This man negotiated the disagreement between his brother Thomas Woodstock, earl of Gloucester, and the king over the royal advisors Michael de la Pole and Robert de Vere. His third marriage was to Catherine Swynford, a member of the important Beaufor
This man negotiated the disagreement between his brother Thomas Woodstock, earl of Gloucester, and the king over the royal advisors Michael de la Pole and Robert de Vere. His third marriage was to Catherine Swynford, a member of the important Beaufort family. His marriage to Constance of Castile gave him a claim to the kingdom of Castile and Leon, and he departed England for Spain in 1386 to assert his claim. Unpopular due to his opposition to reforms, his palace, Savoy, was burned during the Peasants' Revolt. For ten points name this brother of Edward the Black Prince whose military failures lost much of the English territory in France.
This man negotiated the disagreement between his brother Thomas Woodstock, earl of Gloucester, and the king over the royal advisors Michael de la Pole and Robert de Vere.
John of Gaunt (prompt on “John”)