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Catherine of Lancaster

1373 - 1418

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Catherine of Lancaster (Castilian: Catalina; 31 March 1373 – 2 June 1418) was Queen of Castile by marriage to King Henry III of Castile. She governed Castile as regent from 1406 until 1418 during the minority of her son. Queen Catherine was the daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his second wife, Constance of Castile (the eldest daughter and heiress of King Peter of Castile, who died at the hands of his half-brother Henry II). She was born in Hertford Castle, her father's chief country home, on 31 March 1373. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine of Lancaster is the 251st most popular companion (up from 253rd in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 725th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Companion.

Catherine of Lancaster was most famous for being the wife of Henry Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV.

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Among companions, Catherine of Lancaster ranks 251 out of 784. Before her are Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples, Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Amélie of Orléans, Elizabeth Alexeievna, and Adelaide of Aquitaine. After her are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Elizabeth of Austria, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Sophie of France, and Constantina.

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Among people born in 1373, Catherine of Lancaster ranks 2. Before her is Joanna II of Naples. After her are Beatrice of Portugal, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Francesco Foscari, Joanna Sophia of Bavaria, Ernest, Duke of Bavaria, Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq. Among people deceased in 1418, Catherine of Lancaster ranks 1. After her are Mircea I of Wallachia, Ostoja of Bosnia, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, and Al-Qalqashandi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Catherine of Lancaster ranks 875 out of 8,785. Before her are Karl Pearson (1857), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), John Paul Jones (1946), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), and Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872). After her are Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), David Irving (1938), Rex Harrison (1908), Chris Rea (1951), and Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Catherine of Lancaster ranks 30. Before her are Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), Philippa of Lancaster (1360), Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862), and Amélie of Orléans (1865). After her are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), Louise of Great Britain (1724), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), Charles Lightoller (1874), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), and Anne Hyde (1637).

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