John of Gaunt

1340–1399 · Lancaster

English magnate of the House of Plantagenet. Born at Ghent. Died at Leicester Castle.

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Family

Father

Edward III of England

Mother

Philippa of Hainault

Married

Blanche of Lancaster 1359
Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster 1371
Katherine Swynford 1396

Children (8)

Philippa of Lancaster 1360
Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter 1363
Henry IV of England 1367
Catherine of Lancaster 1373
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset 1373
Henry Beaufort 1375
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter 1377
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland 1379

Siblings (8)

Edward, the Black Prince 1330
Isabella de Coucy 1332
Joan of England 1334
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence 1338
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York 1341
Mary of Waltham 1344
Margaret, Countess of Pembroke 1346
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester 1355

Related to

• John of Gaunt was the 16× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
• John of Gaunt was the 13× great-grandfather of Victoria.
• John of Gaunt was the 7× great-grandfather of Louis XIV of France.