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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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Biography of Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 1320-1361

Paternal Family Tree: Brienne

Maternal Family Tree: Maud Saye 1155-1222

1340 Battle of Sluys

1351 Creation of Peers

1359 Double Royal Wedding

1360 Black Monday Hailstorm

1361 Death of Henry of Grosmont

Before 14th July 1310 [her father] Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 31) and [her mother] Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. He by marriage Earl Buchan.

Around 1320 Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster was born to [her father] Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 41) and [her mother] Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont.

Around 1328 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 18) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 8) were married. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 49) and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. He the son of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 47) and Maud Chaworth. They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 6th November 1330 [her brother] John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont (age 12) and [her sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 49) and Maud Chaworth. He the son of [her father] Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 51) and [her mother] Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1336 [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 26) was appointed King's Lieutenant in Scotland.

In 1337 [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 27) was created 1st Earl Lincoln. Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 17) by marriage Countess Lincoln.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 10th March 1340 [her father] Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 61) died at Buchan. His son [her brother] John (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Beaumont. [her sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 21) by marriage Baroness Beaumont.

On or before 4th April 1340 [her daughter] Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria was born to [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 30) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 20) at Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire [Map]. The exact date of her birth uncertain. The Inquisition of her father in May 1361 refers to Blanche being "Maud lady of Henaud [Hainault], aged 21 years on the feast of St. Ambrose last". The Feast of the Ambrose being the 4th of April so Maud was born on or before the 4th of April 1340. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married (1) 1344 her third cousin once removed Ralph Stafford, son of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford (2) 1352 her fourth cousin once removed William Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria, son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress, and had issue.

Battle of Sluys

On 24th June 1340 King Edward III of England (age 27) attacked the French fleet at anchor during the Battle of Sluys capturing more than 200 ships, killing around 18000 French. The English force included John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick (age 24), William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 30), Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (age 27), William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 10), John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 22), Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 38), [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 30), Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny (age 30), Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 32) and Richard Pembridge (age 20).

Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer (age 38) died from wounds. His daughter Margaret succeeded 3rd Baroness Monthermer.

On or before 25th March 1342 [her daughter] Blanche Duchess of Lancaster was born to [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 32) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 22) at Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire [Map]. The exact date of her birth uncertain. The Inquisition of her father in May 1361 refers to Blanche being "aged 19 years at the feast of the Annunciation last". The Feast of the Annunciation being the 25th of March so Blanche was born on or before the 25th of March 1342. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married her half second cousin once removed John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster, son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England, and had issue.

On 10th May 1342 [her brother] John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont (age 24) was killed in a tournament at Beaumont, Staffordshire. His son [her nephew] Henry (age 2) succeeded 3rd Baron Beaumont.

In 1344 [her son-in-law] Ralph Stafford and [her daughter] Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 3) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 34) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 24). He the son of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 42) and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford (age 26). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In or before 1345 Ralph Ufford (age 42) and [her sister-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster (age 34) were married. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 63) and Maud Chaworth.

On 22nd September 1345 [her father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 64) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. His son [her husband] Henry (age 35) succeeded 4th Earl of Leicester, 4th Earl Lancaster.

In 1349 [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 39) was created 1st Earl Derby. Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 29) by marriage Countess Derby.

1351 Creation of Peers

In 1351 [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 41) was created 1st Duke Lancaster by King Edward III of England (age 38). Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 31) by marriage Duchess Lancaster.

Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence (age 12) was created 1st Earl of Ulster.

[her future son-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 10) was created 1st Earl Richmond.

Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 49) was created 1st Earl Stafford.

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In 1352 [her son-in-law] William Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria (age 21) and [her daughter] Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 11) were married in London. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. He by marriage Earl of Leicester. She the daughter of [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 42) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 32). He the son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 40). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Double Royal Wedding

On 19th May 1359, or thereabouts, a double-royal wedding celebration took place at Reading Abbey, Berkshire [Map] whereby two children of King Edward III of England (age 46) were married:

[her son-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 19) and [her daughter] Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Richmond. She the daughter of [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 49) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 39). He the son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 44). They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 11) and Margaret Plantagenet Countess of Pembroke (age 12) were married. At the time John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke was a ward of King Edward III of England who would enjoy the benefit of the substantial revenue of the Earldom of Pembroke until John came of age nine years later in 1368. She died two or so years later probably of plague. She the daughter of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England. He the son of Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke and Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke (age 42). They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England.

Black Monday Hailstorm

On 13th April 1360 a freak weather event known as Black Monday Hailstorm occurred as the army of King Edward III of England (age 47) were camped outside Chartres [Map]. Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 47), William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 50), [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 50), Edward "Black Prince" (age 29) and Walter Mauny were present. Around one thousand English were killed, with up to six thousand horses. King Edward III of England believed the event to be an Act of God and proceeded to negotiate with the French resulting in the Treaty of Brétigny.

On 28th April 1360 Guy Beauchamp died from injuries received during the Black Monday Hailstorm.

In 1361 Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 41) died.

Death of Henry of Grosmont

On 23rd March 1361 [her former husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 51) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. Duke Lancaster, Earl Lincoln extinct.

[her daughter] Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (age 18) succeeded 5th Countess Lancaster and 2nd Countess Derby. [her son-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 21) by marriage Earl Lancaster, Earl Derby.

[her daughter] Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 20) succeeded 5th Countess of Leicester.

Royal Ancestors of Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 1320-1361

Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 1320-1361

Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [1]

King Henry IV of England [1]

George Wharton [1]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [7]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [3]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [29]

Ancestors of Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 1320-1361

Great x 2 Grandfather: Erard Brienne II Count Brienne

Great x 1 Grandfather: John de Brienne I King Jerusalem

Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus Montfaucon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnès Montfaucon Countess Brienne

GrandFather: Louis Brienne Viscount Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Beregaria Ivrea Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 2 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Beaumont Sarthe I Viscount Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Fitzroy Viscountess Beaumont Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Raoul Beaumont Sarthe I Viscount Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucie Aigle Viscountess

GrandMother: Agnes Beaumont Sarthe 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes de La Flèche Flèche Viscountess

Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Comyn Earl Buchan

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl Buchan

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Buchan Countess Buchan

GrandFather: Alexander Comyn 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Quincy Countess Buchan 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Lord of Galloway

Great x 2 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Mother: Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Latimer

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Latimer of Corby

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby

GrandMother: Joanna Latimer

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Ledet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alicia Ledet Baroness Latimer Corby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Lisle

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermentrude Lisle

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fitzgerald

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fitzgerald

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Ferrers