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Apr 8, 2021 · Gaunt spent most of his childhood with his older brothers. In 1349, as plague ravaged England , Gaunt was in York with the Black Prince, and took refuge at Saint Mary’s Abbey. However, his sister Joan succumbed to the epidemic (which ripped through the country and killed as much as half of the population) while on her way to marry the future Pedro I of Castile.
- Kathryn Warner
- Gaunt is an anglicisation of Ghent. John of Gaunt was born in the abbey of Saint Bavo in Ghent, modern-day Belgium, on 6 March 1340, while his father, who had claimed the throne of France in 1337, was seeking allies against the French among the dukes and counts of the Low Countries.
- He was the 4th son, so unlikely to inherit the throne. He was the 6th child and 4th son of King Edward III and his queen, Philippa of Hainault and had 6 younger siblings, three brothers and three sisters.
- He had illustrious royal lineage. John’s father Edward III had been king of England for 13 years when John was born, and ruled for half a century, the 5th longest reign in English history after Elizabeth II, Victoria, George III and Henry III.
- He lived in a multicultural household. In the early 1350s, John lived in the household of his eldest brother, Edward of Woodstock, nicknamed the Black Prince.
son Henry IV. brother Edward the Black Prince. John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster (born March 1340, Ghent—died February 3, 1399, London) was an English prince, fourth but third surviving son of the English king Edward III and Philippa of Hainaut; he exercised a moderating influence in the political and constitutional struggles of the reign of ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son (third surviving) of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because of Gaunt's royal origin, advantageous marriages, and some generous land grants, he was one of the richest ...
For centuries John of Gaunt has remained an enigmatic figure, our ‘take’ on him coloured by Shakespeare or Anya Seton. Helen Carr has produced a timely, extraordinarily insightful and detailed account of Gaunt’s life, allowing the narrative of travel, battles, intrigue, ambition and royal relationships to unfold like a reversed, complicated piece of origami to […]
May 25, 2021 · March 20, 2022. 1340. Sluys, the inlet between Zeeland and Flanders. Helen Carr’s The Red Prince, John of Gaunt, The Life of the Duke of Lancaster, is an extremely readable account of Edward III’s sixth child who is born of Edward’s Queen Phillippa of Hainaut in Ghent.
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The term Gaunt is an Anglicized version of Ghent. The name John of Gaunt was never used after John was three years old. However, it came into popular use after William Shakespeare used it in his play Richard II, which he wrote in 1595–96. In 1342 Edward III gave John the title of earl of Richmond. John married his first wife, Blanche, a ...
