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Hoose o Lancaster

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Hoose o Lancaster

As descendants o the sovereign in the male line the Yerls o Lancaster bore the airms o the kinrick differentiatit bi a label azure of three points each charged with three fleurs de lys Or. The last male o this faimily wis promotit tae duke, that wis then re-creatit for the seicont hoose.
KintraKinrick o Ingland
Parent hooseHoose o Plantagenet
TitlesYerl o Lancaster
Yerl of Leicester
Coont o Champagne an Brie
Laird o Beaufort an Nogent[1]
Yerl o Moray
Yerl Ferrers
Yerl o Derby
Yerl o Salisbury
Yerl o Lincoln
Duke o Lancaster
Foondit1267
FoonderEdmund Crouchback, 1st Yerl o Lancaster an Leicester
Final rulerHenry of Grosmont, 1st Duke o Lancaster
Current heidExtinct in the male line
Dissolution1361
Hoose o Lancaster

Airms o John o Gaunt, the airms o the kinrick differentiatit bi a label ermine. His ryal descendants bore the airms undifferenced
Kintra Kinrick o Ingland
Kinrick o Fraunce
Kinrick o Castille
Kinrick o Portugal
Parent hooseHouse o Plantagenet
TitlesDuke o Lancaster
Keeng o Ingland
Keeng o Fraunce
Foondit1362
FoonderJohn o Gaunt, 1st Duke o Lancaster
Final rulerHenry VI o Ingland
Current heidExtinct in the male line
Dissolution1471
Cadet branches

The Hoose o Lancaster wis the name o twa cadet brainches o the ryal Hoose o Plantagenet. The first hoose wis creatit whan Henry III o Ingland creatit the Yerldom o Lancaster—frae that the hoose wis named—for his seicont son Edmund Crouchback in 1267. The seicont hoose o Lancaster wis descendit frae John o Gaunt, that mairied the heiress o the first hoose.

References

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  1. Weir 2008, p. 77
Soorces
  • Weir, Alison (2008). Britain's Royal Families. Vintage. ISBN 978-0-09-953973-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)