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John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster 1340 – 1399 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Mar 1340

Birth Location: Ghent County Of Flanders

Death Date: 3 Feb 1399

Death Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Father: King England

Mother: Phillippa Hainault

Spouse(s): Katherine Lancaster

Children(s): John Somerset

The story of John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster began in 1340 in Ghent County Of Flanders. John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster married Katherine de Roet Katherine de Roet, Duchess of Lancaster, and had children including John Beaufort Earl Of Somerset. John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster passed away in 1399 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster began in 1340 in Ghent County Of Flanders.
  • John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster married Katherine de Roet Katherine de Roet, Duchess of Lancaster, and had children including John Beaufort Earl Of Somerset.
  • John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster passed away in 1399 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

King England
1312 – 1377
Birth Location: Windsor, Castle, Berkshire, England
KE
Phillippa Hainault
1313 – 1369
Birth Location: Valenciennes, Nord, France
PH

Spouses(s)

Katherine Lancaster
1350 – 1403
Birth Location: Hainaut, Belgium
KL

Children(s)

John Somerset
1373 – 1410
Birth Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
JS

John Lancaster's Ancestors

Self
John Lancaster
1340 – 1399
Birth Place: Ghent County Of Flanders
Parents
King Edward lll Of England
1312 – 1377
Windsor, Castle, Berkshire, England
Phillippa (Of) Hainault
1313 – 1369
Valenciennes, Nord, France
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Lancaster's Descendants

1.
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John (Of Gaunt Duke Of) Lancaster (6 Mar 1340 – 3 Feb 1399) m. Katherine (de Roet Katherine de Roet, Duchess of) Lancaster (25 Nov 1350 – 10 May 1403)
  1. 1. John (Beaufort Earl Of) Somerset (1373 – 16 Mar 1410) m. Margaret (de Holland Countess of Somerset, Duchess of) Clarence (30 Dec 1385 – 30 Dec 1439)
    1. 1. Edmund (Beaufort 2nd Duke Of) Somerset (26 Sep 1406 – 22 May 1455) m. Eleanor (Beauchamp, Duchess Of) Somerset (Sep 1408 – 6 Mar 1467)
      1. 1. Henry (Beaufort 3rd Duke Of) Somerset (26 Jan 1436 – 15 May 1464) m. Joan Hill (1 Nov 1434 – 26 Apr 1493)
        1. 1. Charles (Somerset, First Earl Of) Worcester (1 Jan 1460 – 15 Mar 1526)

John Lancaster's Timeline

2 Records

1340
6 Mar 1340
Birth of John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster in Ghent County Of Flanders
Ghent County Of Flanders
1399
3 Feb 1399
Age 59
Death of John Of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1340
    Event Place: Ghent County Of Flanders

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Feb 1399
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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