Ancestry of
John of Gaunt

(1340–1399)

John of Gaunt

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Edward III, King of England 
  • Mother:
  • Philippa of Hainault   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Mar 1340 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ghent, Belgium 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Feb 1399 
  • Death Location:
  • Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England 
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  • Notes: 

  • 2nd Duke of Lancaster

• Marriages for John of Gaunt

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  • Spouse:
  • Blanche of Lancaster
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1359

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  • Spouse:
  • Katherine Roet
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Jan 1396
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England

• Sources for John of Gaunt

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  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2011, Vol. 165, p. 215.
  • ³ Ancestry.com, "The Surprising Link Between Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle", (accessed 06/27/2017).
  • ⁴ Burke, Sir Bernard, Royal Descents and Pedigrees of Founders' Kin, London: Harrison, Bookseller to the Queen (1864), Pedigree XIX.
  • ⁵ Fraser, ed. Antonia, The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1975), 71.
  • ⁶ Lee, Sydney, ed., Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 40, Myllar - Nicholls, New York: MacMillan and Company (1894), 248, 277.
  • ⁷ Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Vol. 1, Edinburgh and London: Charles Skilton Ltd (1977), 89.
  • ⁸ Pitcairn, Constance, The History of the Fife Pitcairns with Transcripts from Old Charters, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons (1905), 419.
  • ⁹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. IV, p. 124.
  • ¹⁰ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. III, p. 192.
  • ¹¹ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 2, p. 592.
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, "A Second Update to Ancestors of American Presidents", (accessed 03/04/2016).
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 154, 158, 169, 171, 178, 189, 191, 208, 217-221, 229, 235.
  • ¹⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 375, 400, 900.
  • ¹⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 360, 412.
  • ¹⁶ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 6, 98.
  • ¹⁷ Wikipedia, "John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster", _1st_Duke_of_Lancaster, (accessed 03/01/2010).