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Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster
Facts and Events
| Name |
Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster |
| Unknown |
Henry Plantagenet |
| Alt Name |
Earl Henry of Derby |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt Birth[2] |
Abt 1300 |
Grosmont, Monmouthshire, WalesGrosmont Castle |
| Alt Birth? |
Abt 1304 |
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| Birth? |
1310 |
Grosmont, Monmouthshire, WalesGrosmont Castle |
| Alt Marriage |
Abt 1334 |
to Isabel of Beaumont |
| Marriage |
Est 1337 |
to Isabel of Beaumont |
| Title (nobility)? |
From 1337 to 1361 |
Earl of Derby |
| Employment? |
From 1345 to 1361 |
Lord High Steward |
| Title (nobility)? |
From 1345 to 1351 |
Earl of Lancaster |
| Other? |
1348 |
Order of the Garter
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| Title (nobility)? |
From 1351 to 1361 |
Duke of Lancaster |
| Will[4] |
15 Mar 1360/61 |
Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandLeicester Castle |
| Military? |
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Combatant of Auberoche
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| Death? |
23 Mar 1361 |
Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandLeicester Castle |
| Alt Death[3] |
24 Mar 1360/61 |
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| Burial? |
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Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandNewark Church |
| Probate[4] |
29 Mar 1361 |
Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandLeicester Castle |
| Reference Number? |
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Q225604
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- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (– 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer. The owner of Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, Grosmont was a member of the House of Plantagenet, which was ruling over England at that time. He was the wealthiest and most powerful peer of the realm.
The son and heir of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, and Maud Chaworth, Grosmont became one of King Edward III's most trusted captains in the early phases of the Hundred Years' War and distinguished himself with victory in the Battle of Auberoche. He was a founding member and the second knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348, and in 1351 was created Duke of Lancaster. An intelligent and reflective man, Grosmont taught himself to write and was the author of the book Livre de seyntz medicines, a highly personal devotional treatise. He is remembered as one of the founders and early patrons of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, which was established by two guilds of the town in 1352.
References
- Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ HENRY "of Grosmont", in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
- ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
Volume 4 page 204, VII pp. 401 to 410.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nichols, John. A collection of all the wills, now known to be extant, of the kings and queens of England, princes and princessess of Wales, and every branch of the blood royal: from the reign of William the Conqueror to that of Henry the Seventh, exclusive, with explanatory notes and a glossary. (London: J. Nichols, 1780)
pages 82 to 87.
The will can be read here (in Anglo-Norman).
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