Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence Totally Explained

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Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (29 September 1388 Kenilworth Castle – 22 March 1421 Battle of Baugé) was the second son of King Henry IV of England and his first wife, Mary de Bohun.
Thomas married Lady Margaret Holland, widow of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent in November or December of 1411. No children were born from this union, though Thomas was stepfather to her six children from her first marriage.
Thomas fought in the Siege of Rouen (July 1418 - 19 January 1419), where he commanded the sieging force; and in the Battle of Baugé on 22 March 1421. He was killed, by Sir Alexander Buchanan or Sir John de la Croise, during the latter and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral.

Titles

Knight, Order of the Bath (12 October 1399 - 22 March 1421)
Knight, Order of the Garter (1400 - 22 March 1421)
Duke of Clarence (9 July 1412 - 22 March 1421); extinct upon his death until the Third Creation of it in (1461)
1st Earl of Aumale (9 July 1412 - 22 March 1421); extinct upon his death

Offices held

Lord High Steward of England (1399-1421) - he was the last permanent holder of this office, the highest in medieval England.

Chief Governor of Ireland (1401-1413)

Lord High Admiral (1405-1406)

Lieutenant of Aquitaine (1412-1413)

Lord High Steward of Chester (1415)

Constable of the Army (1417)

Lieutenant-General (United Kingdom) of the Army in France and Normandy (1417 and 1421)

Ancestry

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