1354 - 1394 (40 years)
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Name |
Constance of Castile |
Born |
1354 |
Castile, Spain |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
24 Mar 1394 |
Leicester Castle Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
Buried |
Newark Abbey Cemetery Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England |
Person ID |
I707 |
King of Scots |
Last Modified |
13 Feb 2009 |
Family |
John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster and Aquitaine), b. 06 Mar 1340, Gent, Flemish, Blegium , d. 03 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 58 years) |
Married |
21 Sep 1371 |
Roguefort, Landes, Aquitaine, France |
Children |
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Last Modified |
13 Feb 2009 |
Family ID |
F289 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- Constance of Castile (Castile, 1354 ? 24 March in 1394 Leicester) was claimant of the Castilian throne after the death of her father Pedro the Cruel, her mother being a María de Padilla, whom Pedro had secretly married but was then forced to repudiate, only to keep her as a mistress. She married, at Roquefort, near Bordeaux, Guienne, on 21 September 1371, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, third son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, as his second wife. Her younger sister, Infanta Isabella, married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth son of King Edward III and Queen Philippa.
This was the way for Gaunt to obtain a kingdom of his own (he had also pursued Scotland), as his nephew Richard II and the descendants of his brother Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence stood between him and the Crown of England. John of Gaunt claimed the title of King of Castile jure uxoris, and insisted that English nobles address him as "my lord of Spain", but was unsuccessful in his attempts to obtain the crown. Their daughter Katherine of Lancaster was married to the King of the Trastamara line, Henry III of Castile, thus uniting these two rival claims.
Constance died at Leicester Castle and was buried at Newark Abbey, Leicester.
Children
Katherine of Lancaster (1372?1418), married King Henry III of Castile (1379?1406)
John Plantagenet (1372?1375)
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