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John of Gaunt 1340 – 1399 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1340

Birth Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Death Date: 1399

Death Location: Leicestershire, England

Father: Edward Windsor

Mother: Philippa Hainaut

Spouse(s): Katherine Roet

Children(s): Sir Beaufort

John of Gaunt was born in 1340 in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, the child of Edward III of Windsor and Philippa de Hainaut. John of Gaunt married Katherine de Roet, and had children including Sir John, 1st Earl of Somerset Beaufort. John of Gaunt passed away in 1399 in Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • John of Gaunt was born in 1340 in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, the child of Edward III of Windsor and Philippa de Hainaut.
  • John of Gaunt married Katherine de Roet, and had children including Sir John, 1st Earl of Somerset Beaufort.
  • John of Gaunt passed away in 1399 in Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Gaunt's Ancestors

Self
John Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Birth Place: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Parents
Edward III of Windsor
1312 – 1377
Windsor, Berkshire, England
Philippa (de) Hainaut
1314 – 1369
Valenciennes, Nord, France
Grandparents
Edward (II of) Caernarfon
1284 – 1327
Gwynedd, Wales
Isabelle (de) France
1292 – 1358
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Gaunt's Descendants

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John (of) Gaunt (1340 – 1399) m. Katherine (de) Roet (1350 – )
  1. 1. Sir (John, 1st Earl of Somerset) Beaufort (1373 – 1410) m. Margaret, (Duchess of Clarence) Holland (1386 – 1439)
    1. 1. Edmund, (2nd Duke of Somerset) Beaufort (1406 – 1455) m. Eleanor (de) Beauchamp (1407 – 1467)
      1. 1. Eleanor, (Countess of Wiltshire) Beaufort (1431 – 1501) m. Sir (Robert de) Spencer (1430 – 1502)
        1. 1. Margaret (de) Spencer (1466 – 1501) m. Thomas Cary (1460 – 1536)

John Gaunt's Timeline

2 Records

1340
1340
Birth of John of Gaunt in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
1399
1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt in Leicestershire, England
Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1340
    Event Place: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1399
    Event Place: Leicestershire, England

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