Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (29 page)

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Authors: Alison Weir

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John had the following
illegitimate issue
:
By Marie de St Hilaire (
d
. after 1399):
1  Blanche (before 1360–1388/9?); she married Sir Thomas Morieux.
John married firstly, on 19 May, 1359, at Reading Abbey, Berkshire:
Blanche
She was the daughter of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, by Isabella de Beaumont (under Henry III,
see here
), and she was born on 25 March, 1345. She died on 12 September, 1369, at Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs., of the Black Death (bubonic plague), and was buried in Old St Paul’s Cathedral, London.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
Philippa
She was born on 31 March, 1360, at Leicester Castle. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. She married John I, King of Portugal (1357/8–1433), on 14 February, 1387, at Oporto Cathedral, Portugal, and had issue:
1  Blanche (1388–1389).
2  Alfonso (1390–1400).
3  Edward I, King of Portugal (1391–1438); he married Eleanor (
d
.1445), daughter of Ferdinand I, King of Aragon and Sicily, and had issue.
4  Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392–1449); he married Isabella
(1409–1443), daughter of James II, Count of Urgel, and had issue.
5  Henry ‘the Navigator’, Duke of Viseu (1394–1460).
6  Isabella (1397–1471); she married Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (
d
.1467), and had issue.
7  John, Duke of Beja, Constable of Portugal (1400–1442); he married Isabella (
d
.1445), daughter of Alfonso I, Duke of Braganza, and had issue.
8  Ferdinand, Grand Master of Aviz (1402–1443).
Philippa died on 19 July, 1415, at Odivelas, near Lisbon, Portugal, of plague, and was buried in Odivelas Abbey. Her remains were later removed to Batalha Abbey, Portugal.
(ii)
John
He was born in
c
.1362 or
c
.1364, and died young. He was buried in St Mary’s Church, Leicester.
(iii)
Elizabeth
She was born before 21 February, 1363, at Burford, Shropshire. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. She married firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1372–1389), in 1380 at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, but the marriage was annulled after 24 September, 1383. Hastings afterwards married Philippa Mortimer (
see here
). Elizabeth married secondly John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1352?–executed 1400) (son of Joan, Princess of Wales –
see here
), on 24 June, 1386, at Plymouth, Devon, and had issue:
1  John, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1395–1447); he married firstly Anne, daughter of Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford, by Anne, Countess of Buckingham (
see here
), and widow of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March and Ulster (
see here
), and had issue. He married secondly Beatrice of Portugal (
d
.1439). He married thirdly Anne (
d
.1457), daughter of John de Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, and had issue.
2  Richard (
d
.1400 or 1416).
3  Constance (1387–1437); she married Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk (1385–executed 1405), and had issue. She married secondly Sir John Grey (
d
.1439), and had issue.
4  Edward, a knight (
c
.1399–after 1413).
5  Alice (
c
.1392–
c
.1406), she married Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (1385–1417), and had issue.
Elizabeth married thirdly John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope (
d
.1443), before 12 December, 1400, and had issue:
6  Constance (
d
. by 1429); she was married or betrothed to John Maltravers, Earl of Arundel (1407–1435).
Elizabeth died on 24 November, 1425/6, and was buried in Burford Church, Shropshire.
(iv)
Edward
He was born in
c.
1365, and died the same year. He was buried in St Mary’s Church, Leicester.
(v)
John
He was born before 4 May, 1366, and died young. He was buried in St Mary’s Church, Leicester.
(vi)
Henry IV
(
see here
).
(vii)
Isabella
She was born in
c
.1368, and died young.
John married secondly, on 21 September, 1371, probably at Roquefort, Guienne, or – less probably– at St Andrew, Guienne:
Constance
She was the daughter of Peter I ‘the Cruel’, King of Castile, by Maria, daughter of John Garcias de Padilla, a handfast wife, and she was born in 1354 at Castro Kerez, Castile. She succeeded her father as ‘de jure’ Queen of Castile on 13 March, 1369, but was never Queen ‘de facto’, the throne having been usurped by Henry of Trastamara. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. She died on 24 March, 1394, at Leicester Castle, and was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicester.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
  
Katherine
She was born between 6 June, 1372, and 31 March, 1373, at Hertford Castle. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1384. She married Henry III, King of Castile (1379–1406), in September, 1388, at the Church of St Antolin, Fuentarrabia, Castile, and had issue:
1  Mary (1401–1458); she married Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Sicily (1394–1458), and had issue.
2  John II, King of Castile (1406–1454); he married firstly Maria (
d
.1445), daughter of Ferdinand I, King of Aragon and Sicily, and had issue. He married secondly Isabella (1428?–1496), daughter of John, Duke of Beja in Portugal, and son of Philippa of Lancaster (
see here
), and had issue, including Isabella I, Queen of Spain, mother of Katherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII.
3  Katherine (1406–1439); married Henry of Aragon, Duke of Villena (
d
.1445).
Katherine died on 2 June, 1418, and was buried at Toledo, Spain.
(ii)
John
He was born in 1374 at Ghent in Flanders, and died in 1375.
John married thirdly, on 13 January, 1396, at Lincoln Cathedral:
Katherine
She was the daughter of Sir Payn Roët of Guienne, and she was born in
c
.1350. She married Sir Hugh Swynford of Coleby and Kettlethorpe, Co. Lincs. (1340–1372), before 1367 at St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London, and had issue:

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