Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 1320-1361

Before 14th July 1310 [her father] Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 31] and [her mother] Alice Comyn 4th Countess Buchan were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. He by marriage Earl Buchan.

Around 1320 Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster was born to Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 41] and Alice Comyn 4th Countess Buchan. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Around 1328 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 18] and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 8] were married. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 49] and Alice Comyn 4th Countess Buchan. He the son of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 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 [aged 12] and [her sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 49] and Maud Chaworth. He the son of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 51] and Alice Comyn 4th Countess Buchan. 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 1337 [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 27] was created 1st Earl Lincoln. Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 17] by marriage Countess Lincoln.

On 10th March 1340 [her father] Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 61] died at Buchan. His son [her brother] John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Baron Beaumont. [her sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 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 [aged 30] and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 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 [Hainaut], 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 Hainaut Holy Roman Empress, and had issue.

On or before 25th March 1342 [her daughter] Blanche Duchess of Lancaster was born to [her husband] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 32] and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 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 Hainaut Queen Consort England, and had issue.

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

In 1344 [her son-in-law] Ralph Stafford and Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria [aged 3] were married. She the daughter of Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 34] and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 24]. He the son of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 42] and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford [aged 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 [aged 42] and [her sister-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 63] and Maud Chaworth.

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

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

In 1352 [her son-in-law] William Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 21] and Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria [aged 11] were married in London. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. He by marriage Earl of Leicester. She the daughter of Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 42] and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 32]. He the son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 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.

In 1361 Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 41] died.