Henry of Lancaster, 3rd Earl of, Earl Of Leicester, Lord Lancaster
b. c. 1281
d. Sept. 22, 1345
second son of Edmund ("Crouchback"), 1st Earl of Lancaster, and the brother of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster.
After his brother's execution in 1322, Henry was so little suspected of opposing King Edward II that he was allowed possession of another of the family titles, the earldom of Leicester (1324). He held lands adjacent to the increasing possessions in South Wales of Edward II's favourites, Hugh Le Despenser and his son and namesake, and in September 1326 he joined Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer after their return from France to depose the king. Henry captured Edward II at Neath Abbey and detained him at Kenilworth. He was a member of the deputation that informed the king of his deposition. In 1327 he was made chief of the Council of Regency, and after entering a petition in Parliament he was reinstated to much of the Lancastrian inheritance and allowed the title of Earl of Lancaster.

He soon quarreled with Mortimer. Lancaster complained that the Council of Regency was ignored and refused to attend the Salisbury Parliament of October 1328. He gathered troops at Winchester but was compelled to make peace. In 1330 he was one author of the plot that, with King Edward III's approval, overthrew Mortimer. About this time his eyesight failed, and after Mortimer's fall he retired from public life.

Plantagenet, Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster 3rd, b. 1281
And Earl of Leicester 1324. He was one of the leaders of the great confederacy which overturned the power of the Spencers and deposed Kind Edward II. He was appointed guardian of the new King Edward III. He was appointed captain-general of all the King's forces in the Marches of Scotland. Lord of Beaumont and Nogent 1336. AKA 'Tortcol'. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.396-401.

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About Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster

Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster M, b. circa 1281, d. 22 September 1345 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Plantagenet,_3rd_Earl_of_Lancaster Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (1281 – 22 September 1345) was an English nobleman, one of the principals behind the deposition of Edward II. Lineage
He was the younger son of Blanche of Artois and Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester,[1] 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 6 February 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. [edit] Petition for succession and inheritance
After a period of longstanding opposition to Edward II and his advisors, including joining two open rebellions, Thomas, in 1322, was convicted of treason, executed and his lands and titles forfeited. Henry did not participate in his brother's rebellions; he later petitioned for his brother's lands and titles, and on 29 March 1324 he was invested as Earl of Leicester, and a few years later the earldom of Lancaster was also restored to him. [edit] 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. [edit] Full restoration and reward
Henry was appointed chief advisor of the new king Edward III of England[2], and was also appointed captain-general of all the King's forces in the Scottish Marches.[3] [edit] Loss of sight
In about the year 1330, he became blind. [edit] Succession
He was succeeded as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester by his eldest son, Henry of Grosmont, who subsequently became Duke of Lancaster. [edit] Family
He married Maud Chaworth, before 2 March 1296/1297.[4]
Henry and Maud had seven children:
* Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, (about 1300-1360/61)
* Blanche of Lancaster, (about 1305 - 1380) married Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell
* Maud of Lancaster, (about 1310-1377); married William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
* Joan of Lancaster, (about 1312-1345); married John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray
* Isabel of Lancaster, Abbess of Ambresbury, (about 1317-after 1347)
* Eleanor of Lancaster, (about 1318-1371/72) married (1) John De Beaumont and (2) 5 Feb. 1344/5, Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel;
* Mary of Lancaster, (about 1320-1362), who married Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and was the mother of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of