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About Blanche of Lancaster
"Blanche of Lancaster, Duchess of Lancaster (25 March 1345 – 12 September 1368) was an English noblewoman and heiress, daughter of England's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. She was the first wife of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and the mother of King Henry IV of England."
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Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Lancaster
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8043645
http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=1010
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I505&tree=Eu...
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I104&tree=Nixon
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I197526&tree...
http://thepeerage.com/p10189.htm#i101885
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Citations / Sources
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), pages 99-101. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
[S16] #894 Cahiers de Saint-Louis (1976), Louis IX, Roi de France, (Angers: J. Saillot, 1976), FHL book 944 D22ds., vol. 1 p. 4; vol. 30 p. 12.
[S20] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 2 p. 534.
[S22] #374 The Lineage and Ancestry of H. R. H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (1977), Paget, Gerald, (2 volumes. Baltimore: Geneal. Pub., 1977), FHL book Q 942 D22pg., vol. 1 p. 18.
[S23] #849 Burke's Guide to the Royal Family (1973), (London: Burke's Peerage, c1973), FHl book 942 D22bgr., p. 196,197,199.
[S40] Handbook of British Chronology (1986), Fryde, E. B., editor, (Royal Historical Society guides and handbooks, no. 2. London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986), FHL book 942 C4rg no. 2., p. 40.
[S45] Journal of British Studies, (The University of Chicago Press), FHL Book 942 H25j., "Edward III and His Family", vol. 26 no. 4 p. 398,410
[S49] Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, (Periodical. Chobham, Surrey, England: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2005- Published twice yearly.), vol. 1 no. 5 2005 p. 310.
[S69] #2251 The Royal Bastards of Medieval England (1984), Given-Wilson, Chris and Alice Curteis, (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984), FHL book 942 D5g., p. 147.
[S124] #240 Collins's Peerage of England, Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Greatly Augmented, and Continued to the Present Time (1812), Brydges, Sir Egerton,, (9 volumes. London: [T. Bensley], 1812), FHL book 942 D22be., vol. 1 p. 224.
[S333] #773 The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland: Compiled from the Works of the Most Approved Historians, National Records and Other Authentic Documents, Public and Private (1811), Blore, Thomas, (Stanford: R. Newcomb, [1811]), FHL book 942.545 H2b (British X Large Folio)., p. 98.
[S338] Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2004), Richardson, Douglas, edited by Kamball G. Everingham, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), FHL book 942 D5rd., p. xxix.
[S452] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 4 p. 204; vol. 4 appndx. H chart V; vol. 5 p. 196, 254, ped. chart between p. 736 and 737, appndx. J p. 803.
[S673] #1079 A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time (1904-1993), Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred, (Publications of the South Wales Record Society, number 8. Five volumes in 13. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1904-1993), FHL book 942.43 H2b., vol. 1 p. 6*; vol. 2 p. 25.
[S712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. I.
[S735] Richard III, Ross, Charles Derek, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981), JWML book DA260 .R67 1981., p. 238.
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[S2221] #244 The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton (1822-1841), Baker, George, (2 volumes. London: J. B. Nichols and Son, 1822-1841), FHL book Q 942.55 H2bal; FHL microfilm 962,237 ite., vol. 1 p. 55.
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Blanche of Lancaster Memorial
Birth: Mar. 25, 1345 Lincolnshire, England Death: Sep. 30, 1369 Staffordshire, England
English nobility, the daughter of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster and Isabel Beaumont. Some sources say she was born March 25, 1345. She married John of Gaunt on May 19, 1359 at Reading. The couple had seven children, including the future King Henry IV and Philippa, Queen of Portugal. Blanche died of plague at Bolingbroke Castle at the age of 29. Geoffrey Chaucer's original poem "The Book of the Duchess" was written as a eulogy for Blanche. (bio by: Kristen Conrad)
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Parents:
Henry of Lancaster (1310 - 1361)
Isabel de Beaumont (____ - 1361)
Spouse:
John of Gaunt (1340 - 1399)*
Children:
Philippa of Lancaster (1360 - 1415)*
Elizabeth Lancaster (1363 - 1425)*
Henry IV (1367 - 1413)*
Sibling:
Maud of Lancaster (1339 - 1362)*
Blanche of Lancaster (1345 - 1369)
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Saint Paul's Cathedral London City of London Greater London, England
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: girlofcelje Record added: Oct 30, 2003 Find A Grave Memorial# 8043645
Blanche of Lancaster's Timeline
1342 |
March 25, 1342
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Monmouthshire, Wales
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1360 |
March 31, 1360
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Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicester, England (United Kingdom)
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1362 |
1362
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England, Leicestershire, , England
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1363 |
February 21, 1363
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Burford, Shropshire, England
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1365 |
May 4, 1365
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1366 |
March 4, 1366
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Leicester, Leicestershire, , England
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1367 |
April 3, 1367
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Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)
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1368 |
September 12, 1368
Age 26
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Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England
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1368
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Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, , England
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