Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl of Derby, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Lincoln and jure uxoris 5th Earl of Salisbury ( c. 1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman. A member of the House of Plantagenet, he was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to his first cousin, King Edward II .
Thomas of Lancaster, in full Thomas, 2nd earl of Lancaster, 2nd earl of Leicester, and earl of Lincoln, (born c. 1278—died March 22, 1322, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England), a grandson of King Henry III of England and the main figure in the baronial opposition to King Edward II.
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Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – March 22 1322) was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to Edward II of England. A descendant of Henry III of England, Edward was his cousin. Thomas Lancaster led two rebellions against Edward.
Nov 23, 2017 · About Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster "Thomas, Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (c. 1278 – 22 March 1322) was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to Edward II of England." ============================================================================================================= Links:
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Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl of Derby, jure uxoris4th Earl of Lincoln and jure uxoris5th Earl of Salisbury(c.1278 – 22 March 1322) was an Englishnobleman. A member of the House of Plantagenet, he was one of the leaders of the baronialopposition to his first cousin, King Edward II.
When Edmund's son Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, inherited the estates and title of his father-in-law Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, he became at a stroke the most powerful nobleman in England, with lands throughout the kingdom and the ability to raise vast private armies to wield power at national and local levels. [2]
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster C. 1278 - 22 March 1322 Thomas of Lancaster was the eldest son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster and Blanche of Artois, the daughter of Count Robert I of Artois and Matilda of Brabant and a granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France.
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