Humphrey Of GLOUCESTER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Duke of Gloucester
• Fact: 1420/21, Regent of England
• Fact: 1422, 1427, 1429, Protector of England

Notes:

Name:
Humphrey of Gloucester 'the good', fourth and youngest son, was born on 3 Oct. 1390 while his father was in Prussia, Knighted 12 Oct 1399, nom, K.G. about 1400 said to have been educated at Balliol College, Oxford, to which university he was a generous benefactor, presented many books to the University from about 1411, which formed the nucleus of the Bodleian Library, created Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Gloucester 16 May 1414, summoned to Parliament from 16 Sep 1414, received command of siege of Harfleur, wounded at Agincourt on 25 Oct 1415, and took a very active part in the King's second expedition to France, Protector of the Realm and Church of England, 5 Dec 1423. His first marriage had disastrous effects on the relations between England and her chief ally in the field, the Duke of Burgundy, went to Hainault with his wife Jacqueline in October 1424 in an attempt to recover her lordships, soon discouraged, leaving her at Mons, returning to England in 1425 with Eleanor Cobham; after Eleanor's conviction of witchcraft and sorcery and indictment for treason as aiming at the King's life (she confessed to having used charms to obtain he husband's love), he gradually withdrew from politics and state affairs; died intestate, probably of natural causes, on 23 Feb 1447, but under suspicious circumstances, being under arrest at the time at Bury St. Edmunds, buried St.Albans Abbey; married, first, before 7 Mar 1422/3 Jacqueline De Hainalt, died at Teilingen 8 Oct 1426, widow, first, John, Dauphin of France, second, John, Duke of Brabant (from whom she fled because of neglect and insult in 1421 to England, and procured a divorce from the Anti-Pope Benedict XIII), daughter and heiress of William VI, Count of Holland (marriage to Humphrey declared void 9 June 1428, and she married, fourth, Floris Borselen, Count of Ostrevant): Humphrey married, second, 1428, Eleanor Cobham, daughter of Reginald Cobham, Knt., of sterborough, Surrey, by his first wife, Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Culpeper, Knt. She was condemned and put to public penance in London, sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, October 1441, died a prisoner at Peel Castle, Isle of Man in 1454.

Humphrey married Jacqueline Of BAVARIA before 7 Mar 1422/3, and was divorced in 1426. Jacqueline (daughter of William VI Duke Of BAVARIA and Margaret Countess Of HAINAULT) died in 1436. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Humphrey married Eleanor COBHAM between 1428 and 1431, and was divorced in 1441. Eleanor died in 1454. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Antigone of GLOUCESTER was born before 1428.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 2nd Duke of Lancaster
• Fact: 1st Duke of Hereford
• Fact: Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Hereford, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lincoln, and Earl of Leicester; Also, Duke of Aquitaine in France
• Name: Henry IV Of Bolingbroke
• Fact 1: 30 Sep 1399, Elected King of England as HENRY IV

Notes:

Name:
Henry IV of England (of Bolingbroke), K.G., Earl of Hereford and Northampton 'jure uxoris', only surviving son and heir, was born at Bolingbroke Castle, co. Lincoln, in April 1366. He was married for the first time at Arundel Castle between 30 July 1380 and 10 Feb 1381 to Mary De Bohun, younger daughter and co-heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th and last Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton, by Joan Fitz Alan, daughter of Richard Fitz Alan, 9th Earl of Arundel. She was born about 1370 and was aged eleven at time of marriage. She died at Peterborough Castle aged twenty-four after the birth of her youngest child on 4 July 1394, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. From 1394 he devoted himself to work in Parliament and Council. He was created Duke of Hereford on 29 Sep 1397. Very soon afterwards began a quarrel with Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, which was ended by the banishment of both Dukes in September 1398. On his father's death in February 1399, Henry succeeded him as Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Lincoln and Leicester, and deposed his cousin King Richard II. He was declared King of England by Parliament on 30 Sep 1399, as Henry IV, and was crowned King of England on 13 Oct. 1399.

Henry's seizure of the throne from Richard II was never questioned by Parliament, and indeed many people welcomed the accession of this strong and able ruler. However, throughout his reign, Henry was troubled by revolts against him by those who had once been his most loyal supporters.

Worn down by conflict and financial problems, Henry IV died a shadow of his former, vigorous self.

Henry married Mary DE BOHUN between 30 Jul 1380 and 10 Feb 1381 in Arundel Castle. Mary (daughter of Humphrey IX DE BOHUN, K.G. and Joan FITZ ALAN) was born about 1366 in Hereford, England; died on 04 Jul 1394 in Peterborough Castle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England; was buried on 06 Jul 1394 in Leicester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]