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John Gaunt 1340 – 1399 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1340

Birth Location: Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England

Death Date: FEB 1399

Death Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Edward lll

Mother: Philippa D'Avesnes

Spouse(s): Catherine Roet

Children(s): Joan Richard, John Gaunt, Blanche Plantagenet, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, Thomas Plantagenet, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Joan Beaufort, Joan Beaufort, Joan Beaufort, Joan Beaufort, Henry Beaufort, Henry Iv, Thomas Beaufort, John Swynford, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Plantagenet,, Thomas Beaufort

In 1340, John Gaunt entered the world in Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England, born to Edward Plantagenet lll and Philippa Hainaut of Holland D'Avesnes. John Gaunt married Catherine de Roet, and had children including Joan Fitz Richard, John of Gaunt, Blanche Plantagenet, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, John De Beaufort, John Earl of Somerset Fairborn de Beaufort, John Marquis De Beaufort, John Fairborn Beaufort, John Beaufort Beaufort, John " Fairborn" Beaufort, Thomas Plantagenet, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas De Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas De Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort, Henry Beaufort, Henry Iv, Thomas Beaufort, John Beaufort Swynford, Thomas , Duke of Exeter Beaufort, Thomas de Beaufort Plantagenet,, Thomas Beaufort. John Gaunt passed away in 1399 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1340, John Gaunt entered the world in Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England, born to Edward Plantagenet lll and Philippa Hainaut of Holland D'Avesnes.
  • John Gaunt married Catherine de Roet, and had children including Joan Fitz Richard, John of Gaunt, Blanche Plantagenet, John Beaufort, John Beaufort, John De Beaufort, John Earl of Somerset Fairborn de Beaufort, John Marquis De Beaufort, John Fairborn Beaufort, John Beaufort Beaufort, John " Fairborn" Beaufort, Thomas Plantagenet, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas De Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Thomas De Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort, Henry Beaufort, Henry Iv, Thomas Beaufort, John Beaufort Swynford, Thomas , Duke of Exeter Beaufort, Thomas de Beaufort Plantagenet,, Thomas Beaufort.
  • John Gaunt passed away in 1399 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward lll
1312 – 1377
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Philippa D'Avesnes
1311 – 1369
Birth Location: Le Quesnoy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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Spouses(s)

Catherine Roet
1350 – 1403
Birth Location: Somme, Picardie, France
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Children(s)

Joan Richard
1331 – 1410
Birth Location: Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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John Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Birth Location: Gent, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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Blanche Plantagenet
1359 – 1388
Birth Location: Hainaut, Belgium
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John Beaufort
1363 –
Birth Location: –
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John Beaufort
1363 –
Birth Location: –
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John Beaufort
1370 – 1410
Birth Location: Chateau De Beaufort, Maine Et Lorie, France
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John Beaufort
1371 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
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John Beaufort
1371 – 1400
Birth Location: –
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John Beaufort
1371 – 1409
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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John Beaufort
1371 – 1409
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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John Beaufort
1371 – 1409
Birth Location: Beaufort-en-Vallée, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Thomas Plantagenet
1377 – 1426
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Beaufort
1377 – 1426
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Exeter
1377 – 1426
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Beaufort
1377 –
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Beaufort
1377 –
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Beaufort
1377 –
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Beaufort
1377 –
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Beaufort
1377 – 1426
Birth Location: Beaufort-en-Vallée, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Thomas Beaufort
1377 – 1426
Birth Location: Chateau de Beauf, Meuse-et-Loire, France
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Thomas Beaufort
1377 – 1426
Birth Location: Chcateau De Beaufort, France
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Joan Beaufort
1379 – 1440
Birth Location: Beaufort-en-Vallée, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Joan Beaufort
1379 – 1440
Birth Location: Beaufort-en-Vallée, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Joan Beaufort
– 1440
Birth Location: –
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Joan Beaufort
– 1440
Birth Location: –
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Henry Beaufort
– 1447
Birth Location: –
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Henry Iv
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Beaufort
Birth Location: –
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John Swynford
– 1410
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Beaufort
– 1426
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Plantagenet,
– 1426
Birth Location: Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France
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Thomas Beaufort
Birth Location: –
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John Gaunt's Ancestors

Self
John Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Birth Place: Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England
Parents
Edward Plantagenet lll
1312 – 1377
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Philippa (Hainaut of Holland) D'Avesnes
1311 – 1369
Le Quesnoy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
Edward Plantagenet,
1284 – 1327
Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Isabella Capet
1292 – 1357
Paris, Seine, France
Willem (I (III) "de Goede" van) Henegouwen
1280 – 1337
Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Jeanne (de) Valois
1294 – 1342
Longpont-sur-Orge, Essonne, Île-de-France, France
Great-Grandparents
Maurice Berkeley
1271 – 1326
Eva Zouche
1278 – 1314
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Berkeley
1245 – 1321
Joan Ferrers
1248 – 1310
Eudo Zouche
Agatha Ferrers
– 1306

John Gaunt's Descendants

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John Gaunt (1340 – FEB 1399) m. Catherine (de) Roet (25 NOV 1350 – 10 MAY 1403)
  1. 1. Joan (Fitz) Richard (1331 – 1410) m. Nicholas (de) Goushill (ABT 1316 – 18 JAN 1393)
    1. 1. Robert (Thomas) Goushell (1353 – 20 JUL 1403) m. Elizabeth (Fitzalan x, Duchess of) Norfolk (1366 – 8 JUL 1425)
  2. 2. John (of) Gaunt (MAR 1340 – 3 FEB 1399) m. Elizabeth (de) Burgh (1332 – ) m. Philippa (de) Burgh ( – UNKNOWN) m. Margaret (de) Holand (30 DEC 1385 – 30 DEC 1439) m. Catherine (de) Roet (25 NOV 1350 – 10 MAY 1403)
    1. 1. Philippa (Plantagenet, 5th Countess of) Ulster (16 AUG 1355 – 21 NOV 1378) m. Edmund (de) Mortimer (1 FEB 1352 – 27 DEC 1381)
      1. 1. Edmund Mortimer (9 NOV 1376 – 1409) m. Catherine Glendower (ABT 1380 – 1 DEC 1413) m. Katherine Nln m. Katherine Nln
  3. 3. Blanche Plantagenet (1359 – 1388) m. Thomas Morieux (1355 – MAY 1387)
  4. 4. John Beaufort (From 1363 to 1390 – )
  5. 5. John Beaufort (From 1363 to 1390 – )
  6. 6. John (De) Beaufort (ABT 1370 – 16 MAR 1410)
  7. 7. John (Earl of Somerset Fairborn de) Beaufort (From 1371 to 1373 – )
  8. 8. John (Marquis De) Beaufort (ABT 1371 – 6 MAR 1400/1401)
  9. 9. John (Fairborn) Beaufort (ABT 1371 – 16 MAR 1409/1410)
  10. 10. John (Beaufort) Beaufort (ABT 1371 – 16 MAR 1409/1410)
  11. 11. John (" Fairborn") Beaufort (ABT 1371 – 16 MAR 1409/1410)
  12. 12. Thomas Plantagenet (1377 – 1426)
  13. 13. Thomas Beaufort (1377 – 1426)
  14. 14. Thomas (Beaufort, Duke of) Exeter (1377 – 1426) m. Margaret, (d. of Thomas) Neville
  15. 15. Thomas Beaufort (1377 – )
  16. 16. Thomas Beaufort (1377 – )
  17. 17. Thomas Beaufort (1377 – )
  18. 18. Thomas (De) Beaufort (1377 – )
  19. 19. Thomas Beaufort (ABT 1377 – 31 DEC 1426)
  20. 20. Thomas Beaufort (ABT JAN 1377 – 31 DEC 1426)
  21. 21. Thomas (De) Beaufort (ABT JAN 1377 – 31 DEC 1426) m. Margaret Neville (ABT 1386 – )
  22. 22. Joan (de) Beaufort (ABT 1379 – 13 NOV 1440)
  23. 23. Joan (de) Beaufort (ABT 1379 – 13 NOV 1440)
  24. 24. Joan (de) Beaufort ( – 13 NOV 1440)
  25. 25. Joan (de) Beaufort ( – 13 NOV 1440)
  26. 26. Henry Beaufort ( – 1447)
  27. 27. Henry Iv
  28. 28. Thomas Beaufort
  29. 29. John (Beaufort) Swynford ( – 1410) m. Margaret Holland ( – 1439)
  30. 30. Thomas (, Duke of Exeter) Beaufort ( – 1426) m. Margaret Neville (ABT 1386 – )
  31. 31. Thomas (de Beaufort) Plantagenet, ( – 27 DEC 1426)
  32. 32. Thomas Beaufort

John Gaunt's Timeline

3 Records

1340
1340
Birth of John Gaunt in Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England
Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England
1399
FEB 1399
Age 59
Death of John Gaunt in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1399
15 MAR 1399
Age 59
Burial of John Gaunt in St Paul's Cathedral, City of London, England, United Kingdom
St Paul's Cathedral, City of London, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1340
    Event Place: Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: FEB 1399
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 15 MAR 1399
    Event Place: St Paul's Cathedral, City of London, England, United Kingdom
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