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Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster 1281–1345 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1281

Birth Location: Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England

Death Date: 22 September 1345

Death Location: Leicester, England

Father: Edmund Leicester

Mother: Blanche Champagne

Spouse(s): Matilda Plantagenet

Children(s): Henry Leicester

In 1281, Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster entered the world in Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England, born to Edmund Crouchback Plantagenet Earl Of Lancaster And Leicester And Blanche Of Artois Queen Consort Of Navarre Countess Consort Of Champagne. Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster married Matilda Maud De Chaworth Plantagenet, and had children including Henry Of Grosmont 1St Duke Of Lancaster Earl Of Lancaster And Leicester. Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster passed away in 1345 in Leicester, England.

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  • In 1281, Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster entered the world in Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England, born to Edmund Crouchback Plantagenet Earl Of Lancaster And Leicester And Blanche Of Artois Queen Consort Of Navarre Countess Consort Of Champagne.
  • Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster married Matilda Maud De Chaworth Plantagenet, and had children including Henry Of Grosmont 1St Duke Of Lancaster Earl Of Lancaster And Leicester.
  • Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster passed away in 1345 in Leicester, England.

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Henry Lancaster's Ancestors

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Henry Lancaster
1281–1345
Birth Place: Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England
Parents
Edmund Crouchback Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster and Leicester
1245–1296
London, London, England, United Kingdom
Blanche (Of Artois Queen consort of Navarre Countess consort of) Champagne
1248–1302
Arras, P-cls, France
Grandparents
Henry (III) Plantagenet
1207–1272
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Eleanor Berenger
1217–1291
Aix, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
Great-Grandparents
John Plantagenet
1167–1216
Isabella Angouleme
1188–1246
Raimond Provence
1198–1245
Beatrice DeSavoie
1201–1266
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry England
1133–1189
Eleanor Aquitaine
1122–1204

Henry Lancaster's Descendants

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Henry (3rd Earl of Leicester and) Lancaster (1281–22 September 1345) m. Matilda ("maud" De Chaworth) Plantagenet (1282–1322)
  1. 1. Henry (of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and) Leicester 1310–1361

Henry Lancaster's Timeline

2 Records

1281
1281
Birth of Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster in Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England
Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England
1345
22 September 1345
Age 64
Death of Henry 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster in of Leicester, Leics, England
of Leicester, Leics, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1281
    Event Place: Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 September 1345
    Event Place: of Leicester, Leics, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Leicester, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

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