Born ‎ Jun 24, 1340 at ABBAYE de ST. BAV, GHENT, FLANDRE-ORIENTAL, BELGIUM, died ‎ Feb 3, 1398/99 at Leicester, England‎, approximately 57 years, buried ‎ Mar 15, 1398/99 at St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England. Occupation: ‎ at Duke of Lancaster;
John of Gaunt played an important part in the wars of the periodbetween England and France and between England and Spain. He commandeda division of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeatedthe army of Henry (later Henry II,
king of Castile and Len) at Najera in 1367. As a result of his secondmarriage, to Constance, daughter of Pedro III the Cruel (king ofCastile and Len), John laid claim to the throne of Castile. During theHundred Years' War, he aided
(1370-71) the Black Prince against France and established English ruleover most of southern France. After a severe illness forced the returnof the Black Prince to England, John took command of the Englisharmies; by 1380 he had lost much of
the territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invadedCastile, but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and Len. John ofGaunt gave up his claim to Castile and Len in 1387, when his daughtermarried Henry, later Henry III,
king of Castile and Len. John of Gaunt was also prominent in Englishaffairs. Together with Alice Perrers (d. 1400), his father's mistress,John dominated the English government. His rule was opposed byParliament and by the Black Prince. In
1376 Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers.The death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution ofParliament, however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on thedeath of Edward III and the accession of
Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black Prince), John gave uphis control of the government and thereafter played the role ofpeacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made (1390)duke of Aquitaine. In 1396, after the death
of his second wife, John married his mistress Catherine Swynford andRichard legitimized their children the following year. Saddened by theexile (1398) of his son, Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV ofEngland), John died.of Gaunt
Duke of Lancaster, titular King of Castile & Leon

[from Winch Web Page: Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340. Earlof Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Burk says he died at Ely House,Holborn. King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon
sources: LDS Ancestry Files & Hull Univ, UK database]GEDCOM providedby Carolyn Proffitt Winch

Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340. Earl of Derby, Lincoln.Duke of Aquitaine. Burk says he died at Ely House, Holborn. King ofCastile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon
sources: LDS Ancestry Files & Hull Univ, UK databaseMarried firstlyBlanche of Lancaster, secondly Constanza of Castile.
his ancestry is only traced to his parents in this GEDCOM (to avoidunnecessarily increasing the size of this file, and to avoid having todeal with difficult questions of medieval genealogy), though of coursemuch more is known.GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winch

Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340. Earl of Derby, Lincoln.Duke of Aquitaine. Burk says he died at Ely House, Holborn. King ofCastile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon
sources: LDS Ancestry Files & Hull Univ, UK databaseGEDCOM provided byCarolyn Proffitt Winch

Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340. Earl of Derby, Lincoln.Duke of Aquitaine. Burk says he died at Ely House, Holborn. King ofCastile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon
sources: LDS Ancestry Files & Hull Univ, UK databaseGEDCOM provided byCarolyn Proffitt Winch

Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340. Earl of Derby, Lincoln.Duke of Aquitaine. Burk says he died at Ely House, Holborn. King ofCastile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon
sources: LDS Ancestry Files & Hull Univ, UK databaseGEDCOM provided byCarolyn Proffitt Winch

Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340. Earl of Derby, Lincoln.Duke of Aquitaine. Burk says he died at Ely House, Holborn. King ofCastile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon
sources: LDS Ancestry Files & Hull Univ, UK databaseGEDCOM provided byCarolyn Proffitt Winch

Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340. Earl of Derby, Lincoln.Duke of Aquitaine. Burk says he died at Ely House, Holborn. King ofCastile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon
sources: LDS Ancestry Files & Hull Univ, UK databaseJohn of Gauntplayed an important part in the wars of the period between England andFrance and between England and Spain. He commanded a division of theEnglish army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of Henry(later Henry II,
king of Castile and Len) at Najera in 1367. As a result of his secondmarriage, to Constance, daughter of Pedro III the Cruel (king ofCastile and Len), John laid claim to the throne of Castile. During theHundred Years' War, he aided
(1370-71) the Black Prince against France and established English ruleover most of southern France. After a severe illness forced the returnof the Black Prince to England, John took command of the Englisharmies; by 1380 he had lost much of
the territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invadedCastile, but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and Len. John ofGaunt gave up his claim to Castile and Len in 1387, when his daughtermarried Henry, later Henry III,
king of Castile and Len. John of Gaunt was also prominent in Englishaffairs. Together with Alice Perrers (d. 1400), his father's mistress,John dominated the English government. His rule was opposed byParliament and by the Black Prince. In
1376 Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers.The death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution ofParliament, however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on thedeath of Edward III and the accession of
Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black Prince), John gave uphis control of the government and thereafter played the role ofpeacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made (1390)duke of Aquitaine. In 1396, after the death
of his second wife, John married his mistress Catherine Swynford andRichard legitimized their children the following year. Saddened by theexile (1398) of his son, Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV ofEngland), John died.of Gaunt
Duke of Lancaster, titular King of Castile & LeonThe union of John ofGaunt and Catherine called the family of Beaufort. John
was the son of King Edward III, so the blood line continued throughhis
ancestors to King Henry VII, the blood line having stopped with HenryVI. He
was also the father of King Henry IV.BIRTH: HOUSE OF LANCASTER

TITLE: Prince of England; Duke of Lancaster

SOPURCE: The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England by AntoniaFraser p.
70-71;142-3. Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340. Earl of Derby,Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Burk says he died at Ely House, Holborn.King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon
sources: LDS Ancestry Files & Hull Univ, UK database


Information provided by Randy Winch <gumby@cafes.net>
NOTE: Lineage .
John of Gaunt; Duke of Lancaster.
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RESEARCH NOTES:
Duke of Lancaster j.u. [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p18]
cr Earl of Richmond Sep 20 1342 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p22]

Nov 13 1362: in consequence of his first marriage, created Duke of
Lancaster [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p22]

in right of second wife, assumed the title of King of Castile and Leon[Ref:
Paget HRHCharles p22]

Mar 2 1390: created Duke of Aquitaine [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p22]FromAncestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998. of Guant

Duke of Lancaster (KG)

King of Castile and Leon

John OF GAUNT, DUKE OF LANCASTER,

also called (1342-62) EARL OF RICHMOND, or (from 1390) DUC (duke)D'AQUITAINE (b. March 1340, Ghent--d.
Feb. 3, 1399, London), English prince, fourth but third surviving sonof the English king Edward III and Philippa of Hainaut; he exercised amoderating influence in the political and constitutional struggles ofthe reign of his nephew Richard II. He was the immediate ancestor ofthe three 15th-century Lancastrian monarchs, Henry IV, V, and VI. Theterm Gaunt, a corruption of the name of his birthplace, Ghent, wasnever employed after he was three years old; it became the popularlyaccepted form of his name through its use in Shakespeare's playRichard II.
Through his first wife, Blanche (d. 1369), John, in 1362,acquired the duchy of Lancaster and the vast Lancastrian estates inEngland and Wales. From 1367 to 1374 he served as a commander in theHundred Years' War (1337-1453) against France. On his return heobtained the chief influence with his father, but he had seriousopponents among a group of powerful prelates who aspired to hold stateoffices. He countered their hostility by forming a curious alliancewith the religious reformer John Wycliffe. Despite John's extremeunpopularity, he maintained his position after the accession of histen-year-old nephew, Richard II, in 1377, and from 1381 to 1386 hemediated between the King's party and the opposition group led byJohn's younger brother, Thomas Woodstock, earl of Gloucester.
In 1386 John departed for Spain to pursue his claim to thekingship of Castile and Leon based upon his marriage to Constance ofCastile in 1371. The expedition was a military failure. John renouncedhis claim in 1388, but he married his daughter, Catherine, to theyoung nobleman who eventually became King Henry III of Castile andLeon.
Meanwhile, in England, war had nearly broken out between thefollowers of King Richard II and the followers of Gloucester. Johnreturned in 1389 and resumed his role as peacemaker. His wifeConstance died in 1394, and two years later he married his mistress,Catherine Swynford. In 1397 he obtained legitimization of the fourchildren born to her before their marriage. This family, theBeauforts, played an important part in 15th-century politics. WhenJohn died in 1399, Richard II confiscated the Lancastrian estates,thereby preventing them from passing to John's son, Henry Bolingbroke.Henry then deposed Richard and in September 1399 ascended the throneas King Henry IV. The standard biography is still S. Armitage-Smith,John of Gaunt (1904), but it must be read in conjunction with
recent political histories of the period.

Born ‎± 1350 at Hainault, Belgium, died ‎ May 10, 1403 at Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England‎, approximately 53 years, buried ‎ at Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincoln, England. Occupation: ‎ at governess of children of John of Gault and Blanche;
JOHN of GAUNT; Armitage-Smith, pgs. 390-391, 461. Katherine wassisterof Philippa de Roet, wife of poet, Geoffrey Chaucer.

THIS MOSTE HIGHE PRINCE...JOHN of GAUNT, Silva-Vigier, p.104:Katherine probably entered the position of governess to thechildrenof John of Gaunt and Blanche about 1362 or 1363, the same timeasPhilippa and Geoffrey entered the services of Queen PhilippaandEdward III.

THIS MOSTE HIGHE PRINCE...JOHN of GAUNT, Silva-Vigier, p.104:Silva-Vigier state that when seeking the Pope's confirmation oftheirmarriage thirty years later, that Katherine and John confessedthattheir relationship had begun during the life of her husband andduringJohn's second marriage, which he consented to for reasons ofstate, ashe had hoped to secure the crown of Castile.
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Governess to the Duke's daughter by his first wife, Catherine becameJohn's mistress in 1388. All their children were born before theywere married. They were later ligitimated by the Pope.
source: Hull Univ, UK database, also LDS Ancestry files

While she was still married to Sir Hugh Swynford, she had 5 childrenby John
of Gaunt, who married her in 1396 after they were all born. In 1397,the
Beaufords were declared legitimate by King Richard II, and in 1407this
action was confirmed by their half brother, King Henry IV.


Was mistress of JohnèaOs when Henry and 3 others were born; whenJohnèaOs wife died, he married Katharine and the bastard children werelegitimated by an Act of Parliament and by the Pope (exceptingsuccession).
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Katherine was married to a knight, Hugh Swynford. After his death,Katherine was the mistress and true love of John of Gaunt, Duke ofLancaster and second son of King Edward III. He married Constance ofCastile for purely political and dynastic reasons. He marriedKatherine after Constance died to legitimize their relationship andprovide for their children. Although her children with John of Gauntwere born before they were married, the children were legitimized byKing Richard The King declared the Beauforts to be legitimate underEnglish Law, but not eligible to the royal succession (though this didnot, ultimately, prevent Katherine's great-great grandson from beingcrowned as Henry VII). Katherine's children with John included: • JohnBeaufort (1372 to 1409) had two sons Henry, Earl of Somerset and John,Duke of Somerset who fathered Margaret Beaufort (mother of Henry VII).• Joan Beaufort (1397 to 1440) had as her second husband, RalphNeville of Derby, 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Joan's daughter, Cicely,married Richard, Duke of York and was mother to Edward IV and RichardIII. John and Katherine between them started the Tudor and YorkistRoyal Houses directly and most of the European Royal Houses can tracetheir origins back to them through intermarriage. They had fulfilledan ancient prophecy of Merlin: "thou shalt get kings though thou benone!" His (now obliterated) epitaph in the original St. Paul's,described her as " an extremely beautiful woman". Little is known ofher apart from when her life touched John's. The less charitablechroniclers at Saint Albans and Saint Mary's Abbey, York describes heras "a witch and a whore", and "she-devil and enchantress". AfterJohn's death, Katherine returned and Lincoln, and died in May 1403.She was buried by the high altar in the cathedral. Her daughter Joanwas also buried there and her tomb can be found if you are facing tothe right of the altar. All the decoration and brasses of them havegone, (removed by the soldiers of Cromwell) so even her grave gives noidea of her importance to history. (Bio by K. Freeman)
Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England.
Specific Interment Location: Near high altar; Daughter Joan Beaufortis buried there as well..
Cause of Death: uncertain, possibly heart failure.[selvage1.ged]

Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition, 1889, vol. XIV, pp. 255-257.
All her children were born before her marriage to John of Gaunt.
Richard II declared the four to be legitimized in 1397.
================================== Was his mistress before ligitamacyin 1397

Spelling is Katherine (Taute)
Spelling is Catherine (EB)

The name Beaufort derived from a Lordship Gaunt had held in France,The modern Montgomery-Beaufort near Bar-Sur-Aube (EB)

THIS MOSTE HIGHE PRINCE...JOHN of GAUNT, Silva-Vigier, p.104:Katherine probably entered the position of governess to thechildrenof John of Gaunt and Blanche about 1362 or 1363, the same timeasPhilippa and Geoffrey entered the services of Queen PhilippaandEdward III.