Isabel of Beaumont
Isabel de Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster | |
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| Born | c. 1320 |
| Died | 1361 |
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster | |
| Issue | Maud, Countess of Leicester
Alice Comyn |
Isabel de Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster, of the
Family
Isabel was born in about 1320. She had nine older siblings, including John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont. Isabel's paternal grandparents were Louis of Brienne, Viscount de Beaumont, and Agnes, Viscountess de Beaumont. Her maternal grandparents were
Marriage and children
She married
- Maud, Countess of Leicester (4 April 1339 – 10 April 1362), married William V, Count of Hainaut. Died without surviving issue.
- Blanche, Countess of Lancaster (25 March 1345 – 12 September 1368), married John of Gaunt, son of Edward III of England, by whom she had three surviving children. Blanche inherited all her father's estates after the death of her sister.
Isabel died of the plague in 1361 at Leicester Castle. She was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicester. Her husband also died of the plague in March 1361.
Through Blanche, Isabel was an ancestress of Englands's Royal House of Lancaster, with Henry IV of England being her grandson. Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal and the Algarve and Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter were also her grandchildren.
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