Henry Plantagenet , 3rd Earl of Lancaster, MP 
Henry was born about 1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales. Henry's father was Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet , Earl Lancaster and his mother was Blanche d' Artois , Queen of Navarre. His paternal grandparents were Henry III Plantagenet King of England and Eleanor of Provence; his maternal grandparents were Robert I Count of Artois and Mahaut (Maud) of Brabant. He had a half-sister named Jeanne Princess of. He died on September 22nd, 1345 in Monastery of Cannons, Leicestershire, England. He was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicestershire, England.General Notes
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster of the 1267 creation (2nd son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, 2nd son of Henry III). [Burke's Peerage]
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Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, b. c 1281, d. 22 Sep 1345, son of Edmund Plantagenet and Blanche of Artois, and grandson of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Following is a brief summary of Henry's entry from the "Dictionary of National Biography" :
He served with EDWARD I in Flanders in 1297 and 1298. He fought in Scotland several times between 1298 and 1305. In 1315 he, in common with the other lords of the Welsh marches, joined the Earl of Hereford in putting down the rebellion of Llewelyn Bren, and in 1318 he was ordered to bring his Welsh retainers to Newcastle to serve against the Scots. He was opposed to the Despensers, for the greediness of the younger threatened the lords marchers generally; but he does not seem to have had any violent feelings against the king, and was not involved in his brother's [Thomas, Earl of Lancaster] treason. In 1324 he was created Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, and Steward of England, dignities which had been held by his brother. It is evident that he was indignant at his brother's fate, and was resolved to avenge it, and was not appeased by these honors. In 1324 the King unsuccessfully had him tried for treason. He was, at this time, regarded as the foremost man in the kingdom. Henry supported Queen Isabel upon her return to England and he was instrumental in the downfall of the Despensers and had custody of King Edward II for a time during his imprisonment. He is said to have treated the King very humanely. Henry was the guardian of King Edward III during his minority and was the chief member of the council of government. In 1326 he took the lead in opposition to the rule of Queen Isabel and her paramour, ROGER MORTIMER, EARL OF MARCH (RIN 684). Early in the year 1330, following a slow degeneration of his vision, Henry became totally blind. Still, he persuaded the king of the necessity of getting rid of MORTIMER and was the mastermind of the plot which led to MORTIMER'S capture, trial, and execution late in the year. The Earl's blindness, which he bore with patience, forced him to retire from active life; he gave himself wholly to devotion. He was courteous and kindhearted, of sound judgement, religious, and apparently of high
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- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau, Eure-et-Loire, Normandy, France
- b.5 MAR 1132/33 in Le Mans, Maine, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.FEB 1102/03 in London, Middlesex, England d.10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1099 in Toulouse, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin-Beliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Touraine, France
- b.~ 1105 in Chatellerault, Vienne, Poitou, France d.AFT MAR 1130/31
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1120 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.07 Aug 1178 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.1218 in Abbey, La Couroun, France
- b.~ 1120 in Turenne, Correze, Limousin, France d.> 1201
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevault Abbey, Fonervrault, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.~ 1125 in Paris, Seine, France d.1183 in Palestine
- b.~ 1161 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.~ 1130 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.16 JAN 1244/45 in London, Middlesex, England d.05 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, Pyrennes-Atlantiques, France
- b.04 Apr 1152 in Villa Mayor del Valle, Barcelona, Spain d.25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Roussillon, France
- b.1180 in Barcelona, Spain d.FEB 1208/09 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- b.21 Sep 1154 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.09 Nov 1208 in Monasterio de Jaen, Jaen, Spain
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1154 in Sabran, Gard, Languedoc France d.1224
- b.~ 1181 in Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France d.> 1209
- b.~ 1156 in Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France d.> 1193
- b.1217 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.25 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.01 Aug 1136 in Savoy, France d.4 MAR 1188/89 in France
- b.20 MAR 1176/77 in Carbonierres, Savoy, France d.20 JAN 1232/33 in Aoste, Isere, France
- b.~ 1138 in Vienne, Lyonnais, France d.1184
- b.~ 1201 in Chambery, Savoy, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1130 in Genf, Geneva, Helvetiz, Switzerland d.25 Jul 1195
- b.~ 1180 in Genf, Geneva, Helvetiz, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre-Chatel, Isere, France
- b.1138 in Faucigny, Haute Savoy, France
- b.~ 1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales d.22 Sep 1345 in Monastery of Cannons, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1120 in Rheims, Marne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.21 Aug 1165 in Paris, Seine, France d.14 Jul 1223 in Mantes, Yvelines, France
- b.~ 1140 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.04 Jun 1206 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.05 Sep 1187 in Paris, Seine, France d.08 Nov 1226 in Montpensier, Auvergne, France
- b.1150 in Hainault, France d.17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium
- b.05 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, France d.15 MAR 1189/90 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.< 1145 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.12 Nov 1194
- b.Sep 1216 in Paris, Seine, France d.ABT 8 FEB 1249/50 in Egypt
- b.1135 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Coimbra, Portugal d.06 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Castile, Spain
- b.1133 in Pampina, Navarre, Spain d.24 Jun 1158
- b.BEF 4 MAR 1187/88 in Castile, Spain d.27 Nov 1253 in Palais de Louvre, Paris, Seine, France
- b.5 MAR 1132/33 in Le Mans, Maine, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.13 Oct 1161 in Domfront, Normandy, France d.25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Brugos, Spain
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin-Beliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Touraine, France
- b.1248 in Arras, Paris, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.1142 in Louvain, Brabant, Lorraine, France d.1190
- b.1165 in Brabant, Belgium d.05 Sep 1235 in Koln
- b.1142 in Lorraine, France d.1172
- b.~ 1200 in Brabant, Lorraine, France d.1 FEB 1247/48
- b.~ 1137 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.1214
- b.~ 1163 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.1211
- b.1136 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.1182
- b.~ 1224 in Brabant, Lorraine, France d.29 Sep 1288
- b.1122 in Swabia, Germany d.10 Jun 1190 in In Holy Land, Kingdom of Armenia
- b.~ 1179 in Swabia, Germany d.21 Jun 1208 in Murdered by Otto of Wittelsbach in Bamberg, Germany
- b.1143 in France d.15 Nov 1184
- b.~ 1201 in Hohenstauffen, Bavaria d.~ 1240
- b.~ 1135 in Constantinople, Turkey d.FEB 1203/04 in Contstantinople, Turkey
- b.1184 in Constantinople, Turkey d.27 Aug 1208
- b.1145 in Constantinople, Turkey
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