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Henry of Lancaster 3rd Earl of Lancaster



Preferred Parents:
Father: Edmund Crouchback, b. 16 JAN 1245 in London, Middlesex, England   d. 5 JUN 1296 in Bayonne, Departement des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Mother: Blanche d'Artois, b. 16 JAN 1244 in Artois, France   d. 2 MAY 1302 in Paris, Île-de-France, France

Family 1: Matilda de Chaworth,    b. 2 FEB 1282 in Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly, Carmarthanshire, Wales,    d. 3 DEC 1322 in Mottisfont Priory, Hampshire, England,
  1. Eleanor of Lancaster, b. 11 SEP 1318 in Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales     d. 11 JAN 1372 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Weis, F.L. (n.d.). The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, 4th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co
    Author: pp. line 4 p 3
    Note: birth: 1281
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2037060884
  2. Title: The Royal Ancestry Bible, Michel L. Call, Copyright 2006
    Author: The Royal Ancestry Bible, Michel L. Call, Copyright 2006
    Note: death: birth:
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2026280052
  3. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
    Author: Citations [S495] Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 by F. L. Weis, p. 3. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 424-426. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 157-158. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 245-246. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 185-187. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 479. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 526-527. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 581-582. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 202-203. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 337-338. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 268. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 149. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 140.
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p123.htm#i3691;
    Note: Sir Henry Plantagenet, Earl Lancaster & Leicester, Count of Provence, Lord of Monmouth1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #3691, b. circa 1281, d. 22 September 1345 Father Sir Edmund (Crouchback) Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester & Derby, King of Sicily25,26,7 b. 16 Jan 1245, d. 5 Jun 1296 Mother Blanche d' Artois25,26,7 b. c 1248, d. 2 May 1302 Charts Pedigree of James Irvine Sir Henry Plantagenet, Earl Lancaster & Leicester, Count of Provence, Lord of Monmouth was born circa 1281 at Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales.2 He married Maud de Chaworth, daughter of Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord Kedwelly and Isabel de Beauchamp, between 30 December 1291 and 2 March 1297; They had 1 son (Sir Henry, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Leicester, & Lincoln) and 6 daughters (Blanche, wife of Sir Thomas, 2nd Lord Wake; Maud, wife of Sir William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, & of Sir Ralph de Ufford; Eleanor, wife of Sir, John, 2nd Lord Beaumont, & of Sir Richard, 10th Earl of Arundel, 9th Earl of Surrey; Mary, wife of Sir Henry, 3rd Lord Percy; Joan, wife of Sir John, 3rd Lord Mowbray; & Isabel, Prioress of Amesbury Priory).2,3,5,6,7,9,10,13,14,15,18,19,22,24 Sir Henry Plantagenet, Earl Lancaster & Leicester, Count of Provence, Lord of Monmouth left a will on 8 September 1345.7 He died on 22 September 1345 at Monastery of Canons, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Buried on the north side of the high altar of Newark Abbey, Leicestershire.2,7 His estate was probated on 15 February 1346.7 Family Maud de Chaworth b. 2 Feb 1282, d. bt 4 Aug 1320 - 3 Dec 1322 Children Isabel Plantagenet2,7 d. c 4 Feb 1349 Maud Plantagenet+2,27,7,28,23 b. 1298, d. 5 May 1377 Blanche Plantagenet2,29,6,7,30,24 b. c 1305, d. c 12 Jul 1380 Sir Henry Plantagenet, 1st Duke & 4th Earl Lancaster, Derby, Lincoln+2,7 b. c 1309, d. 23 Mar 1361 Eleanor Plantagenet+2,3,4,5,7,12,31,15,16 b. c 1312, d. 11 Jan 1372 Joan Plantagenet+2,32,7,8,9,17,19,20,21 b. c 1312, d. 7 Jul 1349 Mary Plantagenet+2,33,7,10,22 b. c 1320, d. 1 Sep 1362 Additional citations: [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 443. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 605-607. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 432. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 460-461. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 473. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 182-183. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 265. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 260. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 350. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 258. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 289. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 422-424. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 535-536. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 362. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 22. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 746. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 431. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 309-310. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 530-531. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 576.
  4. Title: "Plantagenet Ancestry," by Douglas Richardson
    Publication: Name: http://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA335&lpg=RA1-PA335&dq=marcher+lords+against+Llywelyn+Bren+in+1315&source=bl&ots=qvDnIv-bgd&sig=zsHWsujn6dG0qAs3JCauan0_pUo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ldleVMHDK4T5yQSi5oL4DQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=marcher%20lords%20against%20Llywelyn%20Bren%20in%201315&f=false;
  5. Title: The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England
    Author: Fraser, Antonia, The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, 12 Feb 2001, p. 70-71, Pauline Anne Bingham, 309 Copa de Oro, Brea, CA 92823 U.S.A.
    Note: [PFT:AQ] [S:Titl] The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England [S:Auth] Fraser, Antonia [S:Publ] 12 Feb 2001 [Page] p. 70-71 [R:Name] Pauline Anne Bingham [R:Addr] 309 Copa de Oro Brea, CA 92823 U.S.A. [R:Phon] (714) 524-3750 [/PFT]
  6. Title: MacLagan, M. (1981). Heraldry of The Royal Families of Europe. NY: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2037060907
  7. Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition
    Author: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, Page number: 2026, 2119
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2030202756
  8. Title: Cokayne, G.E. (n.d.) Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, IV, pp. 147
    Author: Sutton Publishing Ltd
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118
  9. Title: Burke's Genealogical & Heraldic Guide to the Peerage
    Author: Burke's Genealogical & Heraldic Guide to the Peerage, Baronetage&Knightage, London
    Note: aka-name: Henry Plantagenet ABBR Burke's Genealogical & Heraldic Guide to the Peerage, Baronetage &Knightage
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2037061093
  10. Title: Weis. F.L. (1992). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, 7th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992, Page number: line 17 pp 20-21
    Note: pp line 17 pp 20-21
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2037060940
  11. Title: Henry of Lancaster, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-MMZ7 : 1 June 2022), Henry of Lancaster, ; Burial, Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England, Church of the Annunciation of St. Mary; citing record ID 87259055, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-MMZ7;
    Note: Henry of Lancaster BIRTH 1281 England DEATH 22 Sep 1345 (aged 63–64) England BURIAL Church of the Annunciation of St. Mary Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England MEMORIAL ID 87259055 Husband of Matilda de Chaworth, daughter of Sir Patrick de Chaworth and Isabel de Beauchamp, daughter of William, Earl of Warwick. They were married after 30 Dec 1291, the grant of her marriage and before 02 March 1297. Secondly, the husband of Alice de Joinville, daughter of Jean de Joinville, Seneschal de Champagne and Alice de Risnal, married after 1322.
    Page: Find A Grave Index
  12. Title: Wikipedia - Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
    Author: Armitage-Smith, Sir Sydney, John of Gaunt: king of Castile and Leon, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, (Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd., 1904), pg 197. Jump up ^ Leese, Thelma Anna, Blood royal: issue of the kings and queens of medieval England, 1066–1399, (Heritage Book Inc., 2007), 201. Jump up ^ Burke, John, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley:London, 1831), 424. Jump up ^ Cambrian Archaeological Association, Archaeologia cambrensis, Volume 3, (W.Pickering:London, 1852), 15. Jump up ^ Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry,_3rd_Earl_of_Lancaster;
    Note: Henry, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (c. 1281 – 22 September 1345) was a grandson of King Henry III of England (1216–1272) and was one of the principals behind the deposition of King Edward II (1307–1327), his first cousin. Henry, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester Predecessor Thomas, 2nd Earl Successor Henry of Grosmont Born c. 1281 Died 22 September 1345 Leicester Castle Noble family Plantagenet Spouse(s) Maud Chaworth Issue Henry, Duke of Lancaster Blanche, Baroness Wake Maud, Countess of Ulster Joan, Baroness Mowbray Isabel, Prioress of Amesbury Eleanor, Countess of Arundel Mary, Baroness Percy Father Edmund Crouchback Mother Blanche of Artois. Origins He was the younger son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, a son of King Henry III by his wife Eleanor of Provence. The Earl Henry's mother was Blanche of Artois, Queen Dowager of Navarre. Henry's elder brother Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, succeeded their father in 1296, but Henry was summoned to Parliament on 6 February 1298/99 by writ directed to Henrico de Lancastre nepoti Regis ("Henry of Lancaster, nephew of the king", Edward I), by which he is held to have become Baron Lancaster. He took part in the Siege of Caerlaverock in July 1300. Petition for succession and inheritance After a period of long-standing opposition to King Edward II and his advisors, including joining two open rebellions, Henry's brother Thomas was convicted of treason, executed and had his lands and titles forfeited in 1322. Henry did not participate in his brother's rebellions; he later petitioned for his brother's lands and titles, and on 29 March 1324 he was invested as Earl of Leicester. A few years later, shortly after his accession in 1327, the young Edward III of England returned the earldom of Lancaster to him, along with other lordships such as that of Bowland. He may have inherited the Barony of Halton. Capture and custody of the King On the Queen's return to England in September 1326 with Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Henry joined her party against King Edward II, which led to a general desertion of the King's cause and overturned the power of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his son Hugh the younger. Henry was sent in pursuit and captured the King at Neath in South Wales. He was appointed to take charge of the King and was responsible for his custody at Kenilworth Castle. Full restoration and reward Henry was appointed head of the regency council for the new king, Edward III, and was also appointed captain-general of all the King's forces in the Scottish Marches. He was appointed Constable of Lancaster Castle and High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1327. He helped the young king put an end to Mortimer's regency and tyranny, having him declared a traitor and executed in 1330. Later life and death In about the year 1330, he became blind (Prestwich states Henry was going blind around 1329). Henry spent the last fifteen years of his life at Leicester Castle. There he founded a hospital for the poor and infirm in an extension of the castle bailey. It became known as the Newarke, and Henry was buried in the hospital chapel when he died in 1345. The King and Queen attended his funeral. He was succeeded as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester by his eldest son, Henry of Grosmont, later first Duke of Lancaster. Henry had his father's remains moved to the collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke, which he had built when he enhanced his father's foundation. Nickname According to Jean Le Bel, he was nicknamed Wryneck, or Tors-col in French, possibly due to a medical condition. Froissart repeated that statement in his Chronicles. Issue He married Maud Chaworth, before 2 March 1296/1297. Henry and Maud had seven children: Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, (c. 1310–1361) Blanche of Lancaster, Baroness Wake of Liddell, (c. 1305-c. 1380) married Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell Maud of Lancaster, (about 1310–1377); married (1) William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (died c.1333) and (2) Ralph de Ufford, Justiciar of Ireland (died 1346), and had descendants by both. Joan of Lancaster, (about 1312–1345); married John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray and had descendants Isabel of Lancaster, Abbess of Amesbury, (about 1317 – after 1347) Eleanor of Lancaster, (about 1318–1371/72) married (1) John De Beaumont, 2nd Baron Beaumont and (2) 5 Feb 1344/5, Richard FitzAlan, 3rd Earl of Arundel and had descendants. Mary of Lancaster, (about 1320–1362), who married Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and was the mother of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland and had descendants.
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