Catherine of Lancaster
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| English Royalty |
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| House of Plantagenet |
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| Edward III |
| Edward, Prince of Wales |
| Lionel, Duke of Clarence |
| John, Duke of Lancaster |
| Edmund, Duke of York |
| Thomas, Duke of Gloucester |
| Joan of England |
| Isabella, Countess of Bedford |
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| Richard II |
| Philippa, Countess of Ulster |
| Philippa, Queen of Portugal |
| Elizabeth, Baroness Fanhope and Milbroke |
| Henry IV |
| Catherine, Queen of Castile |
| Edward, Duke of York |
| Richard, Earl of Cambridge |
| Constance of York |
| Anne, Countess of Eu |
Katherine of Lancaster (also known as Catherine Plantagenet and as Queen Catalina of Castile and Leon) (1372/1373 – 2 June 1418) was the daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his second wife, Constance of Castile.
She married Enrique III of Castile in 1393 at Burgos. As her mother was daughter of Pedro of Castile, the marriage helped to restore a semblance of legitimacy to the Trastamara line.
The couple had three children:
- Maria of Castile (1401-1458), who married Alfonso V "the Magnanimous", King of Aragon and Naples,
- Catharina of Castile, who wed Enrique of Aragón, Duque de Villena,
- Juan II (1405-1454), who succeeded his father as King of Castile . His mother Katherine and his uncle, Ferdinand, served as co-regents during his minority, and Katherine alone was regent after Ferdinand's death in 1416.
Queen Catalina died at Valladolid of a stroke, possibly precipitated by her great obesity, leaving her thirteen year-old son at the mercy of self-interested courtiers.
| Preceded by: Beatrice of Portugal |
Queen Consort of Castile and Leon 1393–1406 |
Succeeded by: Maria of Aragon the second wife of her husband |
