3rd Earl Of Lancaster Henry PLANTAGENET
- Born: 1281, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England
- Marriage: (1): Alix DE JOINVILLE
- Marriage: (2): Maud DE CHAWORTH Bef 2 Mar 1296-1297, Kidwelly,
Carmarthenshire, Wales
- Died: 22 Sep 1345, Monastery Of Cannon, France at age 64
- Buried: Monastery Of Cannon, France
 General
Notes:
Earl of Lancaster. He was one of
the leaders of the great confederacy which overturned the power of the Spencers
and deposed King Edward II. He was appointed guardian of the new King Edward
III. He was appointed captain-general of all the King's forces in the Marches of
Scotland. Lord of Beaumont and Nogent 1336. AKA "Tortcol". (The Complete
Peerage, vol. VII, pp. 396-401
Henry Plantaganet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster,
and a Member of Parliament, was born about 1281 and died September 22, 1348,
buried with great ceremony on the north side of the altar of Newark Abbey,
Leicester, where his obsequies were attended by the king and queen in person. He
was a distinguished soldier in the Scottish wars, and had livery of his lands in
the 17th year of Edward II., and was restored to the dignity of Earl of
Leicester. This prince was subsequently one of the leaders in the great
confederacy which over turned the power of the Spencers, and deposed King Edward
II. Upon the accession of King Edward III., the earl had the honor of girding
him with the sword of knighthood, and as soon as the new monarch was crowned, he
was appointed, the king being a minor, his guardian. After which, in the
parliament begun in Westminster, the attainder against his brother being
reversed, he was restored to all the lands of his father and brother, with the
Earldoms of Lancaster and Leicester, and the same year, the first year of Edward
III., he was constituted captain-general of all the king's forces in the marches
of Scotland. He married on March 2, 1296 or 1297 Maud Chaworth, daughter of
Patrick Chaworth and his wife Isabel Beauchamp. Maud died before December 3,
1322, and was buried at Mottisfont Priory, of which she was a patron.
Henry married Alix DE JOINVILLE.
(Alix DE JOINVILLE was born about 1285.)
Henry next married Maud DE
CHAWORTH, daughter of Sir Patrick VI DE CHAWORTH and Countess Winchester Isabel
DE BEAUCHAMP, before 2 Mar 1296-1297 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales. (Maud
DE CHAWORTH was born about 1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, died after
1320 and was buried in Priory, Mottisfont, Hampshire, England.)
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