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Burial
Buried in Reading Abbey at the feet of his great-grandfather Henry I
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Buried in Reading Abbey at the feet of his great-grandfather Henry I
John of Gaunts illegitimate descendants, who ultimately became legitimate by his marriage to Katherine Swynford in 1396, the Beauforts, later married into the House of Tudor, which ascended to the throne in the person of Henry VII. Gaunt marries his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont
Marries Blanche, heiress to the Palatinate of Lancaster and also becomes the 14th Baron of Halton
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