Thomas (Plantagenet), of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

1356 - 1397  (41 years)

• Name	Thomas (Plantagenet)  [1]
  Suffix	of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
  Born	7 Jan. 1355/56  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	16 July 1377  [2]
  	1st Earl of Buckingham [E., 1377]
  	Created Earl of Buckingham at the coronation of Richard II. [2] This creation was subsequently confirmed by a Royal charter, with consent of Parliament, the limitation being to the grantee and his heirs. [2]
  Hereditary Title	6 Aug. 1385  [1, 2]
  	1st Duke of Gloucester [E., 1385]
  Died	8 Sept. 1397	Calais, France   [1]
  	He was murdered and, being attainted a few days later, all his honours were forfeited. [2]
  Person ID	I499	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	12 Aug. 2018

  
  

  Father	Edward III (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 13 Nov. 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 21 June 1377, Palace of Sheen, Sheen, Richmond, Surrey, England  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Philippa (Avesnes), of Hainault,   d. 15 Aug. 1369, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Papal dispensation	30 Aug. 1327  [3]
  Married by Proxy	28 Oct. 1327	Valenciennes, France   [3]
  Married	24 Jan. 1328	York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Family ID	F228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Eleanor de Bohun,   d. 2 Oct. 1399
  Children	1. Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled Earl of Buckingham,   b. circa 1382,   d. 1399  (Age ~ 17 years) + 2. Lady Anne (Plantagenet), of Gloucester,   b. April 1383,   d. 16 Oct. 1438  (Age ~ 55 years)   3. Lady Joan (Plantagenet), of Gloucester,   d. 16 Aug. 1400   4. Lady Isabel (Plantagenet), of Gloucester,   d. April 1402   5. Lady Philippa (Plantagenet), of Gloucester
  Last Modified	6 July 2018
  Family ID	F259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page liv. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume II, page 388. [S116] Medieval Lands, Charles Cawley, (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), British Isles, England Kings post-1066, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm.