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John of Gaunt 1340–1399 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 March 1340

Birth Location: Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium

Death Date: 3 February 1399

Death Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England

Father: King III

Mother: Philippa Hainault

Spouse(s): Blanche Lancaster, Catherine DeRoet

Children(s): King Bolingbroke, Sir Fleet,, Lady Beaufort, Joane Berners

John of Gaunt was born in 1340 in Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium, the child of King Edward Iii And Philippa D Avesnes Of Hainault. John of Gaunt married Blanche Of Lancaster, Catherine Deroet, Catherine Roet Swynford, and had children including Joane Joanna Bourchier Of Berners, King Henry Iv Bolingbroke, Lady Joan Jane Beaufort, Sir John Fairborn Plantagenet De Beaufort Marquis Of Dorset 1St Earl Of Somerset Constable Of England Admiral Of The Northern Fleet. John of Gaunt passed away in 1399 in London, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • John of Gaunt was born in 1340 in Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium, the child of King Edward Iii And Philippa D Avesnes Of Hainault.
  • John of Gaunt married Blanche Of Lancaster, Catherine Deroet, Catherine Roet Swynford, and had children including Joane Joanna Bourchier Of Berners, King Henry Iv Bolingbroke, Lady Joan Jane Beaufort, Sir John Fairborn Plantagenet De Beaufort Marquis Of Dorset 1St Earl Of Somerset Constable Of England Admiral Of The Northern Fleet.
  • John of Gaunt passed away in 1399 in London, City of London, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

King III
1312–1377
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
KI
Philippa Hainault
1311–1369
Birth Location: Valenciennes, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
PH

Spouses(s)

Blanche Lancaster
1345–
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England
BL
Catherine DeRoet
1345–1403
Birth Location: Henegouwen
CD

Children(s)

King Bolingbroke
1367–1413
Birth Location: Old Bolingbroke, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
KB
Sir Fleet,
1371–1410
Birth Location: Chãteau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
SF
Lady Beaufort
1379–1440
Birth Location: Château Beaufort, Lotharingen
LB
Joane Berners
1510–1562
Birth Location: Halstead (Essex) England
JB

John Gaunt's Ancestors

Self
John Gaunt
1340–1399
Birth Place: Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Parents
King Edward III
1312–1377
Windsor Castle, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
Philippa (d'Avesnes of) Hainault
1311–1369
Valenciennes, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Gaunt's Descendants

1.
JG
John (of) Gaunt (6 March 1340–3 February 1399) m. Blanche (of) Lancaster (25 March 1345–12Sep1368) m. Catherine DeRoet (1345–10 May 1403)
  1. 1. King (Henry IV) Bolingbroke 1367–1413 m. Mary (de) Bohun 1369–
    1. 1. King (Henry V) Plantagenet 1387–1422 m. Catherine (de) VALOIS 1401–1437
      1. 1. Henry (VI Lancaster King of) England 1421–1471 m. Margaret (of Anjou, Queen consort of) England 1430–1482 m. Henry (VI Lancaster King of) England 1421–1471
        1. 1. King (Edward) IV 1442–1492 m. Elizabeth Woodville 1443–1492 m. Elizabeth (Talbot (Baroness of Lisle) Grey) 1446–1487
  2. 2. Sir (John "Fairborn Plantagenet" De Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset, Constable of England, Admiral of The Northern) Fleet, 1371–1410 m. Lady (Margaret "The Poet's Muse" De Holand, Marchioness of Dorset, Duchess of Clarence and Lancaster, Countess) of 1385–1439 m. Margaret (Holland) (19thgg) 1528–1593
    1. 1. Jane (Joan Beaufort Queen of) Scotland 1402–1445 m. Sir (Edward 'Knight of the Holy Sepulchre”) Stradling 1389–1453
      1. 1. Lady (Katherine) Stradling 1424–1461 m. Sir (Maurice I "Morrys" Denys\Dennis Esq, Baron Denys of Olveston, High Sheriff of) Gloucestershire 1410–1466
        1. 1. Sir (Walter) Denys\Dennis 1443–1503 m. Agnes (D'Anvers) Dame 1445–1518
  3. 3. Lady (Joan(Jane)) Beaufort 1379–1440 m. Thomas (De Holland, 1st Earl of) Kent 1502–1584
    1. 1. Eleanor (DeNeville de Neville\) Lady 1413–1472 m. Sir (Henry De) Percy 1392–1455
      1. 1. Sir (Henry Algernon III De) Percy 1421–1461 m. Lady (Eleanor de) Poynings 1421–1483
        1. 1. Elizabeth Mortimer 1455–1512 m. Thomas (West, 8th Baron De La Warr Baron) West 1457–1525
        2. 2. Sir (Henry Percy Boyle, 4th Earl of Northumberland 4th Earl of) Northumberland 1449–1489 m. Lady (Maud Herbert( Countess) Northumberland) 1448–1485
    2. 2. Sir (Thomas De Holand - 2nd Earl of Kent, Knight of the) Garter 1518–1538 m. Alice Fitzalan 1518–1581
      1. 1. Margaret (Holland) (19thgg) 1528–1593 m. Sir (John "Fairborn Plantagenet" De Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset, Constable of England, Admiral of The Northern) Fleet, 1371–1410
    3. 3. Sir (Knight Earl Richard de Neville I "5th Earl of Salisbury, Knight of The Garter, Sheriff of) Devon" 1401–1460 m. Alice Montagu 1406–1462 m. Lady (Countess Alice de Montague 5th Countess of) Salisbury 1398–1462
      1. 1. Alice Neville 1430–1503 m. Henry (Fitz) Hugh 1424–1472
        1. 1. Elizabeth Fitzhugh 1465–1512 m. William (Parr 1st Baron of Kendal 2nd cousin of Henry 5th Baron Fitzhugh) Parr 1434–1484 m. Sir (John Parr (Sheriff of) Westmoreland) 1434–1484
      2. 2. Joan Neville 1423–1462 m. William Fitzalan 1417–1487
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas FitzAlan, 22nd (17th) Earl of Arundel, Chief Butler of England, Lt. of the Order of the Garter, Warden of the New Forest,) Keeper 1450–1524 m. Margaret (Arundel \) FitzAlan 1454–1490
      3. 3. Eleanor ("Countess of Derby") Neville 1438–1490 m. Lord (Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby, King of Mann Knight of the Garter 2nd Baron) Stanley 1435–1504
        1. 1. James (IV) Tudor 1457–1515 m. Anne ((Lady James Stanley)) Benger 1459–1515
    4. 4. Catherine (Duchess Norfolk) DeNeville 1401–1478 m. Thomas ((Sir)) Strangeways 1395–1442
      1. 1. Isabelle Strangeways 1409–1447 m. Peter Gerard 1407–1447
        1. 1. Thomas Gerard 1431–1490 m. Lady (Cecily Foulshurst, Baroness) Gerard 1438–1502
  4. 4. Joane (Joanna Bourchier of) Berners 1510–1562 m. Ralph (Neville 1st Earl of) Westmorland 1534–1584 m. Sir (Henry) Neville 1510–1565 m. Ralph (Neville, 1st Earl of) Westmoreland 1497–1555 m. Sir (Ralph Neville - 1st Earl of) Westmoreland 1534–1584
    1. 1. Thomas Neville 1468–1520 m. Lady (Anne) Stafford 1505–1522
      1. 1. Fortune (Neville Norton Baroness Dines) (Dennis) 1501–1532 m. Sir (John Dennis Baron Dennis of) Pucklechurch 1457–1553
        1. 1. Christian (Anne) Dawney 1515–1560 m. Richard Cary 1517–1586
    2. 2. Sir (Richard Adworth Neville Knight of Bath, Lord of Sinnington & Yorkshire, 2nd Lord of Danby, 2nd Baron Neville of) Latimer 1533–1553 m. Lady (Anne) Stafford 1505–1522
      1. 1. Johane (Neville) (Coyne) 1503–1589 m. William (Richard Haynes Haines Alcok) (Elcock) 1490–1550
        1. 1. Alice (Pole) Beauchamp 1514–1588 m. John (Michell , Deputy Commisioner of the Subsidy of Cornwall) Esq 1500–1561
      2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Margaret (Lady of Broke, Baroness of Broke) de Neville \) Danby 1500–1571 m. Sir (Lord Edward Willoughby van Wollaton Baron de Broke and de) Jure 1512–1517
        1. 1. Elizabeth (DANBY m: Thomas Wentworth, Esq.) ** 1534–1554

John Gaunt's Timeline

7 Records

1340
24 June 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt in Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium
Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium
1340
March 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt in Gent, Vlaanderen
Gent, Vlaanderen
1340
6 March 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt in Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium
1399
3 February 1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
1399
3 February 1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt in Leicester Castle
Leicester Castle
1399
1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt
None
1399
3 February 1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt in Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 June 1340
    Event Place: Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 06Mar1340
    Event Place: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: March 1340
    Event Place: Gent, Vlaanderen
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Place: Ghent

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 March 1340
    Event Place: Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 February 1399
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03Feb1399
    Event Place: Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 February 1399
    Event Place: Leicester Castle
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1399

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 February 1399
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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