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John of Gaunt 1340 – 1399 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: MAR 1340

Birth Location: Gent, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Death Date: 3 FEB 1399

Death Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Gaunt

Mother: Catherine Roet

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Burgh, Philippa Burgh, Margaret Holand, Catherine Roet

Children(s): Philippa Ulster

John of Gaunt was born in 1340 in Gent, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, the child of John Gaunt and Catherine de Roet. John of Gaunt married Elizabeth de Burgh, Philippa de Burgh, Margaret de Holand, Catherine de Roet, and had children including Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster. John of Gaunt passed away in 1399 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John of Gaunt was born in 1340 in Gent, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, the child of John Gaunt and Catherine de Roet.
  • John of Gaunt married Elizabeth de Burgh, Philippa de Burgh, Margaret de Holand, Catherine de Roet, and had children including Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster.
  • John of Gaunt passed away in 1399 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Birth Location: Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England
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Catherine Roet
1350 – 1403
Birth Location: Somme, Picardie, France
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Burgh
1332 –
Birth Location: Ulster Province, Ireland
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Philippa Burgh
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Holand
1385 – 1439
Birth Location: Upholland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Catherine Roet
1350 – 1403
Birth Location: Somme, Picardie, France
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Children(s)

Philippa Ulster
1355 – 1378
Birth Location: Eltham Palace, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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John Gaunt's Ancestors

Self
John Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Birth Place: Gent, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Parents
John Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England
Catherine (de) Roet
1350 – 1403
Somme, Picardie, France
Grandparents
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
Paon (de) Roet
1310 – 1380
Hainaut, Belgium
Paon (de) Roet
Great-Grandparents
Edward Plantagenet,
1284 – 1327
Isabella Capet
1292 – 1357
Willem Henegouwen
1280 – 1337
Jeanne Valois
1294 – 1342
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Maurice Berkeley
1271 – 1326
Eva Zouche
1278 – 1314

John Gaunt's Descendants

1.
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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

John Gaunt's Timeline

2 Records

1340
MAR 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt in Gent, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Gent, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
1399
3 FEB 1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 FEB 1399
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
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