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  1. English royal house, branch of the
  2. Plantagenets. It originated 1267 when Edmund
  3. (died 1296), the younger son of Henry III,
  4. was granted the earldom of Lancaster.
  5. Converted to a duchy for Henry of Grosmont
  6. (died 1361), it passed to John of Gaunt 1362
  7. by his marriage to Blanche, Henry's daughter.
  8. John's son, Henry IV, established the royal
  9. dynasty of Lancaster 1399, and he was
  10. followed by two more Lancastrian kings, Henry
  11. V and Henry VI.
  12.