Thomas PLANTAGENET of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence [7438] ¹⁷⁵⁵

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  General Notes:

1st Duke of Clarence, KG, KB
1st Earl of Aumale
Lord High Steward of England

House of Plantagenet

Son of King Henry IV of England and Mary de Bohun. Paternal grandson of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Blanche of Lancaster. Maternal grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, and Lady Joan FitzAlan.

He married Margaret de Holland, widow of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, in 1411. She was the daughter of Thomas de Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, and Joan Plantagenet, "The Fair Maid of Kent".

The marriage did not produce any children, but Thomas had a natural son named Sir John Clarence, who fought with his father in France and is also buried at Canterbury Cathedral.

Thomas' titles became extinct on his death without legitimate issue.

  Death Notes:

killed at the Battle of Baugé,

  Burial Notes:

Canterbury Cathedral

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Clan: House of Plantagenet,,.

Thomas married Lady Margaret DE HOLLAND Duchess of Clarence [7425] [MRIN: 5656], daughter of Thomas DE HOLLAND 2nd Earl of Kent [7435] and Alice FITZALAN [7436], in November 1411.¹⁷⁵⁵ (Lady Margaret DE HOLLAND Duchess of Clarence [7425] was born on 30 December 1385 in Up Holland, Lancashire, England,¹⁷⁵² died on 30 December 1439 in , , Surrey, England ¹⁷⁵² and was buried in December 1439 in Canterbury, , Kent, England ¹⁷⁵².)