Henry III Earl of Leicester and Lancaster

• Preferred Name: Henry III Earl of Leicester and Lancaster^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LYHS-DRH
  
• Milit_Serv: 20 JUN 1347 in Battle Of La Roche-Derien
  
• Death: 1345
  
• Birth: 1281
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord Dagworth
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir Thomas Dagworth was an English knight and soldier, who led English armies in Brittany during the Hundred Years' War. In 1346 he led a small English force in Brittany in support of John de Montfort's claim on the dukedom. De Montfort was backed by the English throne, whereas his rival, Charles of Blois was backed by the French. On 9 June, Dagworth's force was attacked by Charles' much larger army at Saint-Pol-de-Léon. Though almost surrounded, the longbowmen won the day for the English. The next year, on 20 June, he claimed an even more famous victory at the Battle of La Roche-Derrien, where he captured Charles of Blois. He was summoned to the Parliament of England in 1347 as Baron Dagworth. He was killed in an ambush on 20 July 1350, near Auray, a few miles west of Vannes, by a Breton force under Raoul de Caours. Sir Thomas came from Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall in Essex.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dagworth
  
  === He was slain treacherously during a time ===
  He was slain treacherously during a time of truce in a battle skirmish. He defeated and took captive Charles de Blois
  
  === !Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal De ===
  !Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal Descent Together with Their Paternal Ancestry by Joseph Foster p 39 1884 Edition: The celebrated warrior who brought Charles de Blois, Duke of Britany, a prisoner to the Tower.
  
  === !MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Tur ===
  !MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
  
  === Death ===
  Death killed in an ambush in Brittany
  
  === Person note ===
  Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal Descent Together with Their Paternal Ancestry by Joseph Foster p 39 1884 Edition: The celebrated warrior who brought Charles de Blois, Duke of Britany, a prisoner to the Tower.
  
  Murdered. One of the most famous Captains of his time and defeated Charles De Blois at the Battle of La Roche-Derien, nearTreguier, on 06/20/1347, and took him prisioner.
  
  === Murdered. One of the most famous Captain ===
  Murdered. One of the most famous Captains of his time anddefeated CharlesDE Blois at the Battle of La Roche-Derien, nearTreguier, on 06/20/1347,and took him prisioner.
  
  === Person note ===
  Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal Descent Together with Their Paternal Ancestry by Joseph Foster p 39 1884 Edition: The celebrated warrior who brought Charles de Blois, Duke of Britany, a prisoner to the Tower.
  
  === !Plantagenent Ancestry of Seventeenth-Ce ===
  !Plantagenent Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists The Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies before 1701 by David Faris First Edition
  
  === Person note ===
  Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal Descent Together with Their Paternal Ancestry by Joseph Foster p 39 1884 Edition: The celebrated warrior and one of the most famous Captains of his time anddefeated CharlesDE Blois at the Battle of La Roche-Derien, nearTreguier, on 06/20/1347, and took him prisioner.
  
  Murdered. Killed in an ambush in Brittany.

• m. 8 APR 1340 in of Yorkshire, England

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   Author: Roots Web World Connect Project, database: lcgiles.