Henry Gray, Earl of Tancarville
Henry Gray, Count of Tancarville ( 1420 - January 13, 1450 ) was an English nobleman.
Henry Gray was the only child and thus the heir of John Gray, Earl of Tancarville and Joan Charlton, a daughter of the Marcher Lord Edward Charlton, 5th Baron Charlton . Henry's father was an English military leader who, because of his services during the Hundred Years' War , had been elevated to the rank of Count of Tancarville in Normandy by the English king in 1419 . He fell in France in March 1421. Henry's mother had previously inherited part of the Powis Welsh rule after her father's death . She died in 1425, with which Gray inherited her share of Powis. In 1447 he had the outlawed Welshman Sir Griffith Vaughan executed in the courtyard of Powis Castle , although he had assured this safe conduct.
The young Gray had been married on January 3, 1435 to Antigone, daughter of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and of his lover Eleanor Cobham . When France retook Normandy in the 1440s, he lost his French possessions in France. Gray had at least three children with his wife:
- Richard Gray, 1st Baron Gray of Powis († 1466) ∞ Margaret Tuchet
- Humphrey Gray
- Elizabeth Gray ∞ Sir Roger Kynaston
After his death in 1451, his widow married the French courtier Jean d'Amancier.
Web links
- Sir Henry Gray, 2nd Comte de Tancarville, on thepeerage.com , accessed May 20, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary of Welsh Biography: Powis, lords of GRAY or GRAY. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gray, Henry, Earl of Tancarville |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gray, Sir Henry; Tancarville, Henry Gray, Earl of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1420 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1450 |