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| John, Lord of Beaufort | |
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| Lord of Beaufort | |
| Predecessor | Blanche of Artois |
| Successor | Thomas of Lancaster |
| Born | Before May 1286 London, England |
| Died | Before 13 June 1317 France |
| Spouse | Alix de Joinville |
| Issue | Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster |
| House | Plantagenet (by birth) Lancaster |
| Father | Edmund Crouchback |
| Mother | Blanche of Artois |
John, Lord of Beaufort was descended from one branch of the English royal dynasty of the Plantagenets. Born before May 1286, he was the third and youngest son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster and Leicester, and Blanche of Artois. His father was the second son of King Henry III of England, making John the nephew of King Edward I of England and the cousin of King Edward II of England.[1] His mother Blanche was the daughter of Count Robert I of Artois, son of King Louis VIII of France and brother of King Louis IX.[2] Due to his mother's first marriage to King Henry I of Navarre, John was thus the half-brother of Queen Joan I of Navarre and the uncle of King Louis X the Quarrelsome, King Philip V the Long, and King Charles IV the Fair of France and Navarre. However, despite this prestigious lineage, John of Lancaster never made use of his family connections and led a relatively obscure life in France.
John inherited nothing from his father Edmund upon his death in 1296, while his elder brother Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278–1322) inherited his father's estate. However, upon the death of their mother Blanche of Artois in 1302, most of her French possessions passed to John, including the lordship of Beaufort in Champagne – which had been sold to him by Hugh IV of Rethel in 1270 – and Nogent-l'Artaud, then in the Île-de-France region. Before July 1312, Jean de Beaufort married Alix de Joinville, widow of Jean d'Arcis and Chacenay and daughter of the seneschal Jean de Joinville, a famous companion in arms of King Saint Louis.[3]Their union produced no descendants and, when Jean died shortly before 13 June 1317, his other brother Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster inherited all his possessions in France. Some sources place his date of death in 1327 but this information is incorrect.
References
[edit]- ^ Chron. Thomas Wykes, 266-7. The Chronicle of Thomas Wykes records the marriage in 1275 of "dominus Edmundus frater domini regis Anglorum" and "dominam reginam Naveriæ."
- ^ Chron. Guillaume de Nangis, 500 "comes Attrebati Robertus...sororem...relictam regis Navarræ Henrici" and "Edmundo fratri regis Angliæ Edoard"
- ^ Lalore, Charles. Ed. 1875. Collection des principaux cartulaires du diocèse de Troyes Tome IV. Paris:E Thorin, p76 no78 " Jehans de Lancastre, sires de Biaufort, et Aalis de Joinville, dame de mesme lieu"
Bibliography
[edit]- Lalore, Charles (1875). Collection des principaux cartulaires du diocèse de Troyes Tome IV. Paris: E Thorin.
- Waugh, Scott L. "Henry of Lancaster, third earl of Lancaster and third earl of Leicester (c. 1280–1345". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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