Thomas of Lancaster Planatgenet, Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby

1276 - 1322  (46 years)

• Name	Thomas of Lancaster Planatgenet  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby
  Born	1276	Grosmond Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Mar 1322	Pontefract, Yorkshire, West Riding, England   [5]
  Buried	Priory of St. John, Pontefract, Yorkshire, West Riding, England   [5]
  Person ID	P44554843	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Edmund, Earl of Lancaster,   b. 16 Jan 1245, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 5 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Blanche de Artois,   b. Abt 1247, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ,   d. 2 May 1302, Paris, Ile-de-France, France  (Age 55 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1276	Paris, Ville-de-Paris, France
  	MARRIAGE: Dispensation> 26 Sep 1275. MARRIAGE: Date> Shortly before 18 Jan 1275/1276. STATUS: 2nd marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife. CONDITION: 3 sons and 1 daughter of this marriage.
  Family ID	F114303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lancaster and Leicester,   b. 25 Dec 1281, of, , Herefordshire, England ,   d. 2 Oct 1348  (Age 66 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1294	England   [5]
  	MARRIAGE: Date> On or before 28 Oct 1294. STATUS: 1st marriage for wife. CONDITION: No issue of this marriage.
  Divorced	Abt 1318
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F201152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Steward of England and Sheriff of Lancashire and from his wife Earl of Lincoln In 1312 he joined the Confederation against Piers Galveston, and was made their genereal by the nobles and great personages, who had united for a redres of grievances. From this he was never fully restored to the confidence of the King but was the great champion of the popular party, in whose cause he eventually laid down his life. He was captured at Boroughbridge and then taken to Pontefract tried and beheaded.Many said he should be sainted.CPv.VIIp387-96 Pontefract Castle http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=57e87456-2e19-4129-92b0-78396696496f&tid=1569234&pid=-897309218 KINSHIP: Son and heir. KINSHIP: Brother and heir of Thomas "of Lancaster", Earl of Lancaster. MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Present at the siege of Carlaverock, 1 Jul 1300. OFFICE: Steward of England. DISTINCTION: Knighted. TITLES: Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Derby. TITLES: (Jure uxoris) Earl of Lincoln and Salisbury. TITLES: Forfeiture> Upon his execution in 1321/1322, all his honors became forfeited. POLITICS: His policy was one of obstruction to his cousin the King, having treasonable correspondence with the Scots. PUNISHMENT: Execution> Beheaded for his treasonable conduct against his cousin, King Edward II, outside Pontefract, in the presence of said King, on 22 Mar 1322. PROPERTY: Lord of Monmouth. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 5) DEATH-CONDITION: Died without issue.

  
  

• Sources

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