Antwerp, Lionel of (1338 - 1368)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Plantagenet

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1338-11-29
Death Date: 1368-10-17

Siblings

Male

Woodstock, Edward of (1330 - 1376) (patron)
Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1398/9) (patron)
Langley, Edmund of (1341 - 1402) (patron)
Woodstock, Thomas of (1354/5 - 1397) (patron)

Female

Woodstock, Isabella of (1332 - 1379) (patron)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Burgh, Elizabeth de (1332 - 1363)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1342-9-9
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: union consummated in 1352 [ODNB]
  2. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1368-5-28
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: possibly married 5 June 1368

Offspring

From Burgh, Elizabeth de (1332 - 1363)

  1. Female offspring: Lionel, Philippa (1355 - 1381)

Titles

  • 5th Earl of Ulster
    Assumed Before 1346/7-01-26
    Vacated 1368-10-17
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1361-04
    Vacated 1368-10-17
  • 1st Duke of Clarence
    Assumed 1362-11-13
    Vacated 1368-10-17

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Guardian of England, England 1345-7-3 1345-07-26 Regent during Edward III's absence in Flanders & France
Guardian of England, England 1346-7-11 1347-10-12 Regent during Edward III's absence in France
Keeper, Devon 1359-5-8 n.d.
Chief Governor, Ireland 1361-7-1 1364-04-22 Office called 'King's Lieutenant.' Lionel returned to England after the Earl of Ormond was appointed Keeper of the Lordship of Ireland on 22 April 1364
Chief Governor, Ireland 1364-9-24 (date reappointed) 1366-11-7 Office called 'King's Lieutenant.' Lionel returned to Ireland in Dec. 1364

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Dublin Castle, Ireland
    Residence as the Chief Governor in Ireland
    Acquired: after 1361-07-01
    Divested: 1366-11-07

Lands

  • Ireland
    Acquired: 1360
    Acquired right to but not possession of the de Burgh estates of the Earldom of Ulster via marriage; the right to these estates were held for life by 1st wife's grandmother Elizabeth de Clare (d late 1360)
  • Suffolk: Clare
    Acquired: 1360
    Acquired via 1st marriage; estates were held for life by 1st wife's grandmother Elizabeth de Clare (d late 1360)
  • Wales
    Acquired: 1360
    Acquired de Clare estates in Wales and England upon the death of 1st wife's grandmother Elizabeth de Clare in late 1360

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1355-1356 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Lionel's Entertainers
Performance 1362-1363 King's Hall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Lionel's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Lionel's Entertainers Antwerp, Lionel of (1338 - 1368) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 2. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)