Earl of Lancaster
Earl of Lancaster was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .
History of the title
The title was conferred on June 30, 1267 by King Heinrich III. his younger son Edmund Crouchback . His eldest son, the 2nd Earl, was executed in 1322 for high treason, the title fell to his younger brother as 3rd Earl and then to his son Henry as 4th Earl. This was raised in 1351 to the Duke of Lancaster . On his death in 1361, the dukedom went out, and the earldom fell to his second cousin, John of Gaunt , who was also promoted to Duke of Lancaster in 1362. His son inherited him in 1399 as 2nd Duke and 6th Earl, who was crowned King of England in 1399 as Henry IV . All of his titles of nobility were thereby merged with the crown and thereby extinguished, the lands associated with his titles fell to the crown domain .
Earls of Lancaster (1267)
- Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (1245–1296)
- Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (1280-1322) (title forfeited 1322)
- Henry of Lancaster, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (1281-1345)
- Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster , 4th Earl of Lancaster (1300-1361)
- John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster , 5th Earl of Lancaster (1340-1399)
- Henry Bolingbroke, 2nd Duke of Lancaster , 6th Earl of Lancaster (1367–1413) (title merged with crown in 1399)
Trivia
King Edward VII (1841–1910) used this semi-concealing courtesy title Earl of Lancaster as a pseudonym on incognito trips abroad .