Project Gutenberg. In 1397 he obtained legitimization of the four children born to her before their marriage. If I die out of London I desire that the night my body arrives there, that it be carried direct to the Friars Carmelites in Fleet Street, and the next day taken strait to St. Paul's, and that it be not buried for forty days, during which I charge my executors that there be no cering or embalming my corpse; I will that my executors pay all my debts, excepting the debts for the army, which my beloved brother the Duke of York incurred in Portugal, of which before God and all the world I hold myself free; I desire that chauntries and obits be founded for the souls of my late dear wives Blanch and Constance, whom God pardon; to the said altar of St. Paul's my vestment of satin embroidered, which I bought of Courtnay, embroider at London, certain lands and tenements in London, of which the reversion is purchased, rendering xx marks a year to Dame Katherine del Staple for her life, and I desire that during her life she be paid out of the rents of the Manor of Bernoldwyk, in the county of York; to the prisons of Newgate and Ludgate, in London C marks, to be divided between them; to my most dear wife Katherine, my two best nouches which I have, excepting that which I have allowed to my Lord and nephew the King, and my large cup of gold which the Earl of Wilts gave to the King my Lord, and which he gave me on my going into Guienne, together with all the buckles, rings, diamonds, rubies, and other things, that will be found in a little box of cypress wood, of which I carry the key myself, and all the robes which I bought of my dear cousin the Duchess of Norfolk, also my large bed of black velvet, embroidered with a circle of fetter-locks, and garters, all the beds made for my body called in England "trussing beds," my best stay with a good ruby, my best collar, all which my said wife had before her marriage with me, also all the goods and jewels which I had given her since my marriage; to my Lord and nephew the King the best nouche which I have on the day of my death, my best cup of gold which my dear wife Katherine gave me on New Year's Day last, my gold saltcellar with a garter, and the piece of arras which the Duke of Bourgoyne gave me when I was at Calais; to my dear brother the Duke of York, a gold cup and cover; to my dear son Henry, Duke of Hereford, Earl of Derby, two of the best pieces of arras, one of which was given me by my Lord and nephew the King, and the other by my dear brother the Duke of Gloucester, whom God pardon, when I lately returned from Spain, also a chain of gold of the old manner, with the name of God in each part, which my most honored Lady and mother the Queen, whom God pardon, gave me, commanding me to preserve it, with her blessing, and I desire that he will keep it with the blessing of God and mine; to my dear daughter Philippa, Queen of Portugal, my second best stay of gold, and a gold cup and cover; to my dear daughter Katherine, Queen of Castile and Leon, a gold cup and cover; to my dear daughter Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter, my white bed of silk, with blue eagles displayed, and my best nouche after those before given; to my dear son John Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, a dozen saucers, &c.; to the Reverend Father in God and my dear son the Bishop of Lincoln, a dozen saucers, &c. and my missal, and my portheus, which belonged to my Lord and brother the Prince of Wales, whom God preserve; to my dear son Thomas Beaufort, their brother, a dozen saucers, &c.; to my dear daughter, their sister, Countess of Westmoreland and Lady of Nevil, a silk bed, and a cup and cover of gold; to my dear Henry, eldest son of my dear son the Duke of Hereford, a gold cup; to my dear son John, brother to the said Henry, a gold cup; after all my debts are paid, and restitution made to all who have been injured by me or my servants, on my account, I desire that my executor pay to the Minister of Bury one thousand pounds; to my said wife Katherine two thousand pounds; to my said son the Duke of Hereford one thousand pounds; to my said son the Marquis one thousand pounds; to my said son Thomas Beaufort one thousand marks; "a mon tres chere bachelier" Monsr. Unlike some of Richard's unpopular advisors, John was away from London at the time of the uprising and thus avoided the direct wrath of the rebels.In 1386 John left England to seek the throne of Castile, claimed in Jure uxoris by right of his second wife, Constance of Castile, whom he had married in 1371. But Gaunt never wished to be king of England, though he fought . Bolingbroke then reigned as King Henry IV of England (1399-1413), the first of the descendants of John of Gaunt to hold the throne of England.John was the fourth son of King Edward III of England. We owe them thanks, because they thus Planting and Harvesting . Leicester Castle, Leicestershire Although Philippa died c. 1387, the men were bound as brothers and Lancaster's children by Katherine - John, Henry, Thomas and Joan Beaufort - were Chaucer's nephews and niece.On 19 May 1359 at Reading Abbey, John married his third cousin, Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. famous descendants of john of gaunt. Though John was never able to make good his claim, his daughter by Constance, Catherine of Lancaster, became Queen of Castile by marrying Henry III of Castile. 213, 2834. His first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, was also his third cousin; both were great-great-grandchildren of King Henry III. Henry IV of England (13671413) married (1) Mary de Bohun (13691394); (2) Joanna of Navarre (13681437) Marriages[edit] John was left isolated (even the Black Prince supported the need for reform) and the Commons refused to grant money for the war unless most of the great officers of state were dismissed, and the King's mistress Alice Perrers, another focus of popular resentment, was barred from any further association with him. A large part of John's army had succumbed to sickness, however, and when the invasion was mounted they were far outnumbered by their Portuguese allies. 2 Military commander in France By Katherine Swynford (ne de Roet/Roelt), mistress and later wife (children legitimised 1397): All charts include source citations for ancestors in the charts. Reading that excellently researched fiction not only gave me a high standard for good historical fiction but also started me on a lifelong interest in and study of the Plantagenets and medieval Europe, in particular, as well as English history in . In faith of which I have placed hereto the seal of my arms, and also my own signet, which I always carry myself, in the presence of the following witnesses: Maistre John Kenyngham, Doctor in Theology; Sir John Newton, Parson of the Church of Burbach; Sir Walter Piers, Parson of the Church of Wymondham; William Harpeden, and Robert Symeon, Esquires; and by John de Bynbrok, of the Diocese of Lincoln, Notary. Duke of Aquitaine[edit] The links are visible today in the Town & Manor-owned John O'Gaunt Inn on Bridge Street,[35] the John O'Gaunt School on Priory Road,[36] as well as various street names. The armour is believed by experts to have been made c.1540 in Germany, and did not enter the Tower's collection until the early 17th century. Jump up ^ Sumption (2009), pp. Lancaster city centre has a public house called the John O'Gaunt. [30] 2nd creation He also became the 14th Baron of Halton and 11th Lord of Bowland. The Castilians refused to offer battle and the Galician-Anglo-Portuguese troops, apart from time-wasting sieges of fortified towns, were reduced to foraging for food in the arid Spanish landscape. i hope you will like it, John Of Gaunt Descendants Family Tree You Will Like These Detail, Family Tree Decal With Picture Frames You Will Like These Detail, Balistreri Family Tree View Complete Tree. John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, the Lancasters, included Kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. What name on the roll of English princes is more familiar? wrote Sydney Armitage-Smith, Gaunts first biographer, in 1904. For more than six centuries, the royal families of England (Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart.) Even after the government acceded to virtually all their demands, the Commons then refused to authorise any finance for the war, losing the sympathy of the Lords as a result. John died of natural causes on 3 February 1399 at Leicester Castle, with his third wife Katherine by his side. Because of his rank John of Gaunt was one of England's principal military commanders in the 1370s and 1380s, though his enterprises were never rewarded with the kind of dazzling success that had made his elder brother the Black Prince such a charismatic war leader. suspected him of wanting to seize the throne himself. Infanta Constance of Castile The two alabaster effigies were notable for having their right hands joined. In addition to his royal arms, Gaunt bore an alternative coat of Sable, three ostrich feathers ermine. John of Gaunt (134099) was born three years into the Hundred Years War, a war of succession that dominated the rest of his life and the interests of his family, the Plantagenets. Ancestor charts showing the family relationships of John of Gaunt (1340-1399) to other famous people. His tenants in Leicester even defended his property and reputation from the rebel groups that began to emerge in the midlands. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. [21] Corrections? 1223. Their relationship was considered to be scandalous and the chronicler of Saint Albans Thomas Walsingham named Gaunt a fornicator and adulterer, a reputation he suffered for most of his life. In the late 1370s, King Edward IIIs health rapidly declined and the Black Prince died, leaving Gaunt as de facto ruler of the country (his nephew Richard was king in minority, and only 14 at the time of the 1318 revolt). Though John was never able to make good his claim, his daughter by Constance, Catherine of Lancaster, became Queen of Castile by marrying Henry III of Castile. Prior to her widowhood, Katherine had borne at least two, possibly three, children to Lancastrian knight Sir Hugh Swynford. John of Gaunt was loyal to the interests of his family and siblings but he was particularly close to his eldest brother, the Black Prince. Partly as a result of these failures, and those of other English commanders at this period, John was one of the first important figures in England to conclude that the war with France was unwinnable because of France's greater resources of wealth and manpower. During this retreat the army had to fight its way across the Somme at the ford of Blanchetaque against a French army led by Hugh de Chtillon, who was captured and sold to Edward III. He was the wealthiest, most powerful and most hated man in England for decades. John of Gaunt (1340-1399) Prev Generation | John of Gaunt William I, King of England View famous kin of William I, King of England 7th Great-grandfather of John of Gaunt 10th Generation Ahnentafel No: 516 Father: Robert I of Normandy Mother: Herleve of Falaise Birth Date: ABT 1025 Birth Location: Falaise, Normandy, France Christening Date: Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. During his marriage to Constance, John of Gaunt had fathered four children by a mistress, the widow Katherine Swynford (whose sister Philippa de Roet was married to Chaucer). [3] Henry Bolingbroke returned from exile to reclaim his inheritance and depose Richard. [18] He hatched several schemes to make good his claim with an army, but for many years these were still-born due to lack of finance or the conflicting claims of war in France or with Scotland. XII/2, p. 908. The Beaufort children, three sons and a daughter, were legitimised by royal and papal decrees after John and Katherine married in 1396; a later proviso that they were specifically barred from inheriting the throne, the phrase excepta regali dignitate (except royal status), was inserted with dubious authority by their half-brother Henry IV. p. 635. The Last Knight: the Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era. [24] Bolingbroke then reigned as King Henry IV of England (13991413), the first of the descendants of John of Gaunt to hold the throne of England. Jump up ^ Leese, Thelma Anna, Blood royal: issue of the kings and queens of medieval England, 10661399, (Heritage Books Inc., 1996), 222. The known names of these children are Blanche and Thomas. 7.3 Children Two leading politicians had been beheaded by rebels in London, and Gaunt was left on the Scottish Borders for weeks, waiting for news from the king regarding his fate. Buckingham Palace, perhaps the most famous royal estate of all, is also the most expensive - with an estimated value of $4.9 billion, according to Forbes.. A move to the British landmark would . 6:11 The verb translated corrupt has the idea of being ruined, spoiled, or destroyed. He was scorned by Henry Percy, the Earl of Northumberland who he fled to for help, and was made to believe an army of rebels moved north to arrest and likely kill him. Get FREE access to HistoryExtra.com. BurialSt Paul's Cathedral, City of London Let's learn more about them and find out if they are a part of your family story! 5 (2009), pp. John was the fourth son of King Edward III of England. He died at Leicester Castle in February 1399 with Katherine by his side, but was buried dutifully beside his first wife, Blanche. {{ mediasCtrl.getTitle(media, true) }} {{ media.date_translated }}, {{ asCtrl.bannerRights.content|translate }}, The Geneanet family trees are powered by Geneweb 7.0. (1955). Katherine Swynford was the former chamber servant of Duchess Blanche. Bosque de Palabras Another motive was John's conviction that it was only by making peace with France that it would be possible to release sufficient manpower to enforce his claim to the throne of Castile. m. 1396; wid. The poem refers to John and Blanche in allegory as the narrator relates the tale of "A long castel with walles white/Be Seynt Johan, on a ryche hil" (13181319) who is mourning grievously after the death of his love, "And goode faire White she het/That was my lady name ryght" (948949). Outside of London, particularly in his lands in the north, Gaunt was a popular magnate. Cantor, Norman F. (2004). I was walking along while my soul was . A retrospective portrait commissioned in c.1593 by Sir Edward Hoby for Queenborough Castle, Kent, probably modelled on Gaunt's tomb effigy. He claimed a Spanish kingdom via his wife, daughter of King Pedro the Cruel. 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