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May 23, 2024 · Genealogy for John of Gaunt (Plantagenet) (c.1340 - 1399) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. People Projects Discussions Surnames
5 days ago · When John of Gaunt died in 1399, Richard disinherited John's son, Henry, who invaded England in response with a small force that quickly grew in numbers. Meeting little resistance, Henry deposed Richard to have himself crowned Henry IV of England.
5 days ago · John and Katherine were constantly in each other‘s company, either at court or on numerous adventures and campaigns…Those around Gaunt disapproved but could do little to sway him from his obsession with an unsuitable woman many years his junior." After John‘s second wife died, he shocked English society by marrying Katherine in 1396.
May 22, 2024 · The Tudors descended from King Edward III on Henry VII's mother's side from John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, one of the illegitimate children of the 14th century English prince John of Gaunt, the third surviving son of Edward III.
May 22, 2024 · Henry's paternal grandfather was the influential John of Gaunt, a son of King Edward III. As he was not close to the line of succession to the throne, Henry's date of birth was not officially documented, and for many years it was disputed whether he was born in 1386 or 1387. [3]
4 days ago · John, his grandson, was summoned to parliament as Lord Moels, in 1292; John, grandson of the last-mentioned John, married the heiress of Lovell, of Castle Cary, and dying in or about 1337, left two daughters, co-heiresses, married to Courtenay and Bottreaux.
May 13, 2024 · Son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all the Tudors. Always close to the English throne, John of Gaunt left a complex legacy. Too rich, too powerful, too haughty - did he have his eye on his nephew's throne? Why was he such a focus of hate in the Peasants' Revolt?
