Henry IV King Of ENGLAND

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 2nd Duke of Lancaster
• Fact: 1st Duke of Hereford
• Fact: Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Hereford, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lincoln, and Earl of Leicester; Also, Duke of Aquitaine in France
• Name: Henry IV Of Bolingbroke
• Fact 1: 30 Sep 1399, Elected King of England as HENRY IV

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Henry IV of England (of Bolingbroke), K.G., Earl of Hereford and Northampton 'jure uxoris', only surviving son and heir, was born at Bolingbroke Castle, co. Lincoln, in April 1366. He was married for the first time at Arundel Castle between 30 July 1380 and 10 Feb 1381 to Mary De Bohun, younger daughter and co-heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th and last Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton, by Joan Fitz Alan, daughter of Richard Fitz Alan, 9th Earl of Arundel. She was born about 1370 and was aged eleven at time of marriage. She died at Peterborough Castle aged twenty-four after the birth of her youngest child on 4 July 1394, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. From 1394 he devoted himself to work in Parliament and Council. He was created Duke of Hereford on 29 Sep 1397. Very soon afterwards began a quarrel with Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, which was ended by the banishment of both Dukes in September 1398. On his father's death in February 1399, Henry succeeded him as Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Lincoln and Leicester, and deposed his cousin King Richard II. He was declared King of England by Parliament on 30 Sep 1399, as Henry IV, and was crowned King of England on 13 Oct. 1399.

Henry's seizure of the throne from Richard II was never questioned by Parliament, and indeed many people welcomed the accession of this strong and able ruler. However, throughout his reign, Henry was troubled by revolts against him by those who had once been his most loyal supporters.

Worn down by conflict and financial problems, Henry IV died a shadow of his former, vigorous self.

Henry married Mary DE BOHUN between 30 Jul 1380 and 10 Feb 1381 in Arundel Castle. Mary (daughter of Humphrey IX DE BOHUN, K.G. and Joan FITZ ALAN) was born about 1366 in Hereford, England; died on 04 Jul 1394 in Peterborough Castle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England; was buried on 06 Jul 1394 in Leicester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Joanna Of NAVARRE on 7 Feb 1403 in Winchester. Joanna (daughter of Charles II King Of NAVARRE and Joan Of FRANCE) was born in 1370; died on 9 Jul 1437 in Havering-atte-Bower, Essex; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was created Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester on 15 Oct 1399, Duke of Aquitaine on 23 Oct 1399, and Duke of Lancaster on 10 Nov 1399. He succeeded his father on 21 Mar 1412/3, and was crowned King of England on 9 Apr 1413. by his French conquests leading to the Treaty of Troyes on 21 May 1420 he assumed the title of Heir and Regent of the realm of France. Henry V of England, King of England, died at Bois de Vincennes on 31 Aug 1422, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His widow is said to have been married for the second time (though no evidence of the marriage has been discovered) to Owen Tudor (beheaded by the Yorkists after the Battle Mortimer's Crown at Hereford on 4 Feb 1461.)

The Lancastrian period was marked by almost continual warfare. Baronial revolt and war with Welsh patriots broke out in the first decade, and dynastic war during the last, with prolonged warfare in France occupying most of the intervening four decades, when King Henry V opened the final phase of the 100 Years' War. He recovered many English possessions, but they were all lost during the reign of his son, Henry VI. the loss of the French possessions, together with the weak government of Henry VI, led to the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses, a campaign led by the supporters of Richard, Duke of York and Protector of England, during the illness of his cousin, Henry VI, to place Richard on the throne instead of Henry.

Soon after succeeding his father, Henry V revived the 100 Years' War with France. In 1415, Henry defeated the French army at Agincourt, and by 1420 he had forced the French King, Charles VI, to accept him as heir. This pact was sealed by Henry's marriage to Charles's daughter, Catherine.

Henry married Catherine Of FRANCE on 02 Jun 1420 in Church of St. John, Troyes, Trinity Sunday. Catherine (daughter of Charles VI King Of FRANCE and Isabeau Of BAVARIA) was born on 27 Oct 1401; died on 3 Jan 1437. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas of Lancaster, created Duke of Clarence, Earl of Albemarle 9 July 1412, slain at the Battle of Beauge 22 Mar 1421, buried at Canterbury.

Thomas married Margaret DE HOLAND in 1412. Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G. and Alice FITZ ALAN) died on 30 Dec 1439 in London; was buried in Chapel of St. Michael in Canterbury Cathedral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John of Lancaster, created Earl of Kendal, Duke of Bedford 16 May 1414, Regent of France September 1422, died at Rouen in the night of 14-15 Sep 1435, buried there.

John married Anne Of BURGUNDY on 17 Apr 1432 in Church of St. John, Troyes. Anne (daughter of John The Fearless Duke Of BURGUNDY and Margaret Of BAVARIA) died on 14 Nov 1432. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Jacquetta Of LUXEMBOURG on 22 Apr 1433 in Therouenne. Jacquetta (daughter of Pierre Of LUXEMBOURG and Marguerite DE BAUX) was born in 1415; died on 30 May 1472. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Duke of Gloucester
• Fact: 1420/21, Regent of England
• Fact: 1422, 1427, 1429, Protector of England

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Humphrey of Gloucester 'the good', fourth and youngest son, was born on 3 Oct. 1390 while his father was in Prussia, Knighted 12 Oct 1399, nom, K.G. about 1400 said to have been educated at Balliol College, Oxford, to which university he was a generous benefactor, presented many books to the University from about 1411, which formed the nucleus of the Bodleian Library, created Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Gloucester 16 May 1414, summoned to Parliament from 16 Sep 1414, received command of siege of Harfleur, wounded at Agincourt on 25 Oct 1415, and took a very active part in the King's second expedition to France, Protector of the Realm and Church of England, 5 Dec 1423. His first marriage had disastrous effects on the relations between England and her chief ally in the field, the Duke of Burgundy, went to Hainault with his wife Jacqueline in October 1424 in an attempt to recover her lordships, soon discouraged, leaving her at Mons, returning to England in 1425 with Eleanor Cobham; after Eleanor's conviction of witchcraft and sorcery and indictment for treason as aiming at the King's life (she confessed to having used charms to obtain he husband's love), he gradually withdrew from politics and state affairs; died intestate, probably of natural causes, on 23 Feb 1447, but under suspicious circumstances, being under arrest at the time at Bury St. Edmunds, buried St.Albans Abbey; married, first, before 7 Mar 1422/3 Jacqueline De Hainalt, died at Teilingen 8 Oct 1426, widow, first, John, Dauphin of France, second, John, Duke of Brabant (from whom she fled because of neglect and insult in 1421 to England, and procured a divorce from the Anti-Pope Benedict XIII), daughter and heiress of William VI, Count of Holland (marriage to Humphrey declared void 9 June 1428, and she married, fourth, Floris Borselen, Count of Ostrevant): Humphrey married, second, 1428, Eleanor Cobham, daughter of Reginald Cobham, Knt., of sterborough, Surrey, by his first wife, Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Culpeper, Knt. She was condemned and put to public penance in London, sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, October 1441, died a prisoner at Peel Castle, Isle of Man in 1454.

Humphrey married Jacqueline Of BAVARIA before 7 Mar 1422/3, and was divorced in 1426. Jacqueline (daughter of William VI Duke Of BAVARIA and Margaret Countess Of HAINAULT) died in 1436. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Humphrey married Eleanor COBHAM between 1428 and 1431, and was divorced in 1441. Eleanor died in 1454. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Blanche married Louis LUDWIG II, III Barbatus on 06 Jul 1402. Louis died between 20 Dec 1436 and 1439. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eric VII Of POMERANIA. Eric died in 1459. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]