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{{infobox person
|name=John of Gaunt
|birth_date=March 6, 1340
|birth_place=Ghent
|death_date=February 3, 1399
|death_place=Leicester Castle
}}
'''John of Gaunt''', (1340-1399), named from his birthplace [[Ghent]] in [[Flanders]], was the fourth son of [[Edward III]] of England, but the eldest to survive him. Through his marriage to the heiress, Blanche of [[Lancaster]], he was to become the greatest landowner in England and honoured as the 2nd Duke of Lancaster. He was created Duke of [[Aquitaine]] in 1390.
'''John of Gaunt''', (1340-1399), named from his birthplace [[Ghent]] in [[Flanders]], was the fourth son of [[Edward III]] of England, but the eldest to survive him. Through his marriage to the heiress, Blanche of [[Lancaster]], he was to become the greatest landowner in England and honoured as the 2nd Duke of Lancaster. He was created Duke of [[Aquitaine]] in 1390.