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John of Gaunt 1340 – 1399 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 March 1340

Birth Location: Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium

Death Date: 3 February 1399

Death Location: Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England

Father: Edward Plantagenet

Mother: Phillippa D'Avesnes

Spouse(s): Blanche Lancaster, Constance Castile, Katherine Swynford

Children(s): Isabel Lancaster, Philippa Plantagenet, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Henry Plantagenet, John Beaufort, Joan Beaufort

John of Gaunt was born in 1340 in Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium, the child of Edward III, King of England Plantagenet and Phillippa D'Avesnes. John of Gaunt married Blanche Lancaster, Constance Castile, Katherine Swynford, and had children including Isabel Plantagenêt Lancaster, Philippa Plantagenet, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Henry IV (King of England) Plantagenet, John (Marquess of somerset) Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort. John of Gaunt passed away in 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England.

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Biography

  • John of Gaunt was born in 1340 in Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium, the child of Edward III, King of England Plantagenet and Phillippa D'Avesnes.
  • John of Gaunt married Blanche Lancaster, Constance Castile, Katherine Swynford, and had children including Isabel Plantagenêt Lancaster, Philippa Plantagenet, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Henry IV (King of England) Plantagenet, John (Marquess of somerset) Beaufort, Joan de Beaufort.
  • John of Gaunt passed away in 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward Plantagenet
1312 – 1377
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Berks, England
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Phillippa D'Avesnes
1311 – 1369
Birth Location: Le Quesnoy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
PD

Spouses(s)

Blanche Lancaster
1345 – 1369
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, , England
BL
Constance Castile
Birth Location: –
CC
Katherine Swynford
1350 – 1403
Birth Location: Picardy, Somme, France
KS

Children(s)

Isabel Lancaster
1358 – 1368
Birth Location: –
IL
Philippa Plantagenet
1360 – 1415
Birth Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, , England
PP
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1362 – 1425
Birth Location: –
EP
Henry Plantagenet
1366 – 1413
Birth Location: Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, , England
HP
John Beaufort
1373 – 1410
Birth Location: Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France
JB
Joan Beaufort
1375 – 1440
Birth Location: –
JB

John Gaunt's Ancestors

Self
John Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Birth Place: Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium
Parents
Edward III, King of England Plantagenet
1312 – 1377
Windsor Castle, Berks, England
Phillippa D'Avesnes
1311 – 1369
Le Quesnoy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
Edward (II, King of England) Plantagenet
1284 – 1327
Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire, , Wales
Isabella ((Queen of England) of France) Capet
1292 – 1358
, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
William (III) D'Avesnes
1280 – 1337
Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Jeanne (De) Valois
1294 – 1341
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
Great-Grandparents
Edward Plantagenet
1239 – 1307
Margerite France
1254 – 1317
Philip Capet
1268 – 1314
Joan Navarre
1271 – 1305
Jean d'Avesnes
1247 – 1304
Philippine Luxembourg
1252 – 1311
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Plantagenet
1207 – 1272
Eleanor Berenger
1217 – 1307
Phillip Capet
1245 – 1285
Isabella Aragon
1248 – 1271
Jean d'Avesnes
1218 – 1257
Aleida Holland
1226 – 1283

John Gaunt's Descendants

1.
JG
John (of) Gaunt (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) m. Blanche Lancaster (25 Mar 1345 – 30 SEP 1369) m. Constance Castile m. Katherine Swynford (1350 – 1403)
  1. 1. Isabel (Plantagenêt) Lancaster (1358 – 1368)
  2. 2. Philippa Plantagenet (31 Mar 1360 – 19 Jul 1415)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Plantagenet (1362 – 24 Nov 1425) m. John (De) Holand (1358 – 9 Jan 1399)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (De) Holand (1386 – 4 Jan 1425) m. Roger Fiennes (14 Sep 1384 – 18 Nov 1449)
      1. 1. Margaret Fiennes (1414 – 25 Nov 1483) m. Nicholas Carew (1402 – 20 Apr 1458)
        1. 1. Joan Carew (1432 – 1472) m. William Saunders (1410 – 10 Aug 1481)
        2. 2. James Carew (1445 – 22 Dec 1492) m. Eleanor Hoo (1449 – )
    2. 2. Constance (De) Holand (1387 – 14 Nov 1437) m. John (De) Grey (1387 – 27 Aug 1439)
      1. 1. Edmond (De) Grey (26 Oct 1416 – 22 May 1490) m. Katherine Percy (18 May 1427 – 1499)
        1. 1. Anne (De) Grey (1450 – ) m. John Grey (1441 – 3 Apr 1499)
  4. 4. Henry (IV (King of England)) Plantagenet (3 Apr 1366 – 20 Mar 1413) m. Mary (De) Bohun (1368 – 4 Jun 1394)
    1. 1. Henry (V (King of England)) Plantagenet (16 Sep 1387 – 31 Aug 1422) m. Catherine (of) Valois (27 Oct 1401 – 3 Jan 1437)
      1. 1. Henry (VI (King of England)) Plantagenet (6 Dec 1421 – 21 May 1471)
  5. 5. John ((Marquess of somerset)) Beaufort (1373 – 1410) m. Margaret Holland (1380 – 30 Dec 1439)
    1. 1. Joan (de) Beaufort (1398 – 15 Jul 1445) m. James ((King of Scotland)) Stuart (10 Dec 1394 – 21 Feb 1436)
      1. 1. Joan Stewart (1428 – 22 Jun 1493) m. James Douglas (1426 – 22 Oct 1493)
        1. 1. John Douglas (1459 – 8 Nov 1511) m. Janet Crichton (1461 – 28 Jul 1514)
        2. 2. Janet Douglas (1461 – 21 Feb 1489) m. Patrick Hepburn (1450 – 18 Oct 1508)
      2. 2. James ((King of Scotland)) Stewart (16 Oct 1430 – 1499) m. Maria Guelders (1432 – 16 Nov 1463) m. Margaret Ogilvie (1440 – )
        1. 1. Mary Stewart (16 Mar 1452 – May 1488) m. James Hamilton (1415 – 6 Nov 1479)
        2. 2. Isabelle Stewart (1480 – Feb 1556) m. James (IV (King of Scotland)) Stewart (17 Mar 1473 – 9 Sep 1513)
      3. 3. Annabelle Stewart (1432 – 27 Jun 1509) m. George Gordon (1434 – 8 Jun 1501)
        1. 1. Alexander Gordon (1451 – 21 Jan 1524) m. Janet Stewart (1461 – 27 Oct 1510)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Gordon (1459 – 22 Apr 1525) m. William Keith (1451 – 2 May 1527)
      4. 4. John Stewart (1437 – 15 Sep 1512) m. Margaret Douglas (1430 – ) m. Eleanor Sinclair (1457 – 21 Mar 1518)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Stewart (1465 – 9 Dec 1529) m. Andrew Grey (1446 – Feb 1513) m. Archibald Campbell (1455 – 9 Sep 1513)
        2. 2. John Stewart (1475 – 1521) m. Janet Campbell (1486 – 2 Feb 1546)
        3. 3. Margaret Stewart (1476 – ) m. William Murray (1460 – 9 Sep 1513)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Stewart (1494 – 1529) m. John Stewart (1492 – 4 Sep 1526)
    2. 2. John ((Duke of Somerset)) Beaufort ( – 1444) m. Margaret (of) Bletso ( – 1482)
      1. 1. Margaret Beaufort (31 May 1443 – 29 Jun 1509) m. Edmond ((Earl of Richmond)) Tudor (4 Jul 1430 – 3 Nov 1456)
        1. 1. Henry (VII (King of England)) Tudor (28 Jan 1457 – 21 Apr 1509) m. Elizabeth (York) Plantagenet (11 Feb 1466 – 11 Feb 1503)
  6. 6. Joan (de) Beaufort (1375 – 13 Nov 1440) m. Ralph Neville (15 Sep 1364 – 21 Oct 1425)
    1. 1. Richard Neville (1400 – 30 Dec 1460) m. Alice Montague (1405 – 9 Dec 1462)
      1. 1. Alice Neville (1422 – 22 Nov 1503) m. Henry FitzHugh (1418 – 8 Jun 1472)
        1. 1. Elizabeth FitzHugh (1439 – 28 Feb 1513) m. Nicholas (de) Vaux (1426 – ) m. Willam Parr (1434 – 26 Feb 1484)
    2. 2. Edward (George) Neville (1412 – 30 Dec 1469) m. Elizabeth Beauchamp (16 Sep 1417 – 18 Jun 1448)
      1. 1. Henry Neville (1437 – 26 Jul 1469) m. Joan Bourchier (1442 – 7 Oct 1470)
        1. 1. Richard Neville (1468 – Dec 1530) m. Anne Stafford (1471 – 1520)
    3. 3. Cecily Neville (31 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) m. Richard ((Duke of York)) Plantagenet (20 Sep 1411 – 31 Dec 1460)
      1. 1. Richard Yorke (1435 – 25 Apr 1498) m. Joan d'Arcy (1473 – )
        1. 1. Edmund Yorke (1500 – ) m. Grace (1501 – )
      2. 2. Edward (IV (King of England)) Plantagenet (28 Apr 1442 – 9 Apr 1483) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1442 – 8 Jun 1492)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (York) Plantagenet (11 Feb 1466 – 11 Feb 1503) m. Henry (VII (King of England)) Tudor (28 Jan 1457 – 21 Apr 1509)
        2. 2. Cecily Plantagenet (20 Mar 1468 – 24 Aug 1507) m. John Welles (1450 – 9 Feb 1499)
      3. 3. George Plantagenet (21 Oct 1449 – 18 Feb 1478) m. Isabel Neville (5 Sep 1451 – 22 Dec 1478)
        1. 1. Margaret Plantagenet (14 Aug 1473 – 27 Mar 1541) m. Richard Pole (1462 – 18 Dec 1515)

John Gaunt's Timeline

5 Records

1340
28 May 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt in Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium
Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium
1340
6 March 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt in Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium
Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium
1398
3 Feb 1398
Age 58
Death of John of Gaunt in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England
Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England
1398
15 Mar 1398
Age 58
Burial of John of Gaunt in London, Greater London, England
London, Greater London, England
1399
3 February 1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England
Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 May 1340
    Event Place: Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 March 1340
    Event Place: Abbaye De St Bavon, Gent, Oost, Belgium
    Record Source: Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: 1361

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: 1362

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Feb 1398
    Event Place: Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 February 1399
    Event Place: Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, , England
    Record Source: Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1398
    Event Place: London, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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