Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter

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Elizabeth Plantagenet (1364 - 1426) was the third child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster. In 1380 she married (or was betrothed to) John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. This marriage was annulled in 1383. In 1386 she married John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter. After his death in 1400, the same year, she married Sir John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope and Milbroke.

With John Holland she had five children:

1. Richard Holland (c. 1386 - September 3, 1400)

2. Constance Holland (1387 - 1437) who married Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk and Sir John Grey

3. Alice Holland (c. 1392 - c. 1406) who married Richard De Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford

4. John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter(1395 - 1447)

5. Sir Edward Holland (1399 - 1413)

With John Cornwall she had two children:

1. Constance Cornwall (c. 1401 - c. 1427) who married John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel

2. John Cornwall (b. 1404)

Reference

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online resource) 2004-2007. (Print version: Oxford dictionary of national biography : in association with the British Academy : from the earliest times to the year 2000 / edited by H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison.) Article on "Elizabeth of Lancaster" by Anthony Goodman.

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