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 AQuiTAiNE COMPLETE PEERAGE 183 by charter, C) 19 July 1362, cr. PRINCE OF AQUITAINE, and as Prince of Aquitaine and Wales was sum. to Pari. 24 Feb. (1367/8) 42 Edw. Ill; 8 Jan. (1369/70) 44 Edw. Ill; and 6 Oct. (1372) 46 Edw. Ill ; though in the last writ (having apparently resigned the principality of Aquitaine) Q) as Prince of Wales (only) on 28 Dec. (1375) 49 Edw. III. He d. v.p.^ 8 June 1376. See "Cornwall," Dukedom of, 1337 to 1376. John, C) Duke of Lancaster, 6fc. {"John of Gaunt") 4th s. of Edward III, having shortly before resigned the style of" KingofCastille AND Leon," was, on 2 Mar. 1389/90, cr. in Pari. DUKE OF AQUI- TAINE " for his whole life " ; and as " Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster" was sum. to Pari. 23 July and 8 Sep. (1392) 16 Ric. II, 13 Nov. (1393) 17 Ric. II, 30 Nov. (1396) 20 Ric. II, and 18 July and 5 Nov. (1397) 21 Ric. II. After this creation he styled himself " Due de Guyene et de Lancastre," and in his M.I. at St. Paul's was styled " Locum tenens Aquitaniie." He d. 23 Feb. 1398/9. See " Lancaster," Dukedom of, cr. 1362. Henry, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, s. and h. ap. of Henry IV, was declared in Pari., 10 Nov. 1399, Duke of Lancaster, and was granted the titles of Prince of Wales, DUKE OF AQUITAINE, of Lancaster and of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester. On 20 Mar. 1412/3 he ascended the throne as Henry V, when all his honours became merged in the Crown. our English coronations who have been transplanted from those of France. It is usual for two Gentlemen of the Court to walk in the procession as Dukes of Normandy and Guienne, habited in the ancient dress of the Ducal Peers of France ... in representation, as is stated in a book of the age of Henry VII, ' of the King's twoo Duchesses of Gyen and Normandie. ' Of the first appearance of these characters in our corona- tions I have not found any account, but it may be conjectured that they were introduced after the conquests of Edward III, and for the purpose of perpetuating the claims of our Norman and Angevine Princes. " (*) This patent, engraved in facsimile by James Basire, was published by the Record Commission. (*) Aquitaine was erected into a principality in 1362, for Edward, Duke of Cornwall, ist s. and h. ap. of Edward III, but was confiscated by the King of France, by act dated 14 May 1370. The province was reconquered by Henry V in 1418, but finally lost by his successor. f') It is much to be wished that the surname ' Plantagenet, ' which, since the time of Charles II, has been freely given to all the descendants of Geofirey of Anjou, had some historical basis which would justify its use, for it forms a most convenient method of referring to the Edwardian kings and their numerous descendants. The fact is, however, as has been pointed out by Sir James Ramsay and other writers of our day, that the name, although a personal emblem of the aforesaid Geoffrey, was never borne by any of his descendants before Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (father of Edward IV), who assumed it, apparently about 1448. V.G.