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Thomas of Lancaster Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster[1]

Male 1276 - 1322  (46 years)

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  • Name Thomas of Lancaster Plantagenet 
    Suffix Earl of Lancaster 
    Birth 1276 
    Gender Male 
    Acceded 8 Sep 1298 
    Death 22 Mar 1322  Pontefract, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Priory of St John, Pontefract, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Acceded: 8 SEP 1298

      Steward of England and Sheriff of Lancashire and from his wife Earl of Lin coln
      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 re dres
      of grievances. From this he was never fully restored to the confiden ce 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 t aken
      to Pontefract tried and beheaded.Many said he should be sainted.CPv.VIIp38 7-96

      http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01496
    Person ID I5315  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Father Edmund Crounchback Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Lancaster,   b. 16 Jan 1245, London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Pyr Atlantiques, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Blanche of Artois,   b. Abt 1247   d. 2 May 1302, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Marriage Bef 3 Feb 1276  Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Lacy, Countess of Lincoln,   b. 25 Dec 1281, Denbigh Castle, Denbighshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1348 (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage Bef 28 Oct 1294 
    Divorce 1318 
    Family ID F5406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

  • Sources 
    1. [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).