John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English statesman (died 1435)

John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford

English prince and nobleman (1389–1435)

John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford was a medieval English prince, general, and statesman who commanded England's armies in France during a critical phase of the Hundred Years' War. Bedford was the third son of King Henry IV of England, brother to Henry V, and acted as regent of…