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Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

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"Thomas of Woodstock" redirects here. For the play, see Thomas of Woodstock (play). 14th-century English prince and nobleman Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Aumale, Earl of Buckingham and Earl of Essex Successor Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham Born 7 January 1355 Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire Died 8 or 9 September 1397 (aged 42) Calais, Pale of Calais Spouse Eleanor de Bohun Issue Detail Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham Anne of Gloucester Joan, Lady Talbot Isabel Philippa House Plantagenet Father Edward III of England Mother Philippa of Hainault Arms of Thomas of Woodstock: Royal arms of England (arms of his father King Edward III) with difference a bordure argent [1] Thomas of Woodstock (left, identified by his arms) jousting in Vannes, Brittany, with John V The Conqueror , Duke of Bretagne, KG. Circa 1480, Froissart's Chronicles Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester , Duke of Aumale, Earl

Philippa of Lancaster

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Philippa of Lancaster Queen Philippa in Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal (António de Holanda; 1530-1534) Queen consort of Portugal Tenure 11 February 1387 – 19 July 1415 Born 31 March 1360 Leicester Castle, Leicester, England Died 19 July 1415 (1415-07-19) (aged 55) Sacavém, Portugal Burial Batalha Monastery Spouse John I of Portugal Issue among others... Edward, King of Portugal Peter, Duke of Coimbra Henry, Duke of Viseu Isabella, Duchess of Burgundy John, Constable of Portugal Ferdinand, Master of Aviz House Lancaster Father John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster Mother Blanche of Lancaster Religion Catholicism Signature Philippa of Lancaster (Portuguese: Filipa [fɨˈlipɐ] ; 31 March 1360 – 19 July 1415) was Queen of Portugal from 1387 until 1415 by marriage to King John I. Born into the royal family of England, her marriage secured the Treaty of Windsor and produced several children who became known as the "Il