John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster ★ |•••► #Belgica #Genealogia #Genealogy

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster is your 16th great uncle.
You → Carlos Juan Felipe Antonio Vicente De La Cruz Urdaneta Alamo 
   →  Enrique Jorge Urdaneta Lecuna
your father →  Elena Cecilia Lecuna Escobar
his mother →  María Elena de la Concepción Escobar Llamosas
her mother → Cecilia Cayetana de la Merced Llamosas Vaamonde de Escobar
her mother →  Cipriano Fernando de Las Llamosas y García
her father → José Lorenzo de las Llamozas Silva
his father →  Joseph Julián Llamozas Ranero
his father →  Manuel Llamosas y Requecens
his father →  Isabel de Requesens
his mother →  Luis de Requeséns y Zúñiga, Virrey de Holanda
her father →  Juan de Zúñiga Avellaneda y Velasco
his father → Pedro de Zúñiga y Avellaneda, II conde de Miranda del Castañar
his father →  Diego López de Zúñiga y Guzmán, I conde de Miranda del Castañar
his father → D. Pedro López de Zúñiga y García de Leyva, I Conde de Ledesma, Conde de Plasencia
his father → Dª. Juana García de Leyva, Señora de Hacinas, Quintanilla y Villavaquerín
his mother →  Juan Martínez de Leyva, III
her father →  Isabella Plantagenet
his mother → Edward III of England
her father →  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
his son
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John of Gaunt (Ghent), 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG

Successor: Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (2nd Duke of Lancaster and of Aquitaine)

Spouse:

Blanche of Lancaster

m. 1359; dec. 1369

Infanta Constance of Castile

m. 1371; dec. 1394

Katherine Swynford

m. 1396; wid. 1399

Issue:

Philippa, Queen of Portugal

Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter

Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England

Catherine, Queen of Castile

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset

Cardinal Henry Beaufort

Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland

House House of Plantagenet (by birth)

House of Lancaster (founder)

Father Edward III of Windsor, King of England

Mother Philippa of Hainault

Born 6 March 1340(1340-03-06)

Ghent, Belgium

Died 3 February 1399 (aged 58)

Leicester Castle, Leicestershire

Burial St Paul's Cathedral, City of London

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"John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was called "John of Gaunt" because he was born in Ghent, then rendered in English as Gaunt. When he became unpopular later in life, scurrilous rumours and lampoons circulated that he was actually the son of a Ghent butcher, perhaps because Edward III was not present at the birth. This story always drove him to fury. As a younger brother of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward, the Black Prince), John exercised great influence over the English throne during the minority of his nephew, Richard II, and during the ensuing periods of political strife, but was not thought to have been among the opponents of the king.

John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, the Lancasters, included Kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. His other legitimate descendants included, by his first wife, Blanche, his daughters Queen Philippa of Portugal and Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter; and by his second wife, Constance, his daughter Queen Catherine of Castile. John fathered five children outside marriage, one early in life by a lady-in-waiting to his mother, and four surnamed "Beaufort" (after a former French possession of the Duke) by Katherine Swynford, Gaunt's long-term mistress and third wife. 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 (English: except royal status), was inserted with dubious authority by their half-brother Henry IV. Descendants of this marriage included Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester and eventually Cardinal; Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, grandmother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III; John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, the grandfather of Margret Beaufort, the mother of King Henry VII; and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, from whom are descended, beginning in 1437, all subsequent sovereigns of Scotland, and successively, from 1603 on, the sovereigns of England, of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the United Kingdom to the present day. The three succeeding houses of English sovereigns from 1399—the Houses of Lancaster, York and Tudor—were descended from John through Henry Bolingbroke, Joan Beaufort and John Beaufort, respectively.

Lancaster's eldest son and heir, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, was exiled for ten years by King Richard II in 1398 as resolution to a dispute between Hereford and Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. When John of Gaunt died in 1399, his estates and titles were declared forfeit to the crown as King Richard II named Hereford a traitor and commuted his sentence to exile for life.

Henry Bolingbroke returned from exile to reclaim his inheritance and depose Richard. 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. Due to some generous land grants, John was not only one of the richest men in his era, but also one of the wealthiest men to have ever lived. Taking into account inflation rates, John was worth a modern equivalent of $110 billion, making him the sixteenth richest man in history"

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http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=942

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http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I465&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous

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http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I80355&tree=Welsh

http://www.mathematical.com/gauntjohn1340.htm (which gives his baptism date as his birth date)

http://www.nndb.com/people/826/000094544/

http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/14843

http://www.royalist.info/execute/biog?person=6

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10188.htm#i101878

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John of Gaunt Memorial

Birth: Mar. 6, 1340 Ghent Arrondissement Gent East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium Death: Feb. 3, 1399 Leicester Leicester Unitary Authority Leicestershire, England

English Royalty. 1st Duke of Lancaster. Born the fourth son of Edward III Plantagenet and Queen Philippa of Hainault, at Ghent (or Gaunt) in Flanders. He was made Earl of Richmond in September 1342. He married Blanche, Countess of Derby in May 1359, with whom he had seven children, including the future Henry IV. After his marriage, he was styled as Earl of Derby and of Leicester. He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in April 1361. He gained the title of Duke of Lancaster in November 1362 . After the death of his wife in 1369, the ambitious Duke married Costanza, the daughter of Pedro I, King of Léon and Castilla in 1372, with whom he had two children. After his marriage, he was styled as King John of Léon and Castilla. He took Katherine Swynford as his mistress about the same time, and with her had four children, who were given the surname Beaufort. He campaigned with his elder brother, Edward of Woodstock, and took part in the conflicts of the Hundred Years War. After the death of his brother in 1376, he was in the ascendancy at court, however, favor coincided with widespread resentment of his influence among the English population. When his father died in 1377, and was succeeded by Edward's 10 year old son, John became the protector of the young king and effectively ruled England during his minority. His decisions on taxation however, culminated in the Peasants' Revolt in 1381. In 1386, he left England in an unsuccessful attempt to claim the Castilian throne. Upon his return to England in 1389, he served as mediator between the king and the Lords Appellant who had been on the brink of violence. In March 1390, Richard II invested John as Duke of Aquitaine. Costanza died at Leicester Castle in March 1394, and John married his mistress, Katherine, in 1396 at Lincoln Cathedral. The couple's children were legitimized by Richard II and the Church, but barred from inheriting the throne. He died at Leicester Castle three years later at the age of fifty-eight, he was buried beside his first wife in the choir of St Paul's Cathedral. (bio by: Iola)

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Parents: Edward III (1312 - 1377) Philippa d'Avesnes of Hainault (1311 - 1369) Spouses: Blanche of Lancaster (1345 - 1369) Katherine Roet Swynford (1350 - 1403) Constance of Castile (1354 - 1394)* Children: Philippa of Lancaster (1360 - 1415)* Elizabeth Lancaster (1363 - 1425)* Henry IV (1367 - 1413)* John de Beaufort (1371 - 1410)* Catherine Plantagenet Of Lancaster (1373 - 1418)* Henry Beaufort (1374 - 1447)* Joan Beaufort Neville (1375 - 1440)* Thomas de Beaufort (1377 - 1426)* Siblings: Joan Perrers Skerne (____ - 1431)** Edward Plantagenet (1330 - 1376)* Isabel Plantagenet de Coucy (1332 - 1379)* Joan Plantagenet (1334 - 1348)* Prince William Of Hatfield (1337 - 1337)* Lionel Plantagenet (1338 - 1368)* John of Gaunt (1340 - 1399) Edmund of Langley (1341 - 1402)* Blanche de la Tour (1342 - 1342)* Mary de Waltham (1344 - 1362)* Princess Margaret Plantagenet Hastings (1346 - 1361)* William de Windsor (1348 - 1348)* Prince Thomas Woodstock Plantagenet (1355 - 1397)*
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Burial: Saint Paul's Cathedral London City of London Greater London, England Plot: Nave

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Philippa of Lancaster, Queen consort of Portugal ★ |•••► #reINO UNIDO #Genealogia #Genealogy ♛

Filipa de Lencastre, rainha consorte de Portugal is your first cousin 16 times removed.
You → Carlos Juan Felipe Antonio Vicente De La Cruz Urdaneta Alamo
   →  Enrique Jorge Urdaneta Lecuna
your father →  Elena Cecilia Lecuna Escobar
his mother →  María Elena de la Concepción Escobar Llamosas
her mother → Cecilia Cayetana de la Merced Llamosas Vaamonde de Escobar
her mother →  Cipriano Fernando de Las Llamosas y García
her father → José Lorenzo de las Llamozas Silva
his father →  Joseph Julián Llamozas Ranero
his father →  Manuel Llamosas y Requecens
his father →  Isabel de Requesens
his mother →  Luis de Requeséns y Zúñiga, Virrey de Holanda
her father →  Juan de Zúñiga Avellaneda y Velasco
his father → Pedro de Zúñiga y Avellaneda, II conde de Miranda del Castañar
his father →  Diego López de Zúñiga y Guzmán, I conde de Miranda del Castañar
his father → D. Pedro López de Zúñiga y García de Leyva, I Conde de Ledesma, Conde de Plasencia
his father → Dª. Juana García de Leyva, Señora de Hacinas, Quintanilla y Villavaquerín
his mother →  Juan Martínez de Leyva, III
her father →  Isabella Plantagenet
his mother → Edward III of England
her father →  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
his son →  Filipa de Lencastre, rainha consorte de Portugal
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Philippa of Lancaster
 Connected to: Leicester Queen consort of Portugal Illustrious Generation

Philippa of Lancaster

Queen Philippa in Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal (António de Holanda; 1530-1534)
Queen consort of Portugal
Tenure 11 February 1387 – 19 July 1415
Born 31 March 1360
Leicester Castle, Leicester, England
Died 19 July 1415 (aged 55)
Sacavém, Portugal
Burial Batalha Monastery
Spouse John I of Portugal
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Father John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
Mother Blanche of Lancaster
Religion Catholicism
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Philippa of Lancaster (Portuguese: Filipa [fɨˈlipɐ]; 31 March 1360 – 19 July 1415) was Queen of Portugal from 1387 until 1415 by marriage to King John I. Born into the royal family of England, her marriage secured the Treaty of Windsor and produced several children who became known as the "Illustrious Generation" in Portugal.

Early life and education
Born on 31 March 1360, Philippa was the oldest child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster.[1] Philippa spent her infancy moving around the various properties owned by her family with her mother and her wet-nurse, Maud.[2] Here, she was raised and educated alongside her two younger siblings, Elizabeth, who was three years younger, and Henry, seven years younger, who would later become King Henry IV. Philippa's mother died of plague in 1369. Her father remarried in 1371 to Infanta Constance of Castile, daughter of King Peter of Castile and on Constance's death in 1394, he married his former mistress, Katherine Swynford, who had been Philippa's governess. The affair and eventual marriage was considered scandalous, and in the future Philippa would protect herself against such embarrassment.[3]

Katherine seems to have been well liked by Philippa and her Lancastrian siblings and played an important role in Philippa's education. Katherine had close ties with Geoffrey Chaucer, since her sister, Philippa Roet, was Chaucer's wife. John of Gaunt became Chaucer's patron, and Chaucer spent much time with the family as one of Philippa's many mentors and teachers. She was remarkably well educated for a female at the time and studied science under Friar John, poetry under Jean Froissart, and philosophy and theology under John Wycliffe.[2] She was well read in the works of Greek and Roman scholars such as Pliny and Herodotus and was diligent in her study of religion.[2]

Marriage
Philippa became Queen consort of Portugal through her marriage to King John I. This marriage was the final step in the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance against the Franco-Castillian axis. The couple were blessed by the church in the Cathedral of Porto on 2 February 1387 and their marriage was on 14 February 1387. The Portuguese court celebrated the union for fifteen days.[4] Philippa married King John I by proxy, and in keeping with a unique Portuguese tradition, the stand-in bridegroom pretended to bed the bride. The stand-in for King John I was João Rodrigues de Sá.[5]

The marriage itself, as was usually the case for the nobility in the Middle Ages, was a matter of state and political alliance, and the couple did not meet until twelve days after they were legally married. Philippa was considered to be rather plain, and King João I (John I) already had a mistress, Inês Peres Esteves, by whom he had three children.[6][7] Their son Afonso was ten when Philippa and John married. Philippa allowed Afonso and his sister Beatrice to be raised in the Portuguese court (the third child, Branca, died in infancy). Their mother left the court at Philippa's command to live in a convent, and under Philippa's patronage, she became the Prioress.[7]

In marrying Philippa, John I established a political and personal alliance with John of Gaunt, initially because it was rumoured that John of Gaunt would claim the Kingdom of Castile through Catherine of Lancaster, his daughter by his second wife Constance of Castile.[8] As the "de facto King of Castile," it was feared that John of Gaunt could challenge King John's claim to the newly installed dynasty.[4] Instead, at Windsor in 1386, John I of Portugal signed the remarkably long-lasting Portuguese-English Alliance, which continued through the Napoleonic Wars and ensured Portugal's tenuous neutrality in World War II.[9][10] Philippa, at the age of 27, was thought to be too old to become a bride for the first time, and the court questioned her ability to bear the King's children; however, Philippa bore nine children, six of whom survived into adulthood.

Influence at court
The wedding of Philippa and John
The wedding of Philippa and John
Though Philippa was seen to present a demeanour of queenly piety,[11] commenting that "it would be regarded as an indecent thing for a wife to interfere in her husband’s affairs",[11] she wielded significant influence in both the Portuguese and English courts and was "actively involved in world affairs".[11] Surviving letters show that Philippa often wrote to the English court from Portugal and stayed involved in English politics. On one instance, Philippa intervened in court politics on "behalf of followers of the dethroned Richard II when they appealed for her help after her brother, Henry IV, had usurped the English throne".[11] On another occasion, she persuaded the reluctant Earl of Arundel to marry her husband's illegitimate daughter Beatrice,[11] further cementing the alliance between Portugal and England.

Philippa's main political contribution, however, was in her own court. Upon the end of the Portuguese involvement in several wars with Castile and the Moors, the Portuguese economy was failing, and many soldiers now unemployed. Philippa knew that the conquest and control of Ceuta would be quite lucrative for Portugal with the control of the African and Indian spice trade. Though Philippa died before her plan was realised, Portugal did send an expedition to conquer the city, a goal that was realised on 14 August 1415 in the Battle of Ceuta.[2]

Children
Philippa was apparently a generous and loving queen, the mother of the "Illustrious Generation" (in Portuguese, Ínclita Geração) of infantes (princes) and infantas (princesses). Her children were:[12]

Blanche (13 July 1388 – 6 March 1389), died in infancy.
Alphonse (30 July 1390 – 22 December 1400), heir of the throne, died in childhood at the age of 10, in Braga, and was buried in Braga Cathedral.
Edward (Duarte) (31 October 1391 – 13 September 1438), a writer and an intellectual who succeeded his father as King of Portugal in 1433.
Peter (9 December 1392 – 20 May 1449), Duke of Coimbra, a well-travelled man who served as Regent during the minority of his nephew Afonso V.
Henry (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), called "the Navigator", first Duke of Viseu, who guided Portugal to the Age of Discovery.
Isabella (21 February 1397 – 11 December 1471), married Philip III of Burgundy.
Blanche (11 April 1398 – 27 July 1398), died in infancy.
John (13 January 1400 – 18 October 1442), Constable of Portugal, Lord of Reguengos, grandfather of two 16th century Iberian monarchs (Manuel I of Portugal and Isabella I of Castile).
Ferdinand (29 September 1402 – 5 June 1443), called "the Saint Prince", a warrior who was captured during the Disaster of Tangier in 1437 and died a prisoner of the Moors.
Death
At the age of 55, Philippa fell ill with the plague. She moved from Lisbon to Sacavém and called her sons to her bedside so that she could give them her blessing.[13] Philippa presented her three eldest sons with jewel-encrusted swords, which they would use in their impending knighthoods, and gave each a portion of the True Cross, "enjoining them to preserve their faith and to fulfil the duties of their rank".[14]

Though he had been reluctant to marry her, the king had grown quite fond of his wife, and it is said that he was "so grieved by [her] mortal illness… that he could neither eat nor sleep".[14] In her final hours, Philippa was said to be lucid and without pain. According to legend she was roused by a wind which blew strongly against the house and asked what wind it was, upon hearing it was the north wind, she claimed it quite beneficial for her son's and husband's voyage to Africa, which she had coordinated.[15] At her death she prayed with several priests and, "without any toil or suffering, gave her soul into the hands of Him who created her, a smile appearing on her mouth as though she disdained the life of this world".[14]

Legacy
Philippa and King John's union was praised for establishing purity and virtue in a court that was regarded as particularly corrupt.[16] Philippa is remembered as the mother of "The Illustrious Generation" (Portuguese: Ínclita Geração). Her surviving children went on to make historically significant contributions in their own right. Edward became the eleventh King of Portugal, and was known as, "The Philosopher," or the "Eloquent." Henry the Navigator sponsored expeditions to Africa.

Philippa's influence was documented in literary works. The medieval French poet Eustache Deschamps dedicated one of his ballads to "Phelippe en Lancastre," as a partisan of the Order of the Flower.[17] It has also been speculated that Geoffrey Chaucer may have alluded to Philippa in his poem, "The Legend of Good Women," through the character, Alceste.[18]

Linea Genetica N°1 FAMILIA |•••► PHILIPPA
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1.- 1360 PHILIPPA OF LANCASTER, QUEEN CONSORT OF PORTUGAL |•••► Pais:reINO UNIDO
PADRE: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
MADRE: Blanche of Lancaster


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2.- 1340 JOHN OF GAUNT, 1ST DUKE OF LANCASTER |•••► Pais:Belgica
PADRE: Edward III Plantagenet, King of England
MADRE: Philippa de Hainault, Queen consort of England


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3.- 1312 EDWARD III PLANTAGENET, KING OF ENGLAND  |•••► Pais:rEINO UNIDO
PADRE: Eduardo II de Inglaterra(Casa real Plantagenet)
MADRE: Isabelle De France, Reine Consort D'angleterre


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4.- 1284 EDUARDO II DE INGLATERRA(CASA REAL PLANTAGENET) |•••► Pais:Gales
PADRE: Eduardo I (1239-1307), Rey de Inglaterra
MADRE: Leonor de Castilla (1241-1290)


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5.- 1239 EDUARDO I (1239-1307), REY DE INGLATERRA |•••► Pais:REINO UNIDO
PADRE: Henry III (1207-1272), Rey de Inglaterra
MADRE: Leonor de Provenza (1223-1291)


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6.- 1207 HENRY III (1207-1272), REY DE INGLATERRA |•••► Pais:REINO UNIDO
PADRE: John (1166-1216), Rey de Inglaterra
MADRE: Isabella of Angouleme (1186-1246)


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7.- 1166 JOHN (1166-1216), REY DE INGLATERRA |•••► Pais:REINO UNIDO
PADRE: Henry II  Plantagenet (Curtmantle), king of England
MADRE: Eleanor d'Aquitaine, Queen Consort Of England


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8.- 1133 HENRY II  PLANTAGENET (CURTMANTLE), KING OF ENGLAND |•••► Pais:FRANCIA
PADRE: Geoffroy V, Count of Anjou, Maine and Mortain
MADRE: Matilde de Inglaterra (1102-1167), reina de Inglaterra


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9.- 1113 GEOFFROY V, COUNT OF ANJOU, MAINE AND MORTAIN |•••► Pais:FRANCIA
PADRE: Fulk V, King of Jerusalem
MADRE: Ermengarde, countess of Maine


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10.- 1089 FULK V, KING OF JERUSALEM |•••► Pais:FRANCIA
PADRE: Fulk IV The Surly, count of Anjou
MADRE: Bertrada of Montfort, Queen consort of France


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11.- 1043 FULK IV THE SURLY, COUNT OF ANJOU |•••► Pais:FRANCE
PADRE: Gâtinais Godofredo conde de
MADRE: Anjou Ermengarda de


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12.-  GÂTINAIS GODOFREDO CONDE DE |•••► Pais:
PADRE: Gâtinais
MADRE:


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