John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster - John of Gaunt is my 19th Great Grandfather

Hi Aimee,
John of Gaunt is my 17th ggf.
I have always just sort of been able to feel lit.
Very weird. He is the reason I started tracking genealogy. i just needed to know my connection to him.
Will follow this discussion with interest.
Go well.
Cheers for now
Daphne

Hi there
John of Gaunt is my 17th great grandfather. Blanche of Lancaster is my 16th. I find the whole tracking ancestors thing fascinating. So I am also very interested in any new info out there, in addition to existing research,. Regards, Cecilia Domeyko

my 19th great grand - enjoying discussion from extended family
mk

John of Gaunt is my 16th great grandfather.

John of Gaunt is my 19th ggf. Katherine was my ggm

20th ggd!
http://www.geni.com/path/Theresa+Ren%C3%A9e+El%C3%A9na+Delgado+Toss...

Constance of Castille is a cousin through, de Leon... and
Katherine Swynford (de Roet), Duchess of Lancaster is your 20th great grandmother.

@John of Gaunt is my 16th great grandfather, and Katherine of Swynford, my 16th great grandmother.

http://www.geni.com/path/Loretta+Alexandra+is+related+to+John+of+Ga...

http://www.geni.com/path/Loretta+Alexandra+is+related+to+Katherine+...

John of Gaunt's 2nd wife, Constance of Castile, is my 6th cousin 15 times removed, through Fernando III, King of Castile and León, my 20th great grandfather.

http://www.geni.com/path/Loretta+Alexandra+is+related+to+Constanza+...

http://www.geni.com/path/Loretta+Alexandra+is+related+to+Fernando+I...

@Constance of Castile.

Correction! Constance of Castile, 2nd wife of John of Gaunt, is my 5th cousin 16 times removed. The link in my earlier post was to Constanza de Castilla, Contance's 1st cousin once removed, and my 6th cousin 15 times removed.

He's my 18th great grandfather. Hi cousins!

Fernando III el Santo, rey de Castilla is my 21st great grandfather.

Do any of you "cousins" ever wonder if you have an ancestor that you look like? I have a grandson who looks like John except for the coloring. I have only seen one likeness and there is some doubt about it.

Fernando III el Santo, rey de Castilla is my 20th great grandfather. Thank you Norvelle for leading me to Fernando III.

Katherine (de Roet) Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster and wife of John of Gaunt is my 16th great grandmother.

John and Katherine are my 16th great grandparents.

Queen Elizabeth II is my 16th cousin, twice removed. We share ancestors. She has white hair and I have white hair. This is our hairitage.

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster is my 6th cousin 19 times removed.

John and Katherine are my 16+ g-grandparents as well. I always thought it was interesting that long before I ever knew this, I chose Katherine as the Renaissance Festival character I would play when I wasn't being queen.

I have always wondered if my love of Medieval and Renaissance pageantry, clothing, manners (and jewelry!) was inherited from them. I am also fascinated with Crusade era history and Chivalry...given the number of Kings, Queens and Templars among my ancestors, it makes me wonder that passion is inherited too. Bauceant!

Medieval manners? People who rarely bathed, who could get a reputation for being great orators simply because they did not interrupt their speeches to spit out mucus, etc etc.

I like John of Gaunt, because in many ways he symbolised progress (for example, in protecting Lollards). But chivalry was an ideal through which progress in manners slowly (and very slowly at that) made progress. Don't mistake it for the actuality of the times, other than for exceptional individuals.

i dont understand Bauceant >?
thank you mark for the description about medieval manners it reflect the life at this time loll so true

They may not have had the same manners as we have today but there were definitely rules of etiquette at that time especially based around how to act towards your superiors.

Terry Jackson is quite correct. To be a Noble (or part of a Noble or Royal's Court) one was expected to behave in a certain way. From the lowest serf in the field, to the highest prince or prelate, there were rules on how to act, walk, dress and address one's inferiors and superiors. For example, in the time of Elizabeth I, if a Court Lady did not perform a task to Her Highnesses satisfaction, "Good Queen Bess" was known to slap and pinch to express her royal displeasure. (And woe to the young woman who did not perform her curtseys to the Queen's satisfaction!).

And "Bauceant" was the battle cry of the Knights Templar. It means: "Be Glorious!"

John of Gaunt is my 18th or 19th ggf 11 times over. The English nobility intermarried very often--to keep the wealth in the family.

beaucéant

http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/beauc%C3%A9ant

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster is my16th great grandfather.

Hi Walter, you are my 9th cousin!

Best regards,

John Pat

John is my 18th GGF through the Hastings and the Nevilles....this is so much fun!!!