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Died on this day in 1426 aged 63 Elizabeth of Lancaster (my toy,wikipedia). Daughter of John of Gaunt (son of Edward III). Her mother was John's first wife Blanche, his future-third-wife Katheryn Swynford was her governess. She married three times - the first time she was 17 but the groom was only 8, she seems to have gotten bored waiting for him to grow up and had an affair which left her pregnant; her un-consumated first marriage was annulled and she married the father of the baby... later her second husband was executed for treason and she married a third time (without permission from her brother! shocking! but they got over it eventually).

Born on this day in 1394 to Louis Valois I, Duke of Orleans and Valentina Visconti, Charles Valois , Duke of Orleans (my toy,wikipedia). Husband of Isabella the widow of Richard II. Charles is remembered mostly as a poet.