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Maud of Lancaster (4 April 1340 – 10 April 1362), also known as Matilda, Countess of Hainault, was a 14th-century English noblewoman who married into the Bavarian ducal family. The eldest daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester, and his wife Isabel de Beaumont, she was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lindsey.
Maud is often described as the "Countess of Leicester" or "Countess of Lancaster", but she never bore the titles as she died in 1322, before her husband received them. Maud and Henry had seven children: Blanche ( c. 1302/1305 – c. 1380 ), Baroness Wake of Liddell.
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Feb 12, 2024 · Maud is often described as the "Countess of Leicester" or "Countess of Lancaster", but she never bore the titles as she died in 1322, before her husband received them. Henry was named Earl of Leicester in 1324 and Earl of Lancaster in 1327.
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Maud is often described as the "Countess of Leicester" or "Countess of Lancaster", but she never bore the titles as she died in 1322, before her husband received them. Maud and Henry had seven children: Blanche ( c. 1302/1305 – c. 1380 ), Baroness Wake of Liddell.
When Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Leicester was born on 4 April 1340, in Bolingbroke Soke, Lincolnshire, England, her father, Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke of Lancaster, was 31 and her mother, Isabel de Beaumont, was 20. She married Ralph Stafford on 10 October 1344.
Maud of Lancaster (4 April 1340 – 10 April 1362), also known as Matilda, Countess of Hainault, was a 14th-century English noblewoman who married into the Bavarian ducal family. The eldest daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester, and his wife Isabel de Beaumont, she was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lindsey.
