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Ancestry Solutions'
Ancestral Collectives
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 1340 - 1399 (58 years)
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| Name |
John of GAUNT |
| Prefix |
Duke of Lancaster, Titular King of Castile & Leon, |
| Born |
24 Jun 1340 |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
F682ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C3548DD |
| Died |
3 Feb 1399 |
| Person ID |
I1741 |
YoungFamily |
| Last Modified |
28 Oct 2021 |
| Family 1 |
Katharine DE ROET, b. 1356, Guyenne, France  , d. 10 May 1403 (Age 47 years) |
| Married |
13 Jan 1396 |
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| _UID |
CF7AABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C3519F5 |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
15 May 2022 |
| Family ID |
F618 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Blanche of LANCASTER, b. 25 Mar 1342, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England , d. 12 Sep 1368, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England (Age 26 years) |
| _UID |
AF759E0C12F68042B0D8F71189327F2A8C30 |
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| Last Modified |
15 May 2022 |
| Family ID |
F5763 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Titular King of Castile and Leon.
New developments in DNA testing of the recently found Richard III has revealed that there has been a NPE somewhere within the 19 generations between the Duke of Beaufort and Richard III. There is no link in DNA between the descendants alive today of the 5th Duke of Beaufort and Richard III. There are 5 potential break points that would affect descent of the current royal houses to Edward III.
University of Leicester
Published on Dec 2, 2014
Dr Turi King and Professor Kevin Schϋrer discuss the findings of Y chromosome analysis in the King Richard III case and the theoretical consequences of the results.
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Filmed & Edited by Carl Vivian
Produced by Dr Turi King and Professor Kevin Schϋrer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te9NuJtP-cM
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January 13, 1396: "John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, marries Lady Katherine Swynford, the mother of his four Beaufort children, in Lincoln Cathedral.
The marriage was a remarkable decision; rarely did royal princes marry their mistresses, and Gaunt had very publicly rejected Katherine fifteen years earlier during the aftermath of the Peasants Revolt. Gaunt's third marriage, and Katherine's second, it was inevitable the union would incur scathing criticism once it became widely known; the ecclesiastical chronicler Thomas Walsingham cynically noted that the marriage occurred ‘to the amazement of all at such a miraculous happening, for she had a very small fortune’, before scornfully adding ‘Such was the magnitude of his error’. The Burgundian chronicler Jean Froissart meanwhile believed the wedding had ‘caused much astonishment in France and England as she was of humble birth’.
This criticism was slightly unfair; disregarding Gaunt’s incomparable wealth and obvious lack of need for further prosperity, it’s clear Katherine was an amiable lady with a charming nature that appealed to the duke. She had retained his affections in the face of enforced separation, public vilification, social ostracism and violent uprisings. Put simply, John of Gaunt didn’t marry Katherine Swnyford out of gratitude or duty, he married her precisely because that was what he wanted to do.
The marriage also paved the way for the legitimisation of the couple's four Beaufort children, which occurred over the following year. This would have far-reaching consequences, as in 1485 their great-great grandson Henry Tudor was propelled towards the throne of England using the Royal blood he inherited from his Beaufort forebears." - Nathen Amin, author of 'The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown'
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