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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 daughter and heir of King Peter of Castile, who died at the hands of his half brother Henry II). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine of Lancaster has received more than 432,987 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Catherine of Lancaster is the 253rd most popular companion (down from 238th in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 737th in 2019) and the 23rd 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

Among companions, Catherine of Lancaster ranks 253 out of 784. Before her are Elizabeth of Bohemia, Olivera Despina, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. After her are Kaya Sultan, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Adelaide of Aquitaine, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Anne of Bohemia, and Christina of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

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

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Catherine of Lancaster ranks 725 out of 8,785. Before her are Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Charles Vane (1680), Matt Busby (1909), William Tyndale (1494), John Cockcroft (1897), and Robert Grosseteste (1175). After her are Mary Quant (1930), David Hockney (1937), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Deborah Kerr (1921), Patrick White (1912), and John of Salisbury (1110).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Catherine of Lancaster ranks 23. Before her are Anne Hathaway (1556), Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Maud of Wales (1869), Philippa of Lancaster (1360), and Amélie of Orléans (1865). After her are Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), Louise of Great Britain (1724), Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), Judith of Flanders (844), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), and Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897).

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