Blanche of Lancaster

Blanche
Duchess of Lancaster
The Duke and Duchess of Lancaster on their tomb monument in St Paul's Cathedral, as depicted in 1658 by Wenceslaus Hollar. Anachronistic inaccuracies include Blanche's early-16th-century-style gable headdress.
Born25 March 1342
Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, Kingdom of England
Died12 September 1368 (aged 26)
Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, Kingdom of England
Burial
SpouseJohn of Gaunt
Issue
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HouseLancaster
FatherHenry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster
MotherIsabel of Beaumont

Blanche of Lancaster (25 March 1342 – 12 September 1368) was a member of the English royal House of Lancaster and the daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. She was the first wife of John of Gaunt, the mother of King Henry IV, and the grandmother of King Henry V of England.[1]

  1. ^ The Complete Peerage

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