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Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

Cal 1281 - 1345

• Suffix	Earl of Lancaster and Leicester
  Born	Cal 1281	Grosmont Castle, Y Grysmwnt, Monmouthshire, Wales   [8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8TSM-79
  Name AKA	Henry  [13]
  Name AKA	Henry "of Lancaster" Plantagenet  [14, 15]
  Name AKA	Henry Lancaster
  Name AKA	Henry of Lancaster Plantagenet  [14, 15]
  Name AKA	Henry Plantagenet  [16]
  Name AKA	Henry Plantagenet  [2, 17]
  Died	22 Sep 1345  [8, 9, 10, 18, 19]
  Buried	Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [18]
  Notes	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. HONOURS: 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].
  Person ID	I219744	Wales. Welsh Medieval Database Primarily of Nobility and Gentry.
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2010

  
  

  Father	Edmund "Crouchback", Earl of Lancaster,   b. 16 Jan 1244-1245, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 5 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
  Mother	Blanche of Artois, of, Arras, Artois, France ,   d. 2 May 1302, Paris, Ville-de-Paris, France
  Married	29 Oct 1276	Paris, Ville-de-Paris, France
  Family ID	F114303	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Maud [de Chaworth],   b. Cal 1282, of, Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. Between 4 Aug 1320 and 3 Dec 1322
  Married	Between 30 Dec 1291 and 2 Mar 1296/1297  [9, 11, 20]
  	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.
  Children	1. Henry "Grosmont" of Lancaster, Duke of Lancaster,   b. Abt 1310, Grosmont Castle, Y Grysmwnt, Monmouthshire, Wales ,   d. 24 Mar 1360 or 1361, Leicester, Leicestershire, England   2. Blanche of Lancaster,   b. Abt 1305,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Maud of Lancaster,   d. 5 May 1377   4. Eleanor of Lancaster, of, , Lancashire, England ,   d. 11 Jan 1371 or 1372, Arundel, Sussex, England   5. Mary of Lancaster,   b. Cal 1320,   d. 1 Sep 1362   6. Joan of Lancaster,   d. 7 Jul 1349   7. Isabel of Lancaster, Prioress of Amesbury Abbey,   d. Bef 4 Feb 1349
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F114306	Group Sheet

  
  

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