John IV of Gaunt PLANTAGENET, REY DELWARE CASTILLY

                   Principal figure in the War of the Roses. The Lancastarian claim to the throne was via Edwar d III's third son, John of Gaunt. In Ocotober, 1460, an Act of Accord designated that the roy al succession would move to the House of York after Henry VI's death. The houses of Lancaste r and York were united when Henry VII married the Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
Knight of The Garter. Also married, Rochefort-sur-Mer,Charente-Maritime,
France. Head of The House of Lancaster. Historical record refers tohim as
having misruled.
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JOHN OF GAUNT,  DUKE OF LANCASTER, Prince of England and King of Castille, Third surviving son of KING EDWARD III OF ENGLAND, was born March 1339/40 in Ghent, Flanders, and died February 3, 1398/99 in Leicester, buried at St Paul's Cathedral, London. He married (1) LADY BLANCHE OF LANCASTER May 13, 1359 in Reading, daughter of HENRY DUKE OF LANCASTER and LADY ISABEL DE BEAUMONT. She was born March 25, 1345, and died September 12, 1369 in Bolingbroke Castle, Buried in St Paul's Cathedral. He married (2) PRINCESS CONSTANZA OF CASTILE Abt. September 1371 in Roquefort, daughter of PETER KING OF CASTILLE AND LEON and MARIA DE PADILLA. She was born Abt. 1354 in Castro Kerez, and died March 24, 1393/94 in Leicester. He married (3) KATHERINE ROET, LADY SWYNFORD, January 13, 1395/96, daughter of SIR PAIN DE ROET, and widow of Sir Hugh Swynford. The sister also of Philippa, wife of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Great Poet.  Katherine was born about 1350, and died May 10, 1403 in Lincoln, being buried in the Cathedral
Children of JOHN DUKE OF LANCASTER and LADY BLANCHE OF LANCASTER are:
i. PHILIPPA OF LANCASTER, b. March 31, 1360, Leicester; d. July 19, 1415, Odivelas, near Lisbon; m. JOHN I of AVIS, KING OF PORTUGAL, February 11, 1386/87, Oporto; b. April 11, 1357; d. August 14, 1433, Lisbon.
King John and Queen Philippa had many children, including a younger son Henry of Portugal, known as 'Henry the Navigator'
His brother John was the grandfather of Isabella of Castille, husband of Ferdinand of Aragon, and parents of Katherine of Aragon, Queen of Henry VIII of England
King John is a male line ancestor of the present claimant to the Portuguese throne through his illegitmate son, but the same claimant is a descendant of King John and Queen Phillippa  via female lines.
ii. JOHN BEAUFORT, b. Abt. 1362.
iii. ELIZABETH OF LANCASTER, b. Bef. February 21, 1362/63; d. November 24, 1425; m. (1) JOHN HASTINGS EARL OF PEMBROKE, June 24, 1380, Kenilworth; b. November 11, 1372; d. Abt. December 30, 1389, Woodstock; m. (2) JOHN HOLAND EARL OF HUNTINGDON, June 24, 1386; d. Abt. January 9, 1399/00, Pleshley, Essex; m. (3) JOHN CORNWALL LORD MILBROOK, Bef. December 12, 1400; d. December 11, 1443.  Elizabeth had issue by her second husband and her third.  There are descendants of the second marriage.
iv. EDWARD BEAUFORT, b. Abt. 1365.
v. JOHN BEAUFORT, b. Bef. May 4, 1366.
vi. HENRY IV KING OF ENGLAND, b. April 1, 1367, Bolingbroke Cast; d. March 20, 1412/13 Westminster; , buried at Canterbury Cathedral,   m. (1) LADY MARY DE BOHUN, Arundel Castle; b. Abt. 1370; d. July 4, 1394, Peterborough Castle; m. (2) PRINCESS JOANNA OF NAVARRE, DOWAGER DUCHESS OF BRITTANY, February 7, 1402/03, Winchester; b. Abt. 1370; d. July 9, 1437, Havering-at-Bowe.  He was the father by Mary de Bohun of King Henry V, and grandfather of King Henry VI, King of England and France, the last of the male line of the House of Lancaster. There are no descendants of Henry surviving other than in illegitimate lines.
vii. ISABEL BEAUFORT, b. Abt. 1368.
Children of JOHN DUKE OF LANCASTER and PRINCESS CONSTANZA OF CASTILE are:
viii. CATHERINE OF LANCASTER, b. 1372; d. June 2, 1418, Toledo; m. HENRY III KING OF CASTILE, Abt. 1393, BURGOS; b. October 4, 1379; d. December 25, 1406, Toledo.  They had issue.
The son of Catherine the Lancaster heiress of Castille and King Henry III the Trastamara heir to Castille become King John II of Castille.  He married as his second wife his cousin from Portugal and they became   the parents of Isabella of Castille who married Ferdinand King of Aragon, uniting their Kingdoms in their issue.
Ferdinand and Isabella King and Queen of Aragon, Castille and Leon, Conqueror of Granada,   monarchs of the united Spain
ix. JOHN OF LANCASTER, b. Abt. 1374, Ghent, died young.
Children of JOHN LANCASTER and KATHERINE ROET are:
x. JOHN BEAUFORT MARQUESS OF DORSET, b. 1371, Beaufort Castle; d. March 16, 1409/10, m. LADY MARGARET HOLAND, Bef. April 28, 1399; b. Abt. 1385; d. December 30, 1439.  They had issue including Joan Beaufort, wife of King James I of Scotland, and John Beaufort Duke of SUFFOLK, who by Margaret Beauchamp was the father of Margaret Beaufort, wife of Edmund Tudor Earl of Richmond, the parents of King Henry VII.
xi. HENRY BEAUFORT, CARDINAL BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, b. Abt. 1375; d. April 11, 1447;  and had illegitimate issue by LADY ALICE FITZALAN (later wife of John Lord Cherleton of Powis), Jane BEAUFORT, mentioned in her fathers will and wife of Edmund STRADLING, of St Donat's, Glamorgan  1389-1453. Amongst their descendants is John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the USA.
xii. THOMAS BEAUFORT DUKE OF EXETER, b. Abt. January 1376/77, Beaufort Castle; d. December 31, 1426; m. MARGARET NEVILLE, Bef. February 15, 1403/04.  They had no issue that survived childhood.
xiii. JOAN BEAUFORT, b. Abt. 1379, Beaufort Castle; d. November 13, 1440, Howden, buried in Lincoln  Cathedral; m. (1) ROBERT FERRERS LORD FERRERS OF WEMME; b. Abt. 1370; d. Bef. November 29, 1396; m. (2) RALPH NEVILL EARL OF WESTMORLAND, Bef. November 29, 1396; b. Abt. 1364; d. October 21, 1425
See Note Page
Eric Delderfield:
Richard II [nephew of John of Gaunt] succeeded his grandfather [Edward III] in 1377 at the age of ten, at a time of social unrest. Though government was entrusted to a council of twelve, it was dominated by John of Gaunt, Richard's uncle until the fourteen-old king displayed a remarkable ability to defuse the dangerous... Peasants' Revolt, when 100,000 men from Essex and Kent marched on London.
...After seizing Rochester Castle, the men of Kent under Wat Tyler joined forces with the rebels from Essex and entered the city of London, destroying John of Gaunt's manor.  Richard met the Essex men and persuaded them to return home by agreeing to meet their demands. The Kent rebels, meanwhile, burned Temple Bar, occupied the Tower of London, and executed the Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury, Simon of Sudbury, before meeting the king at Smithfield.  During negotiations the Mayor of London killed Wat Tyler, but Richard rode amongst the rebels, and by granting their demands induced them to disperse.
...After the Peasants' Revolt, John of Gaunt receded into the background, concentrating on winning his claim through his second wife to the Crown of Castile.
When John of Gaunt died in 1399, his nephew Richard II provoked his own downfall by denying Gaunt's son, Henry Bolingbroke [# 3478], of Gaunt's estates; thus did Richard also set into motion the conflict over the English crown that would be known as the Wars of the Roses.
Facts about this person:
Record Change  December 07, 1999
Burial    March 15, 1398/99
London, England