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Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman of the first House of Lancaster of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty. He was Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby from 1296 to 1322, and Earl of Lincoln and Salisbury jure uxoris from 1311 to 1322.
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Thomas of Lancaster (born c. 1278—died March 22, 1322, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England) was a grandson of King Henry III of England and the main figure in the baronial opposition to King Edward II. His opposition to royal power derived more from personal ambition than from a desire for reform.
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Mar 22, 2017 · Thomas of Lancaster, a man of royal birth and immense wealth, power and position, met a grisly end on this day, 22 March 1322; 695 years ago. He was not killed in battle, died of plague or old age, but rather on the order of his cousin King Edward II, Thomas was executed outside the…
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.
Learn about the life and death of Thomas of Lancaster, a powerful baron who rebelled against King Edward II and was executed in 1322. Find out about his family, his estates, his role in the Barons' War, and his miraculous tomb at Pontefract Castle.
When, in 1399, the Duke of Lancaster seized the crown from Richard II, he achieved a rough-and-ready settlement of a troublesome situation that had first come to a head ninety years earlier, with the antagonism between Edward II and Thomas, the second Earl of Lancaster.
Apr 28, 2013 · Thomas of Lancaster was the son of Edmund Crouchback who was the second surviving son of King Henry III. Crouchback refers to the fact that he fought in the ninth crusade so was entitled to wear a cross stitched onto the back of his clothes – no Richard III tendencies. But I digress, Thomas…
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