John of Gaunt

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Duke of Lancaster member of the House of Lancaster nobleman prince statesman

John of Gaunt was a powerful 14th-century English prince and statesman, Duke of Lancaster, whose influence shaped the politics of the late medieval English monarchy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster	15
Duke of Lancaster (John of Gaunt)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Duke of Lancaster ⓘ member of the House of Lancaster ⓘ nobleman ⓘ prince ⓘ statesman ⓘ
ally	Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
birthDate	1340-03-06 ⓘ
birthPlace	County of Flanders ⓘ Ghent ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
burialPlace	St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Old St Paul’s Cathedral, London
child	Elizabeth of Lancaster ⓘ Henry Beaufort ⓘ King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: Henry Bolingbroke Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots ⓘ John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ Philippa of Lancaster ⓘ Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	1399-02-03 ⓘ
deathPlace	Leicester Castle ⓘ
dynasticRole	founder of the Lancastrian branch of the House of Plantagenet ⓘ
era	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
father	Edward III of England ⓘ
fullName	John of Gaunt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
grandfatherOf	Henry V of England ⓘ
house	House of Lancaster ⓘ House of Plantagenet ⓘ
mother	Queen Philippa of Hainault ⓘ surface form: Philippa of Hainault
namedAfter	Ghent ⓘ surface form: city of Ghent
nobleRank	prince of the royal blood ⓘ
notableFor	influence on English politics in the late 14th century ⓘ leadership of the House of Lancaster ⓘ patronage of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ role in the minority and reign of Richard II of England ⓘ
occupation	military commander ⓘ politician ⓘ
relative	King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: Henry IV of England King Richard II of England ⓘ surface form: Richard II of England
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling	Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York ⓘ Edward the Black Prince ⓘ Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence ⓘ Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
spouse	Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ Constance of Castile ⓘ Katherine Swynford ⓘ
title	Duke of Aquitaine ⓘ Duke of Lancaster ⓘ Earl of Derby ⓘ Earl of Lancaster ⓘ Earl of Leicester ⓘ