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866. John of Gaunt Plantagenet Duke of Lancaster153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160, born March 28, 1340 in St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium161; died February 03, 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169. He was the son of 1732. King Edward III Edward III Plantagenet King of England and 1733. Philippa de Hainault. He married 867. Katherine de Roet of Guienne January 13, 1396/97 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England170. 867. Katherine de Roet of Guienne171,172,173,174,175, born 1350 in Picardy, Hainault, France176; died May 10, 1403 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England176,177,178,179,180,181,182. She was the daughter of 1734. Kt Payne de Roet of Guienne and 1735. Unknown. Notes for John of Gaunt Plantagenet Duke of Lancaster: [large-G675.FTW] Reference number Washington-11766. More About John of Gaunt Plantagenet Duke of Lancaster: Fact 1: Acceded: 13 Nov 1362 as Duke of Lancaster. Also Lord Beaufort & Nogent.183,184 Fact 2: Also the Earl of Richmond, Earl of Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine.185,186 Fact 3: Also King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon.187,188 Fact 4: Dominated gov't. of England during his father Hing Edward III's declining years.189,190 More About Katherine de Roet of Guienne: Fact 1: Governess to John of Gaunt's daughter by his 1st wife, Blanche Plantagenet.190 Marriage Notes for John Duke of Lancaster and Katherine de Roet: [large-G675.FTW] There were four children of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, by his mistress, Catherine (Roet) Swynford, whom Gaunt later married (on 13 January 1396) as his third wife, at which time their four (grown) children were legitimized, taking the surname Beaufort. After John of Gaunt's death, however, the four Beauforts were barred from succession to the English throne by their half-brother King Henry IV. Nevertheless, John Beaufort's (the eldest of the four children) great-grandson Henry (VII) Tudor was able to win
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