Henry Earl of Lancaster Plantagenet

Male 1281 - 1345  (64 years)


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  • Name Henry Earl of Lancaster Plantagenet 
    Born 1281  Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Sep 1345  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Newark Abbey, Leicester, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I64505  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2017 

    Father Edmund Crouchback Leicester Plantagenet,   b. 16 Jan 1244, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Jun 1296  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Blanche Of Artois,   b. 1248, Arras, Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 May 1302, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Family ID F24634  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud De Chaworth,   b. 02 Aug 1282, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Dec 1322, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 1297 
    Children 
     1. Henry I Plantagenet,   b. 1310, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1361, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     2. Joan Plantagenet,   b. 1315, Grosmont Castle, Gwent, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jul 1349, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     3. Eleanor Plantagenet,   b. 11 Sep 1318, Grosmont Castle, Gwent, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1372, Arundel Castle, West Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     4. Mary Plantagenet,   b. 1320, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1362, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F24633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • And Earl of Leicester 1324. He was one of the leaders of the great confederacy which overturned the power of the Spencers 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'.