Together with Alice Perrers he controlled the government until Parliament banished her and curbed his powers.
As a result of his second marriage to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel, he laid claim to the throne of Castile, but he would give up his claim later when his daughter married Henry III of Castile and Leon. Together with Alice Perrers he controlled the government until Parliament banished her and curbed his powers. He never lived to see his exiled son rule England as Henry IV, but did guide his nephew, Richard II, during Richard's rule. FTP, name this fourth son of Edward III and younger brother of the Black Prince.
As a result of his second marriage to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel, he laid claim to the throne of Castile, but he would give up his claim later when his daughter married Henry III of Castile and Leon.
{John of Gaunt}, Duke of Lancaster