Humphrey of Lancaster
Humphrey of Lancaster (1390 - 1447), was Count de Pembroke and Duc of Gloucester whose natural girl Antigone married a rider of the king Charles VII of France. Younger brother of Henri V, the Duke of Bedford and Thomas of Lancaster. Henri Beaufort was shown of its assassination.
The August 31st 1422, Henri V dies, leaving the crown to Henri VI, a ten month old infant. Regency falls to Jean de Bedford but this one, occupied during years managing France of North occupied, and making the war with Charles VII, leaves in England his/her Humphrey brother of Lancaster, duke of Gloucester, and its half-brother, Henri Beaufort, bishop of Winchester, sharing the capacity. The two men do not get along and control the kingdom very badly. Moreover, Humphrey jealous Bedford and tries to thwart its friendly policy with the Duc of Burgundy. In May 1423, it marries Jacqueline of Bavaria, heiress of the county of Hainaut on which the duke Philippe the Good had sights.
In October 1424, Gloucester unloads an army with Calais and leaves to the conquest its new county. Bedford orders to him to stop its offensive which finishes besides in fiasco, the English troops being decimated by the Burgundian ones. Incoherent, Humphrey of Lancaster quarreled already with his wife and maintains an open connection with a maidservant, Eleanor Cobham, with which it sets out again for England. Finally, the divorce will be pronounced, Hainaut will fall between the hands from the duke from Burgundy and Humphrey will marry its maidservant.
The competition begins again then with Henri Beaufort and becomes so sharp that Jean de Bedford must return to London where it moves away Beaufort by promising the cardinalat to him. Gloucester is maintained with the lieutenancy of England, following its solemn promise which it will cease its intrigues.
When Jean de Bedford dies in 1435, Humphrey de Gloucester and Henri Beaufort dispute regency. The first would like to continue the war against France, the second would lean to negotiate a truce. The country was bloodless and out of state to continue an extremely expensive conflict. The recent failures, moreover, discouraged several ex-partisans of the war. The Parlement takes party for Beaufort which sends to Paris William of the Pole, count of Suffolk and grandson of the chancellor of Richard II, to negotiate a truce there on the basis of the status quo ratified with Tours in 1444.
In 1445, Henri VI marries Marguerite of Anjou, niece by alliance of Charles VII. The capacity falls between the hands from the count de Suffolk and Edmond Beaufort, count of Somerset, which arranged the marriage. Their first goal is to eliminate Humphrey de Gloucester which could theirs dispute. Already, his second wife had been condemned for Sorcellerie and had been locked up with life. The February 18th 1447, it is stopped under the inculpation of attempt at rebellion to the Wales. Five days later, there die in prison in circumstances remained obscure, probably assassinated.
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