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The Connections of John of Gaunt
English magnate of the House of Plantagenet (1340-1399) Every person recorded alongside John of Gaunt in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside John of Gaunt in the ledgers of the archive.
- Spouses
- Katherine Swynford, Blanche of Lancaster, Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster
- Children
- Henry IV of England, Philippa of Lancaster, Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter, Catherine of Lancaster, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, Blanche Plantagenet, John of Lancaster, Edward Planatagenet, John Plantagenet, Henry Beaufort, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
- Siblings
- Edward the Black Prince, Mary of Waltham, Isabella de Coucy, Margaret, Countess of Pembroke, Joan of England, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1340 to 1399.
Medieval era
Timur
April 9, 1336 – February 19, 1405
The founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Medieval era
Henry V of England
September 16, 1386 – August 31, 1422
King of England from 1413 to 1422
Medieval era
Sejong the Great
April 10, 1397 – February 17, 1450
Fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
Medieval era
Hongwu Emperor
October 29, 1328 – June 24, 1398
Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
Medieval era
Pachacuti
1380 – 1460
11th Inca Emperor
Medieval era
Hafez
1326 – 1389
Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)
Medieval era
Ibn Khaldun
May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406
Historiographer and historian
Medieval era
Geoffrey Chaucer
1343 – October 25, 1400
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
Medieval era
Petrarch
July 19, 1304 – July 18, 1374
Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
Medieval era
Giovanni Boccaccio
June 16, 1313 – September 21, 1375
Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
Medieval era
Donatello
1386 – December 13, 1466
Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Medieval era
Jan van Eyck
1390 – July 9, 1441
Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)