His large retinue of baronial knights was known by the badge: a collar of linked SS.  Famous for leading the chevauch? from Calais to Bordeaux, he acquired land and titles fro
His large retinue of baronial knights was known by the badge: a collar of linked SS.  Famous for leading the chevauch? from Calais to Bordeaux, he acquired land and titles from his wives becoming the Earl of Richmond upon the death of his father-in-law in 1361.  In 1396 he married his mistress Catherine Swynford, a member of the powerful Beaufort family.  Through his second wife, Constance, he acquired a claim to the kingdom of Castile.  A patron of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Wycliffe, his most famous child came from Blanche Plantagenet.  For 10 points, name this Duke of Lancaster, whose son, Henry Bolingbroke, became Henry IV.
His large retinue of baronial knights was known by the badge: a collar of linked SS.  
John of Gaunt (who, despite the opinion of the original question writer, is NOT Geoffrey the Fair)