English Royalty
House of Plantagenet
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Henry II |
Children |
William, Count of Poitiers |
Henry the Young King |
Richard I |
Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany |
King John |
Matilda of England |
Leonora of England |
Joan of England |
Richard I |
John |
Children |
Henry III |
Richard, Earl of Cornwall |
Joan of England |
Isabella of England |
Eleanor of England |
Henry III |
Children |
Edward I |
Margaret of England |
Beatrice of England |
Edmund, Earl of Lancaster |
Edward I |
Children |
Joan of England, Countess of Gloucester |
Alphonso, Earl of Chester |
Edward II |
Thomas, Earl of Norfolk |
Edmund, Earl of Kent |
Edward II |
Children |
Edward III |
John, Earl of Cornwall |
Eleanor of England |
Joan of England |
Edward III |
Children |
Edward, Prince of Wales |
Lionel, Duke of Clarence |
John, Duke of Lancaster |
Edmund, Duke of York |
Thomas, Duke of Gloucester |
Joan of England |
Isabella of England |
Grandchildren |
Richard II |
Philippa, Countess of Ulster |
Philippa of Lancaster |
Elizabeth of Lancaster |
Henry IV |
Catherine of Lancaster |
Edward, Duke of York |
Richard, Earl of Cambridge |
Constance of York |
Anne of Gloucester |
Richard II |
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Katherine of Lancaster (also known as Catherine Plantagenet and as Queen Catalina of Castile and Leon) (1372/1373 – 2 June 1418) was the daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his second wife, Constance of Castile.
She married Enrique III of Castile in 1393 at Burgos. As her mother was daughter of Pedro the Cruel, the marriage helped to restore a semblance of legitimacy to the Trastamara line.
The couple had three children:
- Maria of Castile (1401-1458), who married Alfonso V "the Magnanimous", King of Aragon and Naples,
- Catharina of Castile, who wed Enrique of Aragón, Duque de Villena,
- Juan II (1405-1454), who succeeded his father as King of Castile . His mother Katherine and his uncle, Ferdinand, served as co-regents during his minority, and Katherine alone was regent after Ferdinand's death in 1416.
Queen Catalina died at Valladolid of a stroke, possibly precipitated by her great obesity, leaving her son, at age 13, at the mercy of self-interested courtiers.