1359Captain GeneralThomas Netherlands Kent, 1st
Co-captain-general for all the English continental possessions
Historical records for England in 1359, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Co-captain-general for all the English continental possessions
Marries John of Gaunt, a distant cousin
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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