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unusual facts about Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester



Eleanor Maltravers, 2nd Baroness Maltravers

Reynold Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham, who married Eleanor Culpeper and was the father of Eleanor Cobham, wife of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester.

Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester

Antigone of Gloucester; who married Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, Lord of Powys (c. 1419-1450) and then John d'Amancier.

His knowledge of siege warfare, gained from his classical studies, contributed to the fall of Honfleur.

John Capgrave

His lost commentaries, entitled In regum, are known to have been dedicated to Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester and to John Low, prior-provincial of the Augustinians in 1427–33 and later a bishop.


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