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Sir Henry Pantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester

Male Abt 1281 - 1345  (64 years)


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  • Name Henry Pantagenet 
    • He was also the Steward of England
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth Abt 1281  [3, 5, 6, 7
    History birth to death 
    • He was said to be Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 3, 2004. [1]
    • In 1298/99, he was summoned to parliament. [3]
    • On 10 May 1324, he was created the Earl of Lancaster. [3, 6]
    • In 1326, he arrested his cousin, King Edward II. [1]
    Death 22 Sep 1345  [3, 6, 7
    Person ID I2890  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2020 

    Father Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and of Leicester,   b. 16 Jan 1244, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1295, Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Blanche of Artois,   b. About 1248   d. 2 May 1302, Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 1276 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 31 years and 11 months - She : ~ 28 years. 
    Family ID F2274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud de Chaworth  [1, 2, 3
    Marriage 1298  [3, 5, 7
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 17 years - She : ??. 
    Children 
     1. Mary Plantagenet,   b. 1320   d. 1 Sep 1362 (Age 42 years)
     2. Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester ,   b. Abt 1310   d. 24 Mar 1360/61, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     3. Joan Plantagenet, of Lancaster   d. 7 Jul 1349
     4. Eleanor de Lancaster   d. 11 Jan 1372, Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Sources have given him as second marriage to Alex de Joinville. This is incorrect. She married Henry's younger brother, John of Lancaster. [1]
    • Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1348. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1647] Richardson, Douglas. "Henry, Earl of Lancaster's Marriage to Alix de Joinville", (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 3, 2004).

    2. [S1472] Stone, Don C. and Charles R Owens. "[Eirene?], First wife of Emperor Isaakios II Angelos, is Probable Tornikina and Gateway to Antiquity" , (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation of Medieval Genealogy, volume 3, number 5, January 2011).

    3. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    4. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.

    5. [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).

    6. [S1449] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume VII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929).

    7. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).