John of Gaunt (redirected from Gaunt, John of)

John of Gaunt  (gônt, gänt) Duke of Lancaster. 1340-1399.

English military leader. A son of Edward III, he was the de facto ruler of England during his father's last years and the beginning of Richard II's reign.

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John of Gaunt [gɔːnt]

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(Biographies / John of Gaunt (1340-1399) M, English, POLITICS: statesman) Duke of Lancaster. 1340-99, son of Edward III: virtual ruler of England during the last years of his father's reign and during Richard II's minority

[Gaunt, variant of Ghent, where he was born]

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John of Gaunt - the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399) Duke of Lancaster