Henry "The Wryneck" Of GROSMENT

Abt 1300 - 1361  (61 years)

• Name	Henry "The Wryneck" Of GROSMENT  [1, 2]
  	His father having become blind about 1330, he early became prominent in public affairs. He was created Earl of Derby on 16 Mar 1336/7, and was summoned as such to Parliament in April 1337. He succeeded his father as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester and Steward of England in 1345. He was a Founder Knight of the Order of the Garter. He was created Earl of Lincoln on 20 Aug 1349, and Duke of Lancaster on 6 Mar 1350/1. By David II, King of Scotland, he was created Earl of Moray. His military activities (at that day including fighting at sea) filled his whole life from youth to within a few months of his death. Henry of Lancaster, Duke of Lancaster, died testate of the plague at Leicester on 24 Mar 1360/1 and was buried in the church of the Newark. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1300	Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Seneschal of England   [2]
  Fact	Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester   [2]
  Fact	Duke of Lancaster   [2]
  Fact	First Founder Knight of the Garter   [2]
  Fact	The Good Duke   [2]
  Death	24 Mar 1361	Leicester, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: plague
  Burial	Leicester Abbey   [2]
  Notes	Henry died of the plague in Leicester. Also known as the Good Duke, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, Seneschal of England, First Founder Knight of the Garter.
  Person ID	I26467	Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Henry Of LANCASTER,   b. Abt 1281, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England d. 22 Sep 1345, Monastry Of Cannons, England (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Maud DE CHAWORTH,   b. Abt 1282, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. Between 19 Feb 1317 and 03 Dec 1322 (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Bef 02 Mar 1296  [1, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F03433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel DE BEAUMONT   d. Aft 24 Mar 1356
  Marriage	Abt 1334  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Blanche Of LANCASTER,   b. 25 Mar 1345   d. 12 Sep 1368, Bolingbroke Castle (Age 23 years)  [Birth]   2. Maud Of LANCASTER,   b. 4 Apr 1335   d. 10 Apr 1362, Died of pestilence (Age 27 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F05252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1300 - Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, England Fact - - Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester Fact - - Duke of Lancaster Death - Cause: plague - 24 Mar 1361 - Leicester, England Burial - - Leicester Abbey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700. [S03483] The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), Kt.