Humphrey Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester^[1]

1390 - 1447  (56 years)

• Name	Humphrey Plantagenet  [2, 3]
  Suffix	1st Duke of Gloucester
  Birth	3 Oct 1390  [2]
  Gender	Male
  _PPEXCLUDE	N
  Death	23 Feb 1447  [2]
  Person ID	I3947	Main
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2011

  
  

  Father	King Henry Plantagenet, IV,   b. 4 Apr 1366, Bolingbroke Castle d. 20 Mar 1413, London, England (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Mary De Bohun,   b. 1368   d. 4 Jul 1394, Peterborough Castle (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1380	Arundel Castle
  Family ID	F1560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jacqueline Wittelsbach, Countess of Hainaut   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1415
  Family ID	F3456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor Cobham,   b. Abt 1410, Sterborough Castle, Lingfield, Kent, England d. 7 Jul 1452, Beaumaris Castle (Age ~ 42 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1431  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Antigone Plantagenet, (Bastard Child),   b. Bef 1421, Westminister, London, Middlesex, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2011

  
  

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  Humphrey Plantagenet

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia: Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390 - February 23, 1447) was the fifth son of King Henry IV of England by his first wife, Mary de Bohun. The place of his birth is unknown, but he was named after his maternal grandfather, Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford. He was created Duke of Gloucester in 1414, and upon the death of his brother, King Henry V of England in 1422, became regent of the kingdom and protector to his young nephew, King Henry VI. In about 1422 he married Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland, daughter of William VI. Through this marriage Gloucester assumed the title "Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault", and briefly fought to retain these titles when they were contested by Jacqueline's uncle, former husband, and cousin Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (see: War of Succession in Holland). The marriage was annulled in 1428, and Jacqueline died (disinherited) in 1436. Meanwhile, Gloucester remarried, his second wife being his former mistress, Eleanor Cobham. In 1441, Eleanor was tried and convicted of practising witchcraft against the king in an attempt to retain power for her husband. She died in prison. There were no surviving children from either of Gloucester's marriages. He did, however, have an illegitimate daughter, Antigone, who married Henry Grey, 2nd earl (or count) of Tancarville, and left issue. Following his wife's conviction, Gloucester himself was arrested on a charge of treason. He died, or was assassinated, at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, a few days later. His name lives on in "Duke Humfrey's Library", part of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, to which the Duke donated the nucleus of its collection. [3, 5]

  
  

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