(1278-1322)
2nd Earl of Lancaster
1311-1322
Earl of Leicester
Earl of Derby 1311
Earl of Lincoln 1311
Earl of Salisbury 1311
11th Baron of Halton 1311
7th Lord of Bowland 1311.
Son of: Edmund of England, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Son of Henry III of England & Blanche d'Artois, Queen Dowager of Navarre.
"The marriage was not successful, they had no children, and they lived quite separate lives. Alice mostly lived alone in her castle of Pickering, Yorkshire, while Thomas took a host of mistresses, and fathered at least two illegitimate children." (Wikipedia)
"His marriage to Alice de Lacy was not successful. They had no children, though he had two illegitimate sons. In 1317 she was abducted from her manor at Canford, Dorset by Richard de St Martin, a knight in the service of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey. This incident caused a feud between Lancaster and Surrey; Lancaster divorced his wife and seized two of Surrey's castles in retaliation. King Edward then intervened, and the two Earls came to an uneasy truce." (Wikipedia)
His lover was:
Unnamed mistress/es.
Natural offspring:
1. Thomas of Lancaster
King's Chamberlain
Friar minor.
"And this is the really interesting one, bold mine: 'To John de Lancastria, son of the late Thomas, earl of Lancaster, scholar of theology. Extension of dispensation, at the request of king Edward, whose kinsman he is, on account of illegitimacy, he being the son of a married man and a spinster related in the third degree of kindred, so as to enable him to resign the church of Uxtoxather and accept any other benefice in its place, and hold the same together with any other benefices.' (Ibid., p. 357, same date.)" (Edward II)
Canon of Salisbury
Rector of Uttoxter 1350
Rector of Charing 1350
Deacon 1351
Priest 1352.
" . . . Richardson has found plenty of references to John of Lancaster and mentions him in his book Plantagenet Ancestry, as well as another illegitimate son of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, also named Thomas - whether the younger Thomas was born of the same mother as John is unclear." (Edward II)
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| John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, c1593 |
Duke of Aquitaine
Earl of Lancaster 1361
14th Baron of Halton 1361
Husband of:
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| Marriage of John of Gaunt & Blanche of Lancaster @Wikipedia |
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| Blanche of Lancaster by Carlos Bunge @geni |
1. Blanche of Lancaster (1345-1368), mar 1359, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster & Isabel de Beaumont.
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| Constance of Castile @Wikipedia |
2. Constanza de Castilla, mar 1371, daughter of Pedro de Castilla & Maria de Padilla.
2. Katherine Swynford. (1350-1403), mar 1369, daughter of Paon de Roet.
"Katherine Swynford was born Katherine de Roet around November 1350 in the County of Hainaut, a self-governing lordship within the jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Empire. Her father was a renowned soldier named Paon, or Payne, de Roet, and he was associated with the retinue of Philippa of Hainault, daghter of the duchy's count William I. On 24 January 1328, Philippa became queen of England following her marriage to Edward III in York Minister, and as a result many of her countrymen followed her across the English Channel, including Paon de Roet." (The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown)
His lovers were:
1) Marie de Saint-Hilaire (1340-1399)
Lady-in-waiting to Queen Philippa
Natural Offspring:
1. Blanche Plantagenet (1359-?) mar Sir Thomas de Morieux.
1. Blanche Plantagenet (1359-?) mar Sir Thomas de Morieux.
"John's first child was an illegitimate daughter known as Blanche Plantagenet (1359-1388/89). Blanche was the daughter of John's mistress Marie de St. Hilaire of Hainaut (1340-after 1399), who was a lady in waiting to his mother, Queen Philippa. The affair apparently took place before John's first marriage, which was to his cousin Blanche of Lancaster. John's daughter, Blanche Plantagenet, married Sir Thomas Morieux in 1381. Morieux held several important posts, including Constable of the Tower the year he was married, and Master of Horse to King Richard II two years later. He died in 1387 after six years of marriage. Blanche Plantagenet Morieux was not included in the decree which legitimated John's children by Katherine Swynford in 1396." (A Few Facts about John of Gaunt)
Duchess of Lancaster
Lady-in-waiting to Duchess Blanche
"Katherine Swynford had first entered the household of the Duchess Blanche as governess to her children. After her death Katherine became the mistress of John of Gaunt, who was a typical Plantagenet, like his father, in his love of women. She was indeed one of the outstanding women of her age, not only beautiful but deeply intelligent, a very capable manager and possessing infinite tact in her relations with Costanza of Castile...." (Bevan, p. 4)
" . . . Their governess here was the duke's mistress, Katherine Swynford, sister-in-law to Geoffrey Chaucer and former lady-in-waiting to Duchess Blanche. It was around this time of his second marriage that Gaunt and Katherine's public affair began, and in 1373 their first child was born, followed by three more in four years. Known as the Beauforts, they became valued friends to Henry, but his closest boyhood companion was probably Thomas Swynford, Katherine's son by her first marriage, who was just a year younger than Henry and was also brought up in the ducal household." (Henry IV: 24)
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| Henry, Duke of Lancaster c1440/c1450 @Wikipedia |
(1310-1361)
1st Duke of Lancaster
Earl of Derby 1337
4th Earl of Lancaster 1345
4th Earl of Leicester 1345
Earl of Lincoln 1349
1st Duke of Lancaster 1351
Earl Palatine of Lancashire 1351
Earl of Moray 1359
Order of the Garter 1347Ambassador to the Vatican
Ambassador to Spain
King's Lieutenant in Scotland 1336
King's Lieutenant in the North 1341
King's Lieutenant in Aquitaine 1345
Vice-Regent in Gascony 1349
Husband of:
Isabella de Beaumont, mar c1334/47, daughter of Henry, Lord Beaumont, 1st Baron Beaumont & Earl of Buchan & Alice Comyn.
"Henry of Grosmont, who could have doubled for Chaucer's 'perfect, gentle knight', was the greatest nobleman in the kingdom. Not only was he Duke of Lancaster, but also Earl of Derby, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lincoln and Lord of Beaufort and Nogent in France. Consequently, his landed interests were vast. He was the greatest of the magnates, an experienced and masterly general, and utterly loyal to the King, who thought very highly of him and treated him as a valued friend. The Duke was a tall and imposing figure, genial and suave. He liked the fine things in life: good food and wine, luxurious and tasteful surroundings, and the robust charms of common women. Yet he was also temperate, pious and charitable, the founder of many religious houses, churches and hospitals." (Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster: 28)
"Henry of Grosmont, who could have doubled for Chaucer's 'perfect, gentle knight', was the greatest nobleman in the kingdom. Not only was he Duke of Lancaster, but also Earl of Derby, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lincoln and Lord of Beaufort and Nogent in France. Consequently, his landed interests were vast. He was the greatest of the magnates, an experienced and masterly general, and utterly loyal to the King, who thought very highly of him and treated him as a valued friend. The Duke was a tall and imposing figure, genial and suave. He liked the fine things in life: good food and wine, luxurious and tasteful surroundings, and the robust charms of common women. Yet he was also temperate, pious and charitable, the founder of many religious houses, churches and hospitals." (Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster: 28)
"Henry, however, had other consolations. In his Livre, he admitted that he had made love with many women and sung love songs to them, and although he thought that noblewomen smelled nicer, he preferred common women as they were more responsive when he kissed them (or had sex with them; he used the word beiser, which can mean both). He wrote that he stretched out his legs in his stirrups when competing in jousting tournaments so that women would admire his calves, admitted that when he was young he took "very great delight in lust," and had a "great desire to be praised, then loved, then lost" by women (grant desir d'estree preisez, puis amez, et puis perduz). It's hard to imagine that Henry had any difficulties finding willing partners; not only was he enormously wealthy, powerful and royal, he described himself in the Livre as tall, fair, slim, strong and good-looking - and yes, he also admitted that he was guilty of vanity by taking pleasure in his own beauty! Henry's self-description was probably accurate, though: a chronicler described his uncle Thomas of Lancaster as greles et de bel entaile, "slim and of fair size," i.e. tall, both Geoffrey Chaucer and Jean Froissart wrote that Henry's daughter Blanche was tall, blonde and lovely, and the Lancasters were close kin to Edward II, whose uncommon height and good looks were remarked on by many chroniclers." (Edward II)
His lover was:
Unknown mistress.
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