Blanche of Lancaster

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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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Blanche of Lancaster canonical 26

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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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Old St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
causeOfDeath possibly plague ⓘ
child Edward of Lancaster (died young) ⓘ
Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter ⓘ
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 Plantagenet ⓘ
father Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster ⓘ
linked to: Henry of Grosmont
givenName Blanche ⓘ
heldTitleFrom Duchess of Lancaster, 1362 ⓘ
inheritedFrom Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster ⓘ
linked to: Henry of Grosmont
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Middle English ⓘ
marriageDate 1359-05-19 ⓘ
marriagePlace Berkshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Reading ⓘ
Reading Abbey ⓘ
linked to: Reading Abbey ruins
mother Isabel de Beaumont ⓘ
name Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
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 Henry IV of England ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Leicester and Lancaster ⓘ
spouse John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster ⓘ
linked to: John of Gaunt
spouseTitleConnection Her marriage enabled John of Gaunt to become Duke of Lancaster ⓘ
subjectOf The Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
title Countess of Derby ⓘ
Countess of Leicester ⓘ
Countess of Lincoln ⓘ
Duchess of Lancaster ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

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 ⓘ
Henry IV of England → mother → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
subject linked to: King 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 ⓘ
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster → child → 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 ⓘ
Maud Chaworth → child → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
John of Gaunt → spouse → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
subject linked to: Roet
John of Lancaster (died young) → mother → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
Isabel of Lancaster (died young) → mother → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
Edward of Lancaster (died young) → mother → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
Eleanor of Lancaster → sibling → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
Matilda of Lancaster → sibling → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter → motherInLaw → Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ