#JohnOfGaunt was born in Ghent #OnThisDay in 1340; the third son of Edward III, Gaunt was one of the wealthiest men in #England & the founder of the House of Lancaster; this is his 'sceptred isle' speech in "Richard II":
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#JohnOfGaunt (1340), Jacob Fugger (1459), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Casimir Pulaski (1747), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Alan Greenspan (1926), HC Robbins Landon (1926), Gabriel García Márquez (1927) Kiri Te Kanawa (1944), Rob Reiner (1947) were born #OnThisDay
EDWARD the BLACK PRINCE 1740 JOHN of GAUNT 1st LIFE & GLORIOUS ACTIONS Collins
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Richard was the son of Edward, the Black Prince and Joan of Kent. #EdwardIII was his grandfather. #JohnofGaunt was his uncle. 2/4
Edward’s tomb in Canterbury Cathedral.
Effigy of Prince Edward in Canterbury Cathedral.
#OTD in 1376 Edward the Black Prince died at #Westminster Palace in London. He was forty-five years old. He was the oldest son of #EdwardIII and Philippa of Hainault. He was brother to #JohnofGaunt. 1/4
Help! I am editing Feisty Females and have John of Gaunt with red, curly hair, but I have no idea why. There seem to be pics of him with light, fair hair elsewhere. Do we know definitely? Is there a right answer? #medieval #JohnofGaunt #book #writing #question #history
Their notable children are: Edward, the Black Prince, Lionel, Duke of Clarence and #johnofgaunt. Philippa served as regent for her husband while he was away. She was a very beloved queen. 2/2
Ghent Altarpiece
#JohnOfGaunt was born in Ghent #OnThisDay in 1340; I realized only today that 'Gaunt' must be a corruption of 'Ghent,' home to l'Agneau Mystique, the Van Eyck polyptich that is one of the supreme masterpieces of European art:
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John of Gaunt's 'sceptred isle' speech in "Richard II"
John of Gaunt
#JohnOfGaunt was born in Ghent #OnThisDay in 1340; the third son of Edward III, Gaunt was one of the wealthiest men in #England & the founder of the House of Lancaster; this is his 'sceptred isle' speech in Shakespeare's "Richard II":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQQy...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of...
#richardii #edwardiii #johnofgaunt #theblackprince #anneofbohemia #isabellaofvalois #joanofkent #henryiv
Shakespeare: "This sceptred isle" speech from "Richard II"
John of Gaunt
#JohnOfGaunt was born in Ghent #OnThisDay in 1340; the third son of Edward III, Gaunt was one of the wealthiest men in #England & the founder of the House of Lancaster; this is his 'sceptred isle' speech in #Shakespeare's "Richard II"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQQy...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of...
