Blanche of Lancaster - Issue

Issue

Blanche and John of Gaunt together had seven children:

• Philippa (31 March 1360 – 19 July 1415). Queen consort of John I of Portugal.
• John (c.1362/1364). Died in early infancy.
• Elizabeth (21 February 1364 – 24 November 1426). Married firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, secondly to John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, thirdly to John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope.
• Edward (1365 – 1365).
• John (4 May 1366). Died in early infancy.
• Henry IV of England (3 April 1367 – 20 March 1413). Married firstly Mary de Bohun and secondly Joanna of Navarre.
• Isabella (b.1368). Died young.

Blanche's daughter, Philippa, married John of Portugal which made Blanche the ancestress of the successive kings of Portugal. This line led to Isabella I of Castile, and through Isabella, Blanche is an ancestress of various European monarchs. Blanche's son, Henry, became King of England after he overthrew his cousin, Richard II of England, the eldest son of John's brother, Edward the Black Prince. Henry's reign marked the beginning of a cadet (younger) branch of the Plantaganet line, making Blanche's family, the House of Lancaster, the new ruling house in England.

Blanche's grandchildren by her daughter, Philippa:

• Blanche (1388–1389), named after her grandmother;
• Afonso (1390–1400), named after several Kings of Portugal, including his great-grandfather Afonso IV;
• Edward (1391–1438), named after his great-grandfather Edward III of England. He was a writer and an intellectual, who succeeded his father as King of Portugal in 1433;
• Peter (1392–1449), named after his grandfather Peter I of Portugal. He was the First Duke of Coimbra, a remarkable ruler and well-travelled man, who served as Regent during the minority of his nephew Afonso V;
• Henry the Navigator (1394–1460), first Duke of Viseu, who guided Portugal to the Great era of The Discoveries, named after his great-grandfather Henry of Grosmont;
• Isabella (1397–1472), who married Philip III of Burgundy and was one of the most powerful and admired women in Europe;
• Blanche (1398), died in childhood;
• John (1400–1442), Duke of Aveiro, the grandfather of the two greatest Iberian monarchs in the 16th century, Manuel I of Portugal and Isabella I of Castile;
• Ferdinand (1402–1443) "the Saint Prince," a warrior, who was captured during the Disaster of Tangier and died a prisoner of the Moors.

Blanche's grandchildren by her son, Henry:

• Edward b&d. April 1382; buried Monmouth Castle, Monmouth
• Henry V of England
• Thomas, Duke of Clarence
• John, Duke of Bedford
• Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
• Blanche of England (1392–1409) married in 1402 Louis III, Elector Palatine
• Philippa of England (1394–1430) married in 1406 Eric of Pomerania, king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Blanche's youngest surviving daughter, Elizabeth, married twice and had children by both husbands. Blanche's grandchildren by Elizabeth:

• Constance Holland (1387–1437) who married Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk and Sir John Grey
• Richard Holland (c. 1389 - 3 September 1400)
• Alice Holland (c. 1392 - c. 1406) who married Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford
• John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter(1395–1447)
• Sir Edward Holland (1399–1413)

With John Cornwall, she had two children:

• Constance Cornwall (c. 1401 - c. 1427) who married John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel
• John Cornwall (b&d. 1404)