1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Comte de Hainaut, Comte de Hollande, Comte de Zélande, Comte de Flandre Sir Humphrey Plantagenet

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Henry IV, King of England 1399-1413; b. Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs. 3 Apr 1367; d. Westminster Palace, 20 Mar 1412/3; m. Rochford, Essex, between 30 July 1380 and 10 Feb 1380/1, Mary de Bohun, daughter and coheir of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton. She was b. 1368/9; d. Peterborough, Northants 4 July 1394. [Ancestral Roots]

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Henry IV, also called (1377-97) Earl of Derby, or (1397-99) Duke of Hereford, byname Henry Bolingbroke, or Henry de Lancaster (b. April? 1366, Bolinbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England--d. 20 Mar 1413, London), king of England from 1399 to 1413, the first of three 15-century monarchs from the House of Lancaster. He gained the crown by usurpation and successfully consolidated his power in the face of repeated uprisings of powerful nobles. At the same time he was unable to overcome the fiscal and administrative weaknesses that contributed to the eventual downfall of the Lancastrian dynasty. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]

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Henry IV (reigned 1399-1413) spent much of the early part of his reign fighting to keep control of his lands. Exiled for life by Richard II in 1399, Henry's successful usurpation did not lead to general recognition of his claim (he remained unrecognised as King by Charles VI of France).

An outbreak of the plague in 1400 was accompanied by a revolt in Wales led by Owen Glendower. In 1403, Henry's supporters, the Percys of Northumberland, turned against him and conspired with Glendower - the Percys and the Welsh were defeated by Henry at the Battle of Shrewsbury. This victory was followed by the execution of other rebels at York (including the Archbishop in 1405). By 1408 Henry had gained control of the country. Henry was dogged by illness from 1405 onwards; his son played a greater role in government (even opposing the King at times). In 1413, Henry died exhausted, in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey.

Henry married Lady Companion, Order of the Garter Lady Mary de Bohun before 10 Feb 1380 and 1381 in Rochford, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Mary (daughter of 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton Humphrey de Bohun and Joan FitzAlan) was born in Abt. 1369; died on 04 Jul 1394 in Peterborough Castle, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried in St. Mary's Church, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-99), English soldier and statesman, the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and brother of Edward, the Black Prince. John was born in March 1340 in Ghent (M.E., Gaunt), now in Belgium. In 1359 he married Blanche, daughter of Henry, duke of Lancaster; when Henry died, John became duke.John of Gaunt played an important part in the wars of the period between England and France and between England and Spain. He commanded a division of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of Henry (later Henry II, king of Castile and León) at Nájera in 1367. As a result of his second marriage, to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel (king of Castile and León), John laid claim to the throne of Castile. During the Hundred Years' War, he aided (1370-71) the Black Prince against France and established English rule over most of southern France. After a severe illness forced the return of the Black Prince to England, John took command of the English armies; by 1380 he had lost much of the territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invaded Castile, but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and León. John of Gaunt gave up his claim to Castile and León in 1387, when his daughter married Henry, later Henry III, king of Castile and León.John of Gaunt was also prominent in English affairs. Together with Alice Perrers, his father's mistress, John dominated the English government. He was opposed by Parliament and by the Black Prince. In 1376 Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers. The death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution of Parliament, however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on the death of Edward III and the accession of Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black Prince), John gave up his control of the government and thereafter played the role of peacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made (1390) duke of Aquitaine. In 1396, after the death of his second wife, John married his mistress Catherine Swynford, and Richard legitimized their children the following year. Saddened by the exile (1398) of his son, Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV of England), John died on February 3 of the following year.
"John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

John married Countess of Derby Blanche of Lancaster on 19 May 1359 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Blanche (daughter of Earl of Derby, Earl of Leicester, Lord of Beaufort and Nogent, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Lincoln, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Moray Sir Henry Grosmont of Derby Plantagenet and Isabella de Beaumont) was born on 25 Mar 1341 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; died on 30 Sep 1369 in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Humphrey married Joan FitzAlan Joan (daughter of 10th Earl of Arundel, Earl of Surrey Richard Fitzalan and Lady Eleanor Plantagenet) was born in 1347 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; died on 07 Apr 1419. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edward III (1312-77), king of England (1327-77), who initiated the long, drawn-out struggle with France called the Hundred Years' War.Edward was born at Windsor on November 13, 1312, the elder son of King Edward II, of the house of Plantagenet. Involved by his mother, Isabella of France, in her intrigues against his father, he was proclaimed king after the latter was forced to abdicate in 1327. During Edward's minority, England was nominally ruled by a council of regency, but the actual power was in the hands of Isabella and her paramour, Roger de Mortimer. In 1330, however, the young king staged a palace coup and took the power into his own hands. He had Mortimer hanged and confined his mother to her home.Edward began a series of wars almost directly after he had control of England. Taking advantage of civil war in Scotland in 1333, he invaded the country, defeated the Scots at Halidon Hill, England, and restored Edward de Baliol to the throne of Scotland. Baliol, however, was soon deposed, and later attempts by Edward to establish him permanently as king of Scotland were unsuccessful. In 1337 France came to the aid of Scotland. This action was the culminating point in a series of disagreements between France and England, and Edward declared war on Philip VI of France. In 1340 the English fleet destroyed a larger French fleet off Sluis, the Netherlands. The action resulted in a truce that, although occasionally disturbed, lasted for six years.War broke out again in 1346. Edward, accompanied by his eldest son, Edward the Black Prince, invaded Normandy and won a great victory over France in the Battle of Crécy. He captured Calais in 1347, and a truce was reestablished. Edward returned to England, where he maintained one of the most magnificent courts in Europe. The war with France was renewed in 1355, and again the English armies were successful. The Peace of Calais, in 1360, gave England all of Aquitaine, and Edward in return renounced his claim, first made in 1328, to the French throne.Edward continued to assert his will both domestically and abroad. In 1363 he concluded an agreement with his brother-in-law, David II of Scotland, uniting the two kingdoms in the event of David's death without male issue. Three years later Edward repudiated the papacy's feudal supremacy over England, held in fief since 1213. He renewed his war with France, disavowing the Peace of Calais. This time, however, the English armies were unsuccessful. After the truce of 1375, Edward retained few of his previously vast possessions in France.The king had, by this time, become senile. He was completely in the power of an avaricious mistress, Alice Perrers, who, along with his fourth son, John of Gaunt, dominated England. Perrers was banished by Parliament in 1376, and Edward himself died at Sheen (now Richmond) on June 21, 1377. He was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.
"Edward III," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Edward married Queen of England Phillipa De Hainaut in 24 Jan 1327 and 1328 in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Phillipa (daughter of William III De Avesnes, Count Of Hainault and Countess Jeanne De Valois) was born on 24 Jun 1311 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium; died on 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Isabella de Beaumont Isabella was born in Abt. 1320; died in Aft. 23 Mar 1336 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth de Badlesmere. Elizabeth was born in Abt. 1313; died on 09 Jun 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Lady Eleanor Plantagenet. Eleanor (daughter of Earl of Leicester, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, Lord of Beaufort and Nogent Henry Plantagenet and Matilda de Chaworth) was born in Bet. 1311 and 1318 in Monmouthshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]