Lancaster
Lancaster was an English earldom centred on Lancaster Castle. In 1337 it was held by Henry of Lancaster, whose father Edmund had received the earldom from Henry III in 1267.
In 1351 Edward III made Henry's son Henry of Grosmont Duke of Lancaster and gave Lancashire palatine status. The title passed in 1362 to John of Gaunt, husband of Grosmont's daughter Blanche. John's son Henry Bolingbroke became Henry IV in 1399; the duchy passed to the Crown but remained a separate inheritance held by later monarchs.
Characters
- Blanche of Lancaster
- Edmund Crouchback
- Eleanor of Lancaster
- Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster
- Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
- Joan of Lancaster
- Maud de Chaworth
- Maud of Lancaster