Pl 21 Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
Coats of Arms of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster before 1322.
Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (
1281
–
March
25,
1345)
was an
English
nobleman, one of the principals behind the deposition of
Edward
II.
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Contents
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1 Lineage
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2 Petition
for succession and inheritance
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3 Revenge
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4 Full
restoration and reward
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5 Loss
of sight
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6 Succession
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7 Family
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Lineage
He was the younger son of
Blanche of Artois and
Edmund
Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, who was a son
of
Henry
III of England and
Eleanor
of Provence.
Henry's elder brother Thomas,
2nd Earl of Lancaster succeeded their father in 1296,
but Henry was summoned to Parliament
on February
6, 1298/99
by writ directed Henrico de Lancastre nepoti Regis, by which he
is held to have become Lord Lancaster. He took part in the siege of Carlaverock
in July 1300.
Petition for succession and inheritance
Thomas was convicted of treason, executed and his lands and titles forfeited
in
1322. But
Henry, who had not participated in his brother's rebellion, petitioned
for his brother's lands and titles, and on
March
29,
1324
he was invested as Earl of
Leicester,
and a few years later the earldom of Lancaster was also restored to him.
Revenge
On the Queen’s return to England with
Roger
Mortimer, 1st Earl of March in September
1326,
Henry joined her party against King Edward II, which led to a general desertion
of the King’s cause and overturned the power of
Hugh
le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and his namesake son
Hugh
the younger Despenser.
He was sent in pursuit and captured the king at Neath in South Wales.
He was appointed to take charge of the King, and was responsible for his
custody at Kenilworth
Castle.
Full restoration and reward
After Edward II's death Henry was appointed guardian of the new king
Edward
III of England, and was also appointed captain-general of all the King's
forces in the
Scottish
Marches.
Loss of sight
In about the year
1330,
he became
blind.
Succession
He was succeeded as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester by his eldest son,
Henry
of Grosmont, who subsequently became Duke of Lancaster.
Family
Coats of Arms of Henry, when he became Earl of Lancaster (1327).
He married 
