Elizabeth Plantagenet
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Elizabeth Plantagenet (1364 Burford, Shropshire - 24 November 1426) was the third child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster. Some sources list her as having been born after 1 January 1363 but prior to 21 February 1363. On 24 June 1380, at Kenilworth Castle, she married John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. This marriage was annulled in late 1383. On 24 June 1386, at Plymouth, she married John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter. After his death in 1400, she married Sir John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope and Milbroke.
She died in 1426 at was buried at Burford Church, Burford, Shropshire.
With John Holland she had five children:
1. Constance Holland (1387 - 1437) who married Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk and Sir John Grey
2. Richard Holland (c. 1389 - September 3, 1400)
3. Alice Holland (c. 1392 - c. 1406) who married Richard De Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford
4. John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter(1395 - 1447)
5. Sir Edward Holland (1399 - 1413)
With John Cornwall she had two children:
1. Constance Cornwall (c. 1401 - c. 1427) who married John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel
2. John Cornwall (b&d. 1404)
[edit] References
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online resource) 2004-2007. (Print version: Oxford dictionary of national biography : in association with the British Academy : from the earliest times to the year 2000 / edited by H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison.) Article on "Elizabeth of Lancaster" by Anthony Goodman.
- Weir, Alison (2002). Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy. The Bodley Head London, U.K.. ISBN 0-7126-4286-2. page 100