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Blanche of Lancaster

Female 1342 - 1368  (26 years)


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  • Name Blanche of Lancaster 
    Birth 25 Mar 1342  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 12 Sep 1368  [2, 3
    Burial St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Person ID I15869  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of LD
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2023 

    Father Henry of Grosmont,   b. 1314   d. 24 Mar 1361, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Isabel de Beaumont   d. Aft 24 Mar 1361 
    Marriage Abt 1337 
    Family ID F9683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John of Gaunt,   b. Mar 1340, Abbey of St. Bavo, Ghent, Flanders Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage May 1359  Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Philippa of Lancaster,   b. 31 Mar 1360, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1415, Odivelas, near Lisbon, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +2. Elizabeth of Lancaster,   b. Bef 21 Feb 1363
    +3. Henry IV, King of England,   b. 1367, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1413, Jerusalem Chamber in the abbot's house near Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    Family ID F9684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Charles M. Hansen noted in 2023 (citation details below) that she was born on the feast of the Annunciation, which was on 25 March in 1342, not 23 March as erroneously reported in his and Neil D. Thompson's Ancestry of Charles II (citation details below).

  • Sources 
    1. [S6857] Charles M. Hansen, "Additions and Corrections to The Genealogist: Charles II." The Genealogist 37:93, Spring 2023.

    2. [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012.

    3. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing., month and year only.

    4. [S77] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester by George Ormerod. Second edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882.

    5. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.