Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster
1281 - 1345

Relationship to me: Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather Gen -20
Born 1281 at Lancaster, Monmouthshire(?), England  
Died September 22, 1345, Leicester, England; buried Newark Abbey, Leicester  
Age 64  
Father:      Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Leicester "Crouchback" 1245 - 1296
Mother: Blanche of Artois c. 1245 - 1300
Brothers:
Sisters:
Married: (1) Maud de Chaworth, about 1282, of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  (2) Alix de Joinville, after 1322  
Children:   (1) Eleanor Plantagenet 1311 - 1372 
  Maud Plantagenet  
Heney "of Grosmont" Plantagenet
  Isabell Plantagenet  
  Blanche Plantagenet  
  Joan Plantagenet  
  Mary Plantagenet  


Notes from Jerry Gandolfo:

Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster: Earl of Leicester (?) 1324. 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. (also known as, "Tortcol")

Maud de Chaworth: Born: about 1282 in of, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Died: before December 3, 1322, buried Priory, Mottisfont, Hampshire, England
Father: Patrick de Chaworth, born about 1250 in Stoke, Northhampton, England
Mother: Isabel de Beauchamp, born about 1240 in Warwick, Wasrwickshire, England
Married: Henry Plantagenet, March 3, 1298
Children: Eleanor Plantagenet; Maud Plantagenet; Heney "of Grosmont" Plantagenet; Isabell
Plantagenet; Blanche Plantagenet; Joan Plantagenet; and Mary Plantagenet.

Sources: Hand-written notes from an unknown source passed down from Harold Ernest Montague Newman
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