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1 day ago · Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, asserted his right to act as regent but was opposed by Cardinal Beaufort, the infant‘s great-uncle.[^2] In the end, a Regency Council was appointed to govern but the rivalry between Gloucester and Beaufort remained a constant of Henry‘s early reign.[^3]
5 days ago · Due to the new king's age, a regency government was formed by Henry's surviving brothers, John, Duke of Bedford, and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. This acted as the sole governing force of England and its possessions in France until Henry VI came of age in 1437.
2 days ago · In 1442 Chester castle was chosen for the imprisonment of Eleanor Cobham, whose husband, Henry VI's uncle Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, had been justice of Chester 1427-40.
4 days ago · Mahel's English estates were divided among two of his sisters, Margaret who married Humphrey de Bohun and Lucy who married Herbert FitzHerbert. The main part of the Haresfield estate, called the manor of HARESFIELD was included in Margaret's share, and passed to the de Bohuns, Earls of Hereford.
3 days ago · Henry VI. granted it to his uncle, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, who was so pleased with the spot that he built on it a palace, extending, with its various courts and gardens, from the river to the foot of the hill on which the Observatory now stands.
5 days ago · Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester appears as a brother of Hal in Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V. He is a much more important character as the protector in Henry VI, Part 1 and Henry VI, Part 2 , in which he is murdered by his rivals.
5 days ago · Named as Lord Protector and in charge of the royal council was another uncle, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. The English were relatively fresh off Henry V's twin victories at Harfleur and Agincourt and seemed to have the momentum.
