Ancestry of Lt. Gen.
James Brudenell

Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”

Blanche of Lancaster

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• • 14th Great-grandmother of James Brudenell — 17th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 117519 
  • Father:
  • Henry of Lancaster 
  • Mother:
  • Isabella de Beaumont   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Mar 1345 
  • Birth Location:
  • Bolingbroke Castle, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Sep 1369 
  • Death Location:
  • Bolingbroke Castle, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John of Gaunt
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1359 
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  Henry IV, King of England

  Philippa of Lancaster

  Elizabeth of Lancaster (Ahnentafel No:58759 )

• Sources for Blanche of Lancaster

  • ¹ Fraser, ed. Antonia, The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1975), 143.
  • ² 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.
  • ³ 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), 400.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Blanche of Lancaster", (accessed 03/01/2010).