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Mary de Bohun. Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence (c. autumn 1387 – 22 March 1421) was a medieval English prince and soldier, the second son of Henry IV of England, brother of Henry V, and heir to the throne in the event of his brother's death. He acted as counselor and aide to both. His father appointed him Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1401.
Thomas Plantagenet, duke of Clarence (born before Sept. 30, 1388, London—died March 22, 1421, Baugé, Anjou, Fr.) was the Duke of Clarence and the second son of Henry IV of England and aide to his elder brother, Henry V. He twice visited Ireland, where he was nominally lord lieutenant, 1401–13. For a short time, in 1412, he replaced his ...
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Thomas of Lancaster (born c. 1278—died March 22, 1322, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England) was a grandson of King Henry III of England and the main figure in the baronial opposition to King Edward II. His opposition to royal power derived more from personal ambition than from a desire for reform. The son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st earl of ...
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Apr 26, 2022 · About Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence. Thomas of Lancaster was born in 1387 at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, he was the second surviving son of King Henry IV and his first wife Mary de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, and Joan Fitzalan. Thomas was made a Knight of the Bath on the founding of the Order ...
- September 29, 1388
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- Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England
Thomas, Duke of Clarence, second son of King Henry IV. of England. He was nominally Lieutenant of Ireland from 1401 to 1413, and was in command of the English fleet in 1405, acted in opposition to his elder brother, afterwards King Henry V , and the Beauforts during the later part of the reign of Henry IV ; and was for a short time at the head of the government, leading an unsuccessful ...
Second creation – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1412) The title was recreated for Thomas of Lancaster in 1412, the second son of King Henry IV of England and his first wife, Mary de Bohun and brother of King Henry V. In late 1411 Thomas married Lady Margaret Holland, Widow of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and daughter of ...
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Thomas of Lancaster (1388–1421), duke of Clarence , lieutenant of Ireland, and seneschal of England, was second son of Henry IV, and was appointed lieutenant of Ireland in July 1401 to secure a Lancastrian presence in the lordship. He arrived in Ireland in November 1401; but because he was still only 13, most of the task of governing fell to ...
