Lionel Plantagenet of Antwerp 
Lionel was born on November 29th, 1338 in Antwerp, Belgium.1 Lionel's father was Edward Plantagenet of England III and his mother was Countess Phillipa of Hainault. His paternal grandparents were Edward Plantagenet of England II and Isabella Capet of France; his maternal grandparents were Count of Hainault William D'Avesnes III and Joan Jeanne de Valois. He had four brothers and a sister, named Edward, John (of Gaunt), Edmund, Thomas and Mary. He was the second oldest of the six children. He died at the age of 29 on October 17th, 1368 in Dublin, Ireland.1 General Notes
Lionel of Antwerp (November 29, 1338 - October 7, 1368) was the third son of Edward III of England, and was so called because he was born at Antwerp, Belgium.
Betrothed when a child to Elizabeth (d. 1363), daughter and heiress of William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (d. 1332), he was married to her in 1352; but before this date he had entered into possession of her great Irish inheritance and was called Earl of Ulster from 1347. Having been named as his father's representative in England in 1345 and again in 1346, Lionel joined an expedition into France in 1355, but his chief energies were reserved for the affairs of Ireland.
Appointed governor of that country, he landed at Dublin in 1361, and in November of the following year was created Duke of Clarence, while his father made an abortive attempt to secure for him the crown of Scotland. His efforts to secure an effective authority over his Irish lands were only moderately successful; and after holding a parliament at Kilkenny, which passed the celebrated statute of Kilkenny in 1367, he threw up his task in disgust and returned to England.
Lionel's wife died in Dublin in 1363, having given birth to a daughter, Philippa, whose descendants would one day claim the throne for the House of York. A second marriage was arranged for Lionel with Yolande or Violante, daughter of Galeazzo Visconti, lord of Pavia (d. 1378); the enormous dowry which Galeazzo promised with his daughter being exaggerated by the rumour of the time. Journeying to fetch his bride, Lionel was received in great state both in France and Italy, and was married to Violante at Milan in June 1368. Some months were then spent in festivities, during which Lionel was taken ill at Alba, where he died.
His only child, Philippa, married in 1368 Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1351-1381), and through this union Clarence became the ancestor of Edward IV. The poet Chaucer was at one time a page in Lionel's household.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster, London, England
- b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-San, Cumberland, England
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnavon Castle, Carnavon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Valladolid, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaveuva da Sarria
- b.1199 d.1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.1180 d.08 Nov 1246 in Las Huelgas
- b.1244 d.28 Nov 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1180 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, France
- d.16 Mar 1279
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale, Normandie d.Sep 1250 in Normandie
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, London, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, England
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Poissy, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
- b.03 Apr 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales
- b.1221 in St. Maime B, Forcalquier, Bourgogne, France d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, Isle de France, France
- b.1270 in Royal Palace of Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France d.29 Oct 1314
- b.1208 d.1276
- b.1247 in Barcelona, Spain d.28 Jan 1271 in Consenza, Italy
- b.1219 in Esztergom, Hungary d.09 Oct 1251 in Huesca, Spain
- b.1292 d.1358
- b.1201 d.1253
- b.1244 d.Jun 1274
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- b.Jan 1272 d.02 Apr 1305
- b.25 Sep 1216 in Paris, France d.08 Feb 1248 in Monsoure, Egypt
- b.1248 in Paris, Seine, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.1224 in Brabant, France d.Sep 1288 in Artois, France
- b.29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Belgium d.17 Oct 1368 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.1180 d.1244 in Entraeungt, Nord, France
- b.01 May 1218 in Etraeunt, Nord, France d.24 Dec 1257 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.02 Jun 1202 in Valenciennes, Nord, France d.10 Feb 1279
- b.1246 in Brabant, France d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1210 in Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.19 Jul 1234 in France
- b.1225 in Netherlands d.1284 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1200 in Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d.21 Dec 1267
- b.1286 in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- d.02 Jul 1226
- b.1218 in Luxembourg d.24 Nov 1281
- b.Jul 1186 d.12 Feb 1247
- b.1252 in Luxembourg d.06 Apr 1311 in Valencienes, France
- b.1190 in Bar Le Duc, Meusse, France
- d.23 Nov 1275
- b.1193 in France d.17 Mar 1239
- b.24 Jun 1310 in Valenciennes, France d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Poissy, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
- b.03 Apr 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales
- b.1221 in St. Maime B, Forcalquier, Bourgogne, France d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, Isle de France, France
- b.12 Mar 1270 in Fountainbleu, France d.15 Dec 1325
- b.1208 d.1276
- b.1247 in Barcelona, Spain d.28 Jan 1271 in Consenza, Italy
- b.1219 in Esztergom, Hungary d.09 Oct 1251 in Huesca, Spain
- b.1294 in Longpont, Aisen, France d.07 Mar 1342 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.21 Mar 1226 in Paris, Ilse de France, France d.07 Jan 1285
- b.1254 in Naples, Italy d.05 May 1309
- b.1234 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence, Italy
- b.1273 in Naples, Italy d.31 Dec 1299
- b.1240 d.01 Aug 1272
- b.1258 d.25 Mar 1323
- b.1240 d.1290
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Details of Lionel's family with Elizabeth de Burgh
Details of Lionel's family with Violante Visconti
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