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1340
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born in Ghent, hence the name, the third son of Edward III
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1359
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marries Blanche of Lancaster, his cousin
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1361-62
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5th earl of Lancaster
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1362-99
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2nd duke of Lancaster
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1367
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birth of his son, Henry Bolingbroke, future Henry IV
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1367
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accompanies his brother, the Black Prince to Spain
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1369
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Blanche of Lancaster dies
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1371
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marries Constance of Castile
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1371-74
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campaigns near Bordeaux
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1375
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returns to England, becomes head of government
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1377
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patron and defender of Wycliffe
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1381
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Savoy Palace, London, destroyed during the Peasants' Revolt
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1386
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leaves England to win the Castilian throne
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1388
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his daughter Catherine marries the future Henry III of Castile
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1389
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returns to England, acts as peacemaker between Richard II and the lords appellant
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1390-99
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duke of Aquitaine
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1396
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marries his longstanding mistress, Catherine Swynford (sister of Chaucer's wife); their children, the Beauforts are the ancestors of the Tudors
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1399
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dies, buried in St Paul's Cathedral
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