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Henry of Grosmont Henry Grosment of Derby Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster

Male Abt 1310 - 1361  (51 years)


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  • Name Henry of Grosmont Henry Grosment of Derby Plantagenet  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Suffix Duke of Lancaster 
    Nickname Grosmont 
    Born Abt 1310  Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Mar 1361  Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Buried 14 Apr 1361  Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID P44554867  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2016 

    Father Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester,   b. 1281, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1345, Monastery of Cannons, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Maude de Chaworth,   b. 2 Feb 1282, Kidwelly, Carmathenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1322, Priory, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 2 Mar 1297  Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F201153  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabel Beaumont,   b. 1310, Longborough Castle, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1360  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 1330 
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2017 
    Family ID F201154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Earl of Derby. He was the King's lieutenant for the northern parts of England, and general of his army against the Scots. He founght in France and was chief in command at the siege of Calais. He was made the King's lieutenant in
      Flanders and France and made Earl of Lincoln. Died of the Black Death. Lord of Beaufort and Nogent. Some say died 1394. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.401-410 & vol.IV,p.204.
    • Henry of Grosmont
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=714f2e45-a047-4f40-849a-45ba0fdebd54&tid=1569234&pid=-897250878
    • KINSHIP: Son and heir by 1st wife.
      BIRTH: Date Approximated> Age 40+ years in 1354.

      MILITARY: Pursued military activities his whole life, from a youth to within a few months of his death.
      OFFICE: Steward of England, 1345.
      ASSIGNMENTS: Summoned to Parliament, 1337.

      HONOURS: Founder Knight of the Order of the Garter.
      TITLES: Created Earl of Derby by charter, 1336/1337; created Earl of Lincoln, 1349; created Duke of Lancaster, 1351/1352.
      TITLES: By King David II of Scotland he was created Earl of Moray.
      TITLES: Succeeded father in 1345 as Earl of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester..
      TITLES: Extinct> Upon his death in 1360/1361, the Dukedom of Lancaster became extinct.

      PROPERTY: Lord of Monmouth. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 5)

      BURIAL: Place> The church of the Newark (Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England}.
      DEATH-CONDITION: Died without male issue.
      PROBATE: Died testate [PCC: 155 Gynwell].

  • Sources 
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