Lancaster (Abt 1362 – 1365)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Plantagenet (21 Feb 1363 – 24 Nov 1425) m. John Holland (Aft 1358 – 9 Jan 1400) m. John Cornwall (1364 – 11 Dec 1443) m. John Hastings (11 Oct 1372 – 30 Dec 1389)
    1. 1. Alice (de) Holland (Abt 1385 – Bef 1406) m. Richard (de) Vere (15 Aug 1385 – 15 Feb 1417)
    2. 2. Richard (de) Holland (Abt 1386 – 3 Sep 1400)
    3. 3. Constance Holland (Bet 9 Jan 1387 and 8 Jan 1388 – Bet 21 Nov 1437 and 23 Nov 1437) m. John Grey (1385 – 27 Apr 1439) m. Thomas (de) Mowbray (17 Sep 1385 – 8 Jun 1405)
    4. 4. Edward Holland (Abt 1388 – )
    5. 5. John Holland (18 Mar 1395 – 5 Aug 1447) m. Anne (de) Stafford (Abt 1398 – 20 Sep 1432) m. Mistress m. Mistress
      1. 1. Henry (de) Holland (27 Jun 1430 – Sep 1475) m. Anne (of) York (10 Aug 1439 – 14 Jan 1476)
      2. 2. Anne (de) Holland ( – 26 Dec 1486) m. John (de) Neville (Bet 10 Jan 1410 and 9 Jan 1411 – 29 Mar 1461) m. John Neville ( – Bef 25 Mar 1449) m. James Douglas ( – Bet 10 Jan 1488 and 9 Jan 1489)
        1. 1. Ralph Neville (Abt 1456 – 15 Feb 1499) m. Isabel Booth (Abt 1457 – Aft 29 Mar 1482)
  4. 4. Edward (of) Lancaster (1364 – 1365)
  5. 5. John (of) Lancaster (Bef 4 May 1366 – Bef 13 Apr 1373)
  6. 6. Henry (IV of) England (Apr 1367 – 20 Mar 1413) m. Mary (de) Bohun (1368 – 4 Jul 1394) m. Joan (de) Navarre (10 Jul 1370 – 10 Jun 1437) m. Unknown Mistress

Blanche Lancaster's Timeline

3 Records

1342
25 Mar 1342
Birth of Blanche of Lancaster in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England
Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England
1368
12 Sep 1368
Age 26
Death of Blanche of Lancaster in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England
Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England
1368
1368
Age 26
Burial of Blanche of Lancaster in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1342
    Event Place: Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1368
    Event Place: Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1368
    Event Place: St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
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