Henry of Lancaster Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Lancaster [5390] ²⁴

   Another name for Henry was Henry Of Lancaster Plantagenet 3 E Of Lancaster.²⁴

  General Notes:

Plantagenet, Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster 3rd, b. 1281
Acceded: 3 FEB 1327

And Earl of Leicester 1324. He was one of the leaders of the great confederacy
which overturned the power of the Spencers and deposed Kind Edward I I. 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.

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 3 Feb 1327.

Henry married Maud Chaworth [4428] [MRIN: 1694], daughter of Sir Patrick de Chaworth [5324] and Isabella de Beauchamp Countess Winchester [5325], before 2 Mar 1297. (Maud Chaworth [4428] was born about 1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, died before 3 Dec 1322 in Mottisfont Priory, Hampshire, England and was buried in Mottisford Priory, Hampshire, England.)

Henry next married Alix de Joinville [11417] [MRIN: 5163], daughter of John de Joinville Seneschal of Champagne [11418] and Alice de Risnel [11419], after 1322.