Person:Henry Plantagenet (7)

Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster
m. 2 Mar 1297
  1. Blanche PlantagenetAbt 1305 - 1380
  2. Lady Matilda of LancasterAbt 1310 - 1377
  3. Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster1310 - 1361
  4. Joan PlantagenetAbt 1310 - 1345
  5. Eleanor of Lancaster1311 - 1372
  6. Isabel of LancasterAbt 1317 - Aft 1347
  7. Mary of LancasterAbt 1320 - 1362
  • HHenry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster1310 - 1361
  • WIsabel of BeaumontAbt 1320 - 1361
m. Est 1337
  1. Maud of Lancaster1339 - 1362
  2. Blanche of Lancaster _____1345 - 1369
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
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
Title (nobility)? From 1351 to 1361 Duke of Lancaster
Will[4] 15 Mar 1360/61 Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandLeicester Castle
Military? Combatant of Auberoche
Death? 23 Mar 1361 Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandLeicester Castle
Alt Death[3] 24 Mar 1360/61
Burial? Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandNewark Church
Probate[4] 29 Mar 1361 Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandLeicester Castle
Reference Number? Q225604?


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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.

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References
  1.   Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. HENRY "of Grosmont", in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  3. 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. 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).