Blanche of Lancaster
14th-century English noblewoman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Duchess of Lancaster | |
Born | 25 March 1342 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, Kingdom of England |
Died | 12 September 1368 (aged 26) Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, Kingdom of England |
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Spouse | John of Gaunt |
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House | Lancaster |
Father | Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster |
Mother | Isabel of Beaumont |
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