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Birth:          29 Nov 1338 Antwerp, Belgium
Death:          17 Oct 1368 Alba, Italy
Burial:         Augustine Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_of_Antwerp,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Ulster and 5th Baron 
of Connaught, KG (Norman: Leonell Duc de Clarence; 29 November 1338 – 7 October 
1368) was the third son, but the second son to survive infancy, of Edward III of 
England and Philippa of Hainault. He was named for his birthplace, at Antwerp in the 
Duchy of Brabant.[1] Prince Lionel was born of a Flemish mother and was a grandson 
of William I, Count of Hainaut. He grew to be nearly seven feet in height and had an 
athletic build.[2][3]
First marriage[edit]

Betrothed as a child to Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (died 1363), 
daughter and heiress of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, he was married to 
her in 1352, but before this date he had entered into possession of her great Irish 
inheritance. He was called Earl of Ulster from 1347.[4]

Ireland[edit]

Having been named as his father's representative in England in 1345 and again in 
1346, Lionel joined an expedition into France in 1355, but his chief energies were 
reserved for the affairs of Ireland.[4]

Appointed governor of that country, he landed at Dublin in 1361, and in November of 
the following year was created Duke of Clarence, the third dukedom created in 
England, while his father made an abortive attempt to secure for him the crown of 
Scotland. His efforts to secure an effective authority over his Irish lands were only 
moderately successful. After holding a parliament at Kilkenny, which passed the 
celebrated Statute of Kilkenny in 1366, he dropped the task in disgust and returned to 
England.[4]

The poet Geoffrey Chaucer was at one time a page in Lionel's household.[4]

Second marriage[edit]

After Lionel's first wife Elizabeth died in 1363, a second marriage was arranged with 
Violante Visconti, daughter of Galeazzo Visconti, lord of Pavia. Journeying to fetch his 
bride, Lionel was received in great state both in France and Italy and was married to 
Violante at Milan in June 1368. Some months were then spent in festivities, during 
which Lionel was taken ill at Alba, where he died on 7 October 1368.[4] There was 
strong speculation at the time that he had been poisoned by his father-in-law,[5] 
although this has never been proven.

Issue[edit]

Lionel had only one child, Philippa, daughter of his first wife Elizabeth. In 1368 she 
married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March. Their granddaughter and eventual heir, 
Anne Mortimer, married into the Yorkist branch of the English royal family and was the 
mother of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York. The House of York based its claim 
to the English throne on this line of descent from Lionel, who was the eldest son of 
King Edward III to establish a lasting blood line (Edward's first-born son, the Black 
Prince, had no legitimate descendants past his two sons Edward of Angoulême and 
King Richard II).[4] Lionel was the ancestor of Kings Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III 
and all later British monarchs beginning with Henry VIII (in other words, all later British 
monarchs except for Henry VII, whose wife Elizabeth of York was his descendant).

Parents
____ Edward III (13 Nov 1312 - 21 Jun 1377)
OF HAINAULT Philippa (24 Jun 1311 - 15 Aug 1369)

Siblings
PLANTAGENET Lionel of Antwerp (29 Nov 1338 - 17 Oct 1368)
OF GAUNT John (Mar 1340 - 3 Feb 1399)
____ Edmund "of Langley" (5 Jun 1341 - 1 Aug 1402)

Marriage To DE BURGH Elizabeth (6 Jul 1332 - 10 Dec 1363)
    m. 9 Sep 1342 Tower of London, London, England

Notes
contract marriage? Note birthdate of child

Parents
DE BURGH William Donn (17 Sep 1312 - 6 Jun 1333)
PLANTAGENET Maud "of Lancaster" (ABT 1310 - 5 May 1377)

Children by DE BURGH Elizabeth 6 Jul 1332 - 10 Dec 1363
PLANTAGENET Philippa (16 Aug 1355 - 5 Jan 1382)

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