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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Henry V of England, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Henry IV of England, Henry VI of England, Katherine Swynford, Anne Neville, Catherine of Valois, Jasper Tudor, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, John I of Portugal, Philippa of Lancaster, Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Catherine of Lancaster, Blanche of Lancaster, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, List of Barons of Halton, Philippa of England, Lord Edward Somerset, Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster, Anne Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, Mary de Bohun, Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Anne of Burgundy, Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, Philippa de Beauchamp, Maud, Countess of Leicester, Readeption of Henry VI, Blanche of Lancaster, Baroness Wake of Liddell, Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem, Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort. Excerpt: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (second creation), KG (6 March 1340 - 3 February 1399) was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was called "John of Gaunt" because he was born in Ghent, rendered in English as Gaunt. As a younger brother of Edward, Prince of Wales (The Black Prince), John exercised great influence over the English throne during the minority of his nephew, Richard II, and during the ensuing periods of political strife, but was not thought to have been among the opponents of the king. John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, ...
