John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster

(1340-1399)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: John, of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 1340-1399 DNB: John [John of Gaunt], duke of Aquitaine and duke of Lancaster, styled king of Castile and León (1340-1399), prince and steward of England LBT ID: JoGaunt1399 VIAF ID: 1334861 LOC ID: n81078874	B/BAP: 1340-03 DIED: 1399-02-03
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The fourth son of Edward III (1312-1377) and father of Henry IV; he was viceroy during Edward's senescence.
REFERENCES TO John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VII 1826 Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter III 1828 Found 1: ¶ 13 Peter George Patmore, My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854) Charles Lamb IX Found 1: ¶ 9 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter V. Found 1: ¶ 45