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For persons named Eleanor of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation)

Eleanor of Lancaster (sometimes called Eleanor Plantagenet1) (September 11, 1311 – 11 January 1372) was born as the fifth daughter of Henry, Earl of Lancaster (c. Eleanor of England may refer to Leonora of England (1161&ndash1214 queen consort of Castile (Spain wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile daughter of Henry II The House of Plantagenet (planˈtadʒɪnɪt also called the House of Anjou, or the First Angevin dynasty, was originally a noble Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Lancaster (1281 &ndash March 25, 1345) was an English nobleman one of the principals behind the deposition of Edward 1281-1345) and his wife Maud Chaworth (1282-1322). Matilda de Chaworth Countess of Lancaster and Countess of Leicester (2 February 1282–1322 was the daughter of Sir Patrick de Chaworth and Lady Isabella de Beauchamp

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First marriage and offspring

November 6, 1330, she married John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont, son of Henry Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan (c. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Henry de Beaumont jure uxoris Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont (d 1288 - 1340) and his wife Alice Comyn (c. 1291-1349). They had two children:

  1. Henry Beaumont, 3rd Lord Beaumont, (April 4,1340-June 17,1369)
  2. Matilda Beaumont (died July 1467), married Hugh de Courtenay

Eleanor was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Philippa, and was in service to her in Ghent when her son Henry was born. Philippa of Hainault ( June 24 1311 &ndash August 15 1369) was the Queen consort of Edward III of England. John de Beaumont died in a tournament on 14 April 1342. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in

Second marriage

On 5 February 1344 at Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, she married Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Stoke Poges is a Village and Civil parish within South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. Richard FitzAlan "Copped Hat" 10th Earl of Arundel (9th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots (c 2

His previous marriage, to Isabel le Despenser, had taken place when they were children. Isabel le Despenser was the name of several women of the aristocratic family of Despenser during the Middle Ages. It was annulled by Papal mandate as she, since her father's attainder and execution, had ceased to be of any importance to him. Annulment in the Catholic Church See also Annulment (Catholic Church In the Roman Catholic Church, a marriage is considered to be a valid contract In English Criminal law, attainder or attinctura is the metaphorical 'stain' or 'corruption of blood' which arises from being condemned for a serious Capital Pope Clement VI obligingly annulled the marriage, bastardized the issue, and provided a dispensation for his second marriage to the woman with whom he had been living in adultery (the dispensation, dated 4 March 1344/1345, was required because his first and second wives were first cousins). Pope Clement VI (1291 &ndash December 6, 1352) born Pierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was Pope from May 1342 until his In Common law, legitimacy is the status of a Child that is born to parents who are legally married to one another or that is born shortly after the Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth

The children of Eleanor's second marriage were:

  1. Richard (1346-1397), who succeeded as Earl of Arundel
  2. John Fitzalan (bef 1349-1379)
  3. Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of York (c. Richard FitzAlan 11th Earl of Arundel and 10th Earl of Surrey (1346 &ndash September 21, 1397) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander The title Earl of Arundel is the oldest extant Earldom and perhaps the oldest extant title in the Peerage of England. Thomas Arundel (1353 - 19 February 1414 was Archbishop of Canterbury in 1397 and from 1399 until his death an outspoken opponent of the Lollards The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1345-February 19, 1413)
  4. Joan Fitzalan (bef. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum 1351-April 17, 1419), married Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
  5. Alice Fitzalan (1352-March 17, 1416), married Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (Thomas Holand)

Eleanor died at Arundel and was buried at Lewes Priory in Lewes, Sussex, England. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Humphrey de Bohun 7th Earl of Hereford 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton (1342 &ndash January 16 1373) was an important Medieval Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Thomas Holland 2nd Earl of Kent (1350&ndash April 25, 1397) was an English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother Richard II. Arundel is a Market town and Civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. Lewes Priory ( St Pancras Priory Lewes) was a Cluniac Priory established in the valley of the river Ouse in the eleventh century Lewes (ˈluːɨs Lewis) is the County town of East Sussex, England and gives its name to the Local government district in which it Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. Her husband was buried beside her; in his will Richard requests to be buried "near to the tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster, my wife; and I desire that my tomb be no higher than hers, that no men at arms, horses, hearse, or other pomp, be used at my funeral, but only five torches. . . as was about the corpse of my wife, be allowed. "

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