Blanche of Lancaster

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14th-century English person Duchess consort of Lancaster English noblewoman heiress medieval noble

Blanche of Lancaster was a 14th-century English noblewoman, heiress, and first wife of John of Gaunt, whose inheritance helped lay the foundations of the Lancastrian branch of the English royal family.

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Label	Occurrences
Blanche of Lancaster canonical	16

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	14th-century English person ⓘ Duchess consort of Lancaster ⓘ English noblewoman ⓘ heiress ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ
associatedWith	Lancastrian branch of the English royal family ⓘ
birthDate	1342 ⓘ
birthPlace	Bolingbroke Castle ⓘ England ⓘ Lincolnshire ⓘ
burialPlace	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Old St Paul’s Cathedral
causeOfDeath	possibly plague ⓘ
child	Edward of Lancaster (died young) ⓘ Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter ⓘ King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: Henry Bolingbroke Isabel of Lancaster (died young) ⓘ John of Lancaster (died young) ⓘ Philippa of Lancaster ⓘ
commemoratedBy	The Book of the Duchess ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	1368-09-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	England ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ Tutbury Castle ⓘ
dynasticSignificance	ancestress of the Lancastrian kings of England ⓘ
era	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName	House of Plantagenet ⓘ surface form: Plantagenet
father	Henry of Grosmont ⓘ surface form: Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
givenName	Blanche ⓘ
heldTitleFrom	Duchess of Lancaster, 1362 ⓘ
inheritedFrom	Henry of Grosmont ⓘ surface form: Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
languageSpoken	Anglo-Norman ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Norman French Middle English ⓘ
marriageDate	1359-05-19 ⓘ
marriagePlace	Berkshire ⓘ England ⓘ Reading ⓘ Reading Abbey ruins ⓘ surface form: Reading Abbey
mother	Isabel de Beaumont ⓘ
name	Blanche of Lancaster self-link ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Lancaster ⓘ
notableFor	her vast inheritance that passed to John of Gaunt ⓘ providing the territorial and financial base of the House of Lancaster ⓘ
notableOffspring	King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: Henry IV of England
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling	Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Leicester and Lancaster ⓘ
spouse	John of Gaunt ⓘ surface form: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
spouseTitleConnection	Her marriage enabled John of Gaunt to become Duke of Lancaster ⓘ
subjectOf	The Book of the Duchess ⓘ surface form: The Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey Chaucer
title	Countess of Derby ⓘ Countess of Leicester ⓘ Countess of Lincoln ⓘ Duchess of Lancaster ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Lancaster → notableMember → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

John of Gaunt → spouse → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

The Book of the Duchess → commemorates → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

The Book of the Duchess → dedicatedTo → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

The Book of the Duchess → honors → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

King Henry IV of England → mother → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry IV of England

Philippa of Lancaster → mother → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

Henry of Grosmont → child → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

Blanche of Lancaster → name → Blanche of Lancaster self-link ⓘ

Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster → child → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse → primarySubject → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse → commemorates → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse → elegizes → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse → honors → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

Countess of Richmond → notableHolder → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ

Elizabeth of Lancaster → mother → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ