John of Gaunt John of Gaunt John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 13403 February 1399) was an English prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the third of the five sons of King Edward III of England who survived to adulthood. Due to his royal origin, advantageous marriages, and some generous land grants, Gaunt was one of the richest men of his era, and an influential figure during the reigns of both his father, Edward, and his nephew, Richard II. As Duke of Lancaster, he is the founder of the royal House of Lancaster, whose members would ascend to the throne
Line of succession to the former Romanian throne in 1880), who renounced his rights to the Romanian throne, on 20 December 1886, in favor of his younger brother, the future King Ferdinand. On 30 December 2007, the 60th anniversary of his loss of the throne, the former King Michael issued the "Fundamental Rules of the Royal House of Romania". in which he again appealed to the Romanian Parliament to alter the Salic Law of succession, should the Romanian nation and Parliament consider restoring the monarchy in the future, and calling for the first in line of succession to be Michael's eldest daughter, newly titled "Crown Princess of Romania"