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Philippa of Lancaster

Female 1360 - 1415  (55 years)


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  • Name Philippa of Lancaster 
    Birth 31 Mar 1360  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 Jul 1415  Odivelas, near Lisbon, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial Batalha, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Siblings 2 siblings 
    Person ID I21014  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2023 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Blanche of Lancaster,   b. 25 Mar 1342   d. 12 Sep 1368 (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage May 1359  Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F9684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joao I, King of Portugal,   b. 11 Apr 1358, Lisbon, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1433, Lisbon, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1387  Porto, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F12498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2023 

  • Notes 
    • "[D]iscreet, pious, austere, and modest, mother of the 'Illustrious Generation' as her children were called, introduced French customs and culture to the Portugese court." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

      She died of the plague.

      Philippa of Lancaster = Joao I, King of Portugal
      Joao, Prince of Portugal = Isabella of Braganza
      Isabella of Portugal = Juan II, King of Castile (1405-1454)
      Isabella of Castile (1451-1504) = Ferdinand I, King of Spain (1452-1516)

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler., date only.

    3. [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.

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