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John of Gaunt
(gônt)
Duke of Lancaster 1340-99; founder of the house of Lancaster: son of Edward III
See John of Gaunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4
English military leader. A son of Edward III, he was the de facto ruler of England during his father's last years and the beginning of Richard II's reign.
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