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schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-of-lancaster-1st-duke-of-bedford"
name: "John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford"
slug: "john-of-lancaster-1st-duke-of-bedford"
description: "He held France for England at the apex of medieval conquest, then watched it crack apart. John of Lancaster commanded the war machine that nearly made his infant nephew king of two realms — until a peasant girl with voices turned the tide and the money ran out."
tagline: "British duke"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%2C_Duke_of_Bedford_-_British_Library_Add_MS_18850_f256v_-_detail.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1389-06-20"
deathDate: "1435-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4142357059509919
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
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    title: "베드퍼드 공작 랭커스터의 존"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "João de Lencastre, Duque de Bedford"
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    title: "Jan van Lancaster, 1ste Hertog van Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Third son of Henry IV, brother to Henry V, John of Lancaster became regent of France in 1422 for his nephew Henry VI, then still a child. His military skill and administrative grip brought English power in France to its zenith, controlling vast swathes of territory through force and the critical alliance with Duke Philip of Burgundy. Then Joan of Arc arrived, and the momentum broke. Political quarrels at home drained support, funds dried up, and Burgundy wavered. The war ground into attrition. Bedford died on 14 September 1435 during the congress of Arras, just as Philip prepared to abandon England and make separate peace with Charles VII — the empire he'd built already collapsing beneath him.