Edmund married, in

c

.November, 1402, although no record exists as to where:

Katherine

She was the daughter of Owen Glendower by Margaret, daughter of Sir David Hanmer of Hanmer, Co. Flint. She died before 1 December, 1413, and was buried in St Swithun’s Church, London.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

  Lionel (

d

. young).

(ii)

  Daughter (name not known) (

d

. young, 1413).

(iii)

  Daughter (name not known) (

d

. young, 1413).

(iv)

  Possibly more daughters who died young before 1413.

Lionel married secondly, on 28 May or 5 June, 1368, at the Church of St Maria Maggiore, Milan, Italy:

Yolande or Violante

She was the daughter of Galleazzo Visconti II, Duke of Milan, by Bianca Maria, daughter of Aimone, Count of Savoy, and she was born in

c.

1353. After the death of Lionel, she married secondly Ottone Paleologo, Marquess of Montferrat (murdered 1378), on 2 August, 1377, at Pavia, Italy. She married thirdly Ludovico Visconti, Lord of Lodi (1358–1381), on 18 April, 1381, and had issue:

1 John (Giovanni).

Yolande died in November, 1386.

6   John

Known as John of Gaunt, he was born in February or March (certainly before 28 May), 1340, at St Bavon’s Abbey, Ghent, Flanders, and was created Earl of Richmond on 20 September, 1342. He was made a Knight of the Garter in c. April, 1361. He was first styled Earl of Derby, a title he held in right of his first wife, on 21 July, 1361. He was created Earl of Lancaster in right of his first wife before 14 August, 1361, and Lord of Beaufort and Nogent, also in right of his first wife, on 14 August, 1361. He succeeded his sister-in-law, Matilda of Lancaster (under Henry III,

see here), as Earl of Derby, Earl of Leicester and Earl of Lincoln on 10 April, 1362, and was created Duke of Lancaster on 13 November, 1362. He was created Lord of Bergerac and Roche-sur-Yon on 8 October, 1370. He surrendered the earldom of Richmond on 5 June, 1372. He assumed the style and title of King of Castile and Léon, in right of his second wife, before 6 October, 1372. He was created Duke of Aquitaine on 2 March, 1390. He died on 3/4 February, 1399, probably at Leicester Castle, or – less probably – at Ely Place, Holborn, London, and was buried in Old St Paul’s Cathedral, London.

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).