Duke of Lancaster Duke of Lancaster Henry of Lancaster
1300 - 1360 (60 years)
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Name Duke of Lancaster Henry of Lancaster Prefix Duke of Lancaster Birth 1300 [1] Gender Male Death 24 Mar 1360 [2] Age: 60y Person ID ind10618 The Skaggs-Files Last Modified 22 Nov 2024
Father 3rd Earl of Lancaster 3rd Earl of Lancaster Henry Plantagenet, b. 1281, Grosmont Castle, Monmouth, Wales 
d. 22 Sep 1345, Newark Abbey, Leicester, England (Age 64 years) Mother Lady Lady Maud de Chaworth, b. 02 Feb 1282, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 03 Dec 1322, England (Age 40 years) Family ID fam04191 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Isabel de Beaumont, b. 1310 d. 24 Mar 1360 (Age 50 years) Children 1. Maud of Lancaster, b. 04 Apr 1335 d. 10 Apr 1362 (Age 27 years) 2. Princess Princess Blanche Plantagenet, b. 25 Mar 1345, Lancashire, England d. 12 Sep 1369, Bolingbroke Caste, England (Age 24 years)Family ID fam04306 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Nov 2024
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Notes - Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (c. 1306 - 24 March 1361) was a member of the English royal family in the 14th century, and was a prominent English diplomat, politician, and soldier.
Henry was born to Henry of Lancaster, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, and he became a soldier in the English Army. He led various campaigns in Scotland and France (the Hundred Years War), before orchestrating a monumental (but temporary) peace treaty with France. This placed him in favorable light with the King of England, Edward III of England. Throughout his life, he held many honours, including: Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lincoln, and Duke of Lancaster; he was also a founding Knight of the Garter and Lord High Steward to Edward III.
He married Isabel de Beaumont, and they had two children:
Maud, Countess of Leicester
Blanche of Lancaster (married John of Gaunt)
- Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (c. 1306 - 24 March 1361) was a member of the English royal family in the 14th century, and was a prominent English diplomat, politician, and soldier.
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