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Abt 1300 - 1361 (61 years)
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Name |
Henry "The Wryneck" Of GROSMENT [1, 2] |
- His father having become blind about 1330, he early became prominent in public affairs. He was created Earl of Derby on 16 Mar 1336/7, and was summoned as such to Parliament in April 1337. He succeeded his father as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester and Steward of England in 1345. He was a Founder Knight of the Order of the Garter. He was created Earl of Lincoln on 20 Aug 1349, and Duke of Lancaster on 6 Mar 1350/1. By David II, King of Scotland, he was created Earl of Moray. His military activities (at that day including fighting at sea) filled his whole life from youth to within a few months of his death. Henry of Lancaster, Duke of Lancaster, died testate of the plague at Leicester on 24 Mar 1360/1 and was buried in the church of the Newark. [1]
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Birth |
Abt 1300 |
Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, England [1, 2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Fact |
Seneschal of England [2] |
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Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester [2] |
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Duke of Lancaster [2] |
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First Founder Knight of the Garter [2] |
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The Good Duke [2] |
Death |
24 Mar 1361 |
Leicester, England [1, 2, 3] |
Cause: plague |
Burial |
Leicester Abbey [2] |
Notes |
- Henry died of the plague in Leicester.
Also known as the Good Duke, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, Seneschal of England, First Founder Knight of the Garter.
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Person ID |
I26467 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
20 Apr 2022 |
Father |
Henry Of LANCASTER, b. Abt 1281, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England d. 22 Sep 1345, Monastry Of Cannons, England (Age 64 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Maud DE CHAWORTH, b. Abt 1282, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. Between 19 Feb 1317 and 03 Dec 1322 (Age 35 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
Bef 02 Mar 1296 [1, 3, 4] |
Family ID |
F03433 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).
- [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.
- [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.
- [S03483] The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), Kt.
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