Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence

Also known as: Lionel Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence / Lionell / Lionell duke of Clarence / Lionell the third, duke of Clarence · Family: England · Role: duke · First appears: Richard II 29

Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence was the third son of Edward III. He was parent to Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of March and Philippa Mortimer, Countess of March, and Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March was identified as his cousin and heir; Roger Mortimer, Earl of March was likewise recorded as heir through Philippa. His kin included John of Gaunt, Henry IV, Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, William of Hatfield, Edmund Langley, Duke of York, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and William of Windsor; Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York later claimed the crown as heir to Lionel.

Around 1415, during the siege of Harflue, Henry V placed his forces around the town and Lionel held the further side toward Rouen. The defenders included de Touteuill and Raoul de Gaucourt, while Humphrey Duke of Gloucester directed the siege with mines and artillery. Earlier records also connect Lionel with John Beauchamp of Holt in a fealty account that says he was “drawne and hanged.”

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Life events

• c. 1415 · Henry V besieged Harflue while de Touteuill and Gaucourt defended the town.(Henry V 6 · 📍 Harflue)
  • With: Henry V de Touteuill Raoul de Gaucourt
  • “The next daie after his landing, he marched toward the towne of Harflue, standing on the riuer of Saine betwéene two hils; he besieged it on euerie side, raising bulwarks and a bastell, in which the two earles of Kent & Huntington were placed, with Cornwall, Graie, Steward, and Porter. On that side towards the sea, the king lodged with his field, and the duke of Clarence on the further side towards Rone. There were within the towne the lords de Touteuill and Gaucourt, with diuerse other that valiantlie defended the siege”
• c. 1415 · Humphrey Duke of Gloucester intensified the siege with mines and artillery, while English forces blocked relief.(Henry V 6 · 📍 Harflue)
  • With: Humphrey Duke of Gloucester Henry V
  • “for the duke of Glocester, to whome the order of the siege was committed, made thrée mines vnder the ground, and approching to the wals with his engins and ordinance, would not suffer them within to take anie rest.”

Richard II 29

• parent: Edward III “Lionell duke of Clarence, third sonne to king Edward the third”
• child: Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of March “the ladie Philip eldest daughter and heire vnto Lionell duke of Clarence”