Sir Edmund of Langley, KG, Duke of York

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Earl of Cambridge.
• Land/House: 6 Aug 1347; On 6 August 1347 he was granted all the lands beyond Trent late of his godfather, the Earl of Surrey.
• Military: 1359/60; In 1359/60 he fought in France.
• Knighted: Abt Apr 1361; About April 1361, he was made a Knight of the Garter.
• Offices Held: From 12 Jun 1376 to 1 Feb 1381; From 12 June 1376 to 1 February 1381 he was the Warden of the Cinque Ports and the Constable of Dover Castle.
• Offices Held: 30 Jun 1377; On 30 June 1377 he was the Chief Commissioner for the defense of the Kentish coast against the French.
• Military: 1378, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France; In 1378 he fought in the expedition against St. Malo.
• Offices Held: 29 Mar 1381; On 29 March 1381 he was Chief Commissioner to treat with the ambassador of Bohemia concerning the King's marriage.
• Military: 1381/82; He fought in the expedition in Portugal against the Spaniards, which he commanded without much success om 1381/82.
• Title(s): 6 Aug 1385; On 6 August 1385 he was created the 1st Duke of York.
• Offices Held: 19 Nov 1386; He was a member of the Council of Regency on 19 November 1386.
• Offices Held: 4 May 1388; On 4 May 1388 he held the office of Keeper of the Bailiwick of the Forests of Rutland and Leighfield.
• Offices Held: 10 Mar 1393/94; On 10 Mar 1393/94 he was Commissioner to treat for peace with France, along with Lancaster.
• Offices Held: 5 Aug 1396; On 5 August 1396 he served as Surveyor of the temporalities of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
• Offices Held: 24 Feb 1396/97; On 24 February 1396/97 he held the office of Keeper of Mortagne-sur-la-Gironde.
• Offices Held: 12 May 1397; He held the office of Keeper of Freemantle Park, Hampshire on 12 May 1397.
• Offices Held: 1399; In 1399 he was appointed Privy Counselor.
• Offices Held: Between 20 Mar 1399 and Aug 1399; Between 20 Mar 1399 and Aug 1399 he held the office of Steward of England.
• Military: 27 Jul 1399; On 27 July 1399 at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, he made his peace with the new King Henry IV, instead of opposing his landing.
• Last Full Review: 3 Aug 2020

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He was interred at King's Langley Priory; however, his tomb was relocated to the nearby All Saints' Church, Kings Langley in 1575 after the priory had been dissolved. When the tomb was moved again during church restoration work in 1877, three bodies, one male and two female, were found inside.

Edmund married Isabel of Castile between 1 Mar 1372 to 30 Apr 1372 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. Isabel was born in 1355 in Morales del Vino, Castile and León, Spain; died on 23 Dec 1392; was buried in All Saints Church, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Joan de Holand about 4 Nov 1393. Joan (daughter of Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan) was born about 1380; died on 12 Apr 1434. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]