Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester

1281 - 1345  (64 years)

• Name	Henry Plantagenet  [1]
  Suffix	Earl of Lancaster and Leicester
  Born	1281	Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Sep 1345	Monastery of Cannons, England
  Buried	Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Person ID	P44553915	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Edmund, Earl of Lancaster,   b. 16 Jan 1245, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 5 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Blanche de Artois,   b. Abt 1247, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ,   d. 2 May 1302, Paris, Ile-de-France, France  (Age 55 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1276	Paris, Ville-de-Paris, France
  	MARRIAGE: Dispensation> 26 Sep 1275. MARRIAGE: Date> Shortly before 18 Jan 1275/1276. STATUS: 2nd marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife. CONDITION: 3 sons and 1 daughter of this marriage.
  Family ID	F114303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Maude de Chaworth,   b. 2 Feb 1282, Kidwelly, Carmathenshire, Wales ,   d. 3 Dec 1322, Priory, Hampshire, England  (Age 40 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1297	Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  Children	1. Henry of Grosmont Henry Grosment of Derby Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster,   b. Abt 1310, Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales ,   d. 24 Mar 1361, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age 51 years)  [natural]   2. Blanche of Lancaster Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1305,   d. 10 Jul 1380  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   3. Matilda of Lancaster Plantagenet,   b. 1310, Carrickfergus Castle, Ulster Province, Ireland ,   d. 5 May 1377, Campsey Abbey, Suffolk, England  (Age 67 years)  [natural]   4. Joan of Lancaster Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1312, Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, Monmouthshire , Wales ,   d. 7 Jul 1349, Yorkshire, England  (Age 37 years)  [natural]   5. Isabel of Lancaster Plantagenet, Prioress of Amesbury Abbey,   b. 1317,   d. Feb 1347, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age 30 years)  [natural]   6. Eleanor Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1318, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England ,   d. 11 Jan 1372, Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England  (Age 54 years)  [natural]   7. Lady Mary Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1320, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 1 Sep 1362, Alnwick, Northumberland, , England  (Age 42 years)  [natural]   8. Maud of Lancaster,   d. 5 May 1377
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F201153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Maud [de Chaworth],   b. Cal 1282, of, Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. Between 4 Aug 1320 and 3 Dec 1322  (Age 38 years)
  Married	Between 30 Dec 1291 and 2 Mar 1296/1297  [2, 3, 4]
  	MARRIAGE: Grant> For wife, 30 Dec 1291. MARRIAGE: Date> Between 30 Dec 1291 and 2 Mar 1296/1297 STATUS: 1st marriage for husband. CONDITION: 1 son and 6 daughters of this marriage.
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F100114306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Earl of Leicester 1324. He was one of the leaders of the great confederacy which overturned the power of the Despencers and deposed Kind Edward II. He was appointed guardian of the new King Edward III. He was appointed captain-general of all the King's forces in the Marches of Scotland. Lord of Beaumont and Nogent 1336. AKA 'Tortcol'. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.396-401. Grosmont Castle Ruins http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=f4d37827-9497-4011-a7ee-ac8eb7ee8ecc&tid=1569234&pid=-897309217 KINSHIP: 2nd son but eventual heir. BIRTH: Date Calculated> Age 64 years in 1345 {death year}. MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Took part in the siege of Carlaverock, 1 Jul 1300. ASSIGNMENTS: Summoned to Parliament, 1298/1299. DISTINCTION: Knighted. TITLES: Created Earl of Leicester, 1324. TITLES: Restoration> Restored as Earl of Lancaster between 1324 and 1326, succeeding his older brother Thomas "of Lancaster", who was beheaded in 1322. PROPERTY: Succeeded his brother as Lord of Monmouth. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 5) PROPERTY: Lord of Threecastles PROPERTY: In right of wife, of East Garston, Berkshire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of North Standon (in Hungerford), Berkshire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Lillingstone Dantsey, Buckinghamshire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Etloe DUchy (in Awre), Gloucestershire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Kempsford, Gloucestershire {Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England}. PROPERTY: In right of wife, of King's Somborne, Hampshire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire {Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales}. PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Ogmore, Glamorgan {Ogmore, Glamorganshire, Wales}. DEATH: Place> North side of the high altar of Newark, Abbey, Leicester. PROBATE: Died testate [PCC: 104 Beck]. KINSHIP: 2nd son but eventual heir. BIRTH: Date Calculated> Age 64 years in 1345 {death year}. MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Took part in the siege of Carlaverock, 1 Jul 1300. ASSIGNMENTS: Summoned to Parliament, 1298/1299. DISTINCTION: Knighted. TITLES: Created Earl of Leicester, 1324. TITLES: Restoration> Restored as Earl of Lancaster between 1324 and 1326, succeeding his older brother Thomas "of Lancaster", who was beheaded in 1322. PROPERTY: Succeeded his brother as Lord of Monmouth. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 5) PROPERTY: Lord of Threecastles PROPERTY: In right of wife, of East Garston, Berkshire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of North Standon (in Hungerford), Berkshire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Lillingstone Dantsey, Buckinghamshire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Etloe DUchy (in Awre), Gloucestershire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Kempsford, Gloucestershire {Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England}. PROPERTY: In right of wife, of King's Somborne, Hampshire PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire {Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales}. PROPERTY: In right of wife, of Ogmore, Glamorgan {Ogmore, Glamorganshire, Wales}. DEATH: Place> North side of the high altar of Newark, Abbey, Leicester. PROBATE: Died testate [PCC: 104 Beck].

  
  

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