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Duchess Blanche of Lancaster[1]

Female circa 1342 - 1369  (~ 27 years)


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  • Name Blanche of Lancaster 
    Prefix Duchess 
    Born circa 1342  Lancaster - dtr of Henry, Duke of Lancaster Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • the death of Duchess Blanche of Lancaster, age 27, having been the mother of 7 children, only one of whom, Henry, is known and listed.
    Gender Female 
    Died Sep 13, 1369  Lancaster, England - wife of John of Gaunt Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Blance of Lancaster married her cousin, John of Gaunt, both descendants of the House of Plantagenet on 19 May 1359.
    Person ID I20134  mykindred
    Last Modified Apr 10, 2003 

    Family John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster,   b. 1340, Ghent (France) - son of Edward III of England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1399, Leicester Castle (age 59) Lancaster, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married May 19, 1359  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. King Henry IV of England,   b. Apr 13, 1367, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 20, 1413, Westminster Palace, London, England (age 45) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F7303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S415] Weis, Frederick Lewis - Ancestral Roots of Sixty C, Weis page 4 line 1A.

    2. [S295] Tuchman, Barbara W. - A Distant Mirror (1978), Tuchman page 298.

    3. [S415] Weis, Frederick Lewis - Ancestral Roots of Sixty C, Weis page 3 line 31 biog. of John of Gaunt.