Individual Details
Blanche of Lancaster
(25 Mar 1345 - 12 Sep 1368)
When Blanche's father Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, died in 1361, there were no male heirs. John of Gaunt, her husband, in her right became Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lincoln, and Earl of Leicester, receiving all titles after the death of Blanche's older sister Maud, in 1362.
There were seven children, Henry IV, being the 6th child and only son that lived past infancy.
Events
Birth | 25 Mar 1345 | ||||
Marriage | 19 May 1359 | Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England - John Lancaster of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster | |||
Death | 12 Sep 1368 |
Families
Spouse | John Lancaster of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340 - 1399) |
Child | Henry Lancaster IV, King of England, (1399-1413) (1367 - 1413) |