English King John of Gaunt
Assembled by D. A. Sharpe
John of Gaunt, the 1st Duke of
Lancaster, was born March 6, 1340 at Ghent, Flanders (middle-western Europe). He was the third of five surviving
sons of King Edward III of England. He
died February 3, 1399 (age 58) at Leicester Castle, Leicestershire. He was buried March 15, 1399 at St.
Paul's Cathedral, City of London.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Gaunt
John is my 15th cousin, 18 times
removed. He is the second
cousin, 10 times removed of Edward Southworth, the first husband of Alice
Carpenter. She is my seventh
great grandmother through her second husband, Plymouth Colony Governor William
Bradford. Traced another way, John is my
7th great grandfather Dannett Abney (1659-1732).
"John of Gaunt, Duke of
Lancaster was the third surviving son of KingEdward
III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
He gained his name"John of Gaunt,"
because he was born at Ghent in 1340. The fabulously wealthy Gaunt exercised
tremendous influence over the throne during the minority reign of his nephew,
Richard II, and during the ensuing periods of political strife, but took care
not to be openly associated with opponents of the King.
"John of Gaunt's
legitimate male heirs, the Lancaster's, included KingsHenry
IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. John
of Gaunt's illegitimate descendants, who ultimately
became legitimate by his marriage toKatherine Swynford in 1396, the Beaufort's, later married into the
House of Tudor, which ascended to the throne in the person of Henry VII. In addition, Gaunt's
legitimate descendants included his daughters Philippa of Lancaster, Queen
consort of John I of Portugal and mother of King Edward of Portugal, Elizabeth,
Duchess of Exeter, the mother of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, and
Katherine of Lancaster, Queen consort of Henry III of Castile, a grand-daughter
of Pedro of Castile and the mother of John II of Castile.
"When John of Gaunt died in 1399,
his estates were declared forfeited to the crown, as Richard II had exiled
John's less diplomatic heir, Henry Bolingbroke, in 1398. Bolingbroke returned and deposed the
unpopular Richard, to reign as King Henry IV of England (1399-1413), the first
of the descendants of John of Gaunt to hold the throne of England. John of
Gaunt was buried in the nave of Old St. Paul's Cathedral in an alabaster tomb
designed by Henry Yevele (similar
to that of his son in Canterbury Cathedral)."
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Gaunt%2C_1st_Duke_of_Lancaster
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