Katherine Queen of Castile

1354 - 1394  (40 years)

• Name	Katherine Queen of Castile
  Born	1354
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Mar 1394	Leicester Castle Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Buried	Newark Abbey Cemetery Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
  Person ID	I712	King of Scots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Constance of Castile,   b. 1354, Castile, Spain ,   d. 24 Mar 1394, Leicester Castle Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age 40 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1371	Roguefort, Landes, Aquitaine, France
  Family ID	F289	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 24 Mar 1394 - Leicester Castle Leicester, Leicestershire, England Buried - - Newark Abbey Cemetery Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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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)