Plantagenet, Henry
1281 - 1345 (64 years)-
Name Plantagenet, Henry [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] Birth 1281 Grismond or Grosmont Castle (destroyed), Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] Gender Male Burial Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Death 22 Sep 1345 Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England Death 30 Sep 1345 Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England Alternate Burial Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Appointments / Titles 3rd Earl of Lancaster Appointments / Titles Earl of Leicester and Essex Death 30 Sep 1345 Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] Burial Aft 30 Sep 1345 Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] Person ID I25598 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Father Plantagenet, Edmund, b. 23 Jan 1245, London, London, England d. 12 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France (Age 51 years) Relationship natural Family ID F9817 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family de Chaworth, Maud, b. 2 Feb 1282, Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 3 Dec 1322, Mottisfont Priory, Mottisfont, Hampshire, England (Age 40 years) Marriage Bef 2 Mar 1297 Children 1. Plantagenet, Eleanor of Lancaster, b. 11 Sep 1318, Grismond or Grosmont Castle (destroyed), Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 19 Jan 1372, Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England (Age 53 years) [natural]2. Plantagenet, Lady Joan of Lancaster, b. 1312, Grismond or Grosmont Castle (destroyed), Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 15 Jul 1349, Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, England (Age 37 years) [natural]Family ID F9372 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 1281 - Grismond or Grosmont Castle (destroyed), Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales 
Burial - - Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England 
Death - 22 Sep 1345 - Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England Death - 30 Sep 1345 - Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England Alternate Burial - - Newark Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Death - 30 Sep 1345 - Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England Burial - Aft 30 Sep 1345 - Monastery of Cannons (Historic), Leicester, Leicestershire, England = Link to Google Earth
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CROUCHBACK, Edmund
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Notes - From Life Sketch
Henry, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (c. 1281 – 22 September 1345) was an English nobleman, one of the principals behind the deposition of Edward II of England.
He was the younger son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, who was a son of King Henry III by his wife Eleanor of Provence. Henry's mother was Blanche of Artois, Queen Dowager of Navarre.
Henry's elder brother Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, succeeded their father in 1296, but Henry was summoned to Parliament on 6 February 1298/99 by writ directed to Henrico de Lancastre nepoti Regis ("Henry of Lancaster, nephew of the king", Edward I), by which he is held to have become Baron Lancaster. He took part in the Siege of Caerlaverock in July 1300.
Petition for succession and inheritance
After a period of longstanding opposition to King Edward II and his advisors, including joining two open rebellions, Henry's brother Thomas was convicted of treason, executed and had his lands and titles forfeited in 1322. Henry did not participate in his brother's rebellions; he later petitioned for his brother's lands and titles, and on 29 March 1324 he was invested as Earl of Leicester. A few years later, shortly after his accession in 1327, the young Edward III of England returned the earldom of Lancaster to him, along with other lordships such as that of Bowland.
Revenge
On the Queen's return to England in September 1326 with Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Henry joined her party against King Edward II, which led to a general desertion of the king's cause and overturned the power of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his namesake son Hugh the younger Despenser.
He was sent in pursuit and captured the king at Neath in South Wales. He was appointed to take charge of the king and was responsible for his custody at Kenilworth Castle.
Full restoration and reward
Henry was appointed "chief advisor" for the new king Edward III of England, and was also appointed captain-general of all the king's forces in the Scottish Marches. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1327. He also helped the young king to put an end to Mortimer's regency and tyranny, also had him declared a traitor and executed in 1330.
Loss of sight
In about the year 1330, he became blind.
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