Henry OF GROSMONT 1st Duke of Lancaster
Isabel DE BEAUMONT
Blanche OF LANCASTER
(1345-1368)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John OF GAUNT Prince Of England

  • Philippa OF LANCASTER
  • Elizabeth OF LANCASTER
  • King Henry IV OF ENGLAND

Blanche OF LANCASTER 1

  • Born: 25 Mar 1345, Bolingbroke Castle, Lindsey, England
  • Marriage (1): John OF GAUNT Prince Of England on 19 May 1359 in Queen's Chapel, Reading, Berkshire, England 1
  • Died: 12 Sep 1368, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England aged 23

  General Notes:

Blanche of Lancaster (25 March 1345 – 12 September 1368) was a member of the English royal House of Plantagenet, daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. She was the first wife of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and the mother of King Henry IV.


Blanche married John OF GAUNT Prince Of England, son of King Edward III OF ENGLAND and Philippa OF HAINAULT, on 19 May 1359 in Queen's Chapel, Reading, Berkshire, England.1 (John OF GAUNT Prince Of England was born in Mar 1340 in Abbaye DE St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium,2 died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, England 3 and was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St Pauls Cathdrl, London, Middlesex, England 3.)

Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 Mar 2015), entry for John Of Gaunt Prince Of England, person ID 9HF3-Y3S.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 Mar 2015), entry for Henry de Beaufort, person ID KFY3-KCN.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 Mar 2015), entry for Henry de Beaufort, person ID KFY3-KCN. .... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 Mar 2015), entry for John Of Gaunt Prince Of England, person ID 9HF3-Y3S.

J. Ferran 07/04/2020

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