He was born on 29 November, 1338, at Antwerp in Brabant. He was styled Earl of Ulster in right of his wife from c.26 January, 1347. He was made a Knight of the Garter in c.April, 1361, and created Duke of Clarence on 13 November, 1362. He died on 17 October, 1368, at Alba, Piedmont, Italy, and was buried at Pavia, Italy. His remains were later removed to Clare Priory, Suffolk.
Lionel married firstly, on 15 August, 1342, in the Tower of London, and again on 9 September, 1342, at Reading Abbey, Berkshire:
Elizabeth
She was the daughter of William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, by Matilda of Lancaster, a descendant of Henry III, and she was born on 6 July, 1332, probably at Carrickfergus Castle in Ulster. She succeeded her father as Countess of Ulster on 6 June, 1333. She died on 10 December (?), 1363, in Dublin, and was buried at Clare Priory, Suffolk.
Issue of marriage:
(i) Philippa
She was born on 16 August, 1355, at Eltham Palace, Kent. She married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352–1381) (grandson of the Regent Mortimer –
The House of York would one day base its claim to the throne on its descent from Edward III through Philippa, therefore her issue is included here in full:
(a)
Elizabeth
She was born on 12 February, 1371, at Usk, Monmouthshire. She married firstly Sir Henry (‘Hotspur’) Percy (1361–1403: killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury) before 1 May, 1380, and had issue:
1 Henry, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394–1455); he married Eleanor (
d
.1472), daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and had issue. Eleanor was a granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (
see here
).
2 Elizabeth (
d
.1436); she married firstly John, 7th Baron Clifford (
d
.1421/2), and had issue, and secondly Ralph
Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (1408–1485), and had issue.
Elizabeth married secondly Thomas, 1st Baron Camoys (
d.
1419), and had issue:
3 Son (name not known); he is said to have died young.
Elizabeth died on 20 April, 1417, and was buried at Trotton, Sussex.
(b)
Roger
He was born on 1 September, 1373, or 11 April, 1374, at Usk, Monmouthshire. He succeeded his mother as Earl of Ulster between 21 November, 1378, and 9 February, 1381, and his father as Earl of March on 27 December, 1381. He was killed on 20 July, 1398, at Kenlis during a skirmish with the Irish, and was buried at Wigmore, Herefordshire.
Roger married, on
c.
7 October, 1388 (although no record exists as to where):
Eleanor
She was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, by Alice, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and granddaughter of Eleanor of Lancaster, a descendant of Henry III, and she was born in
c
.1373. After Roger’s death, she married secondly Edward de Cherleton, 4th Baron Cherleton of Powys (
d
.1421), after 19 June, 1399, and had issue:
1 Joan; she married Sir John Grey, Count of Tancarville (
d
.1421).
2 Joyce (1403?–1446); she married Sir John Tiptoft (
d
.1443), and had issue.
Eleanor died on 6, 18 or 23 October, 1405.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
Anne
She married Richard, Earl of Cambridge (
see here
).
(ii)
Edmund
He was born on 4 or 6 November, 1391, in the New Forest, Hampshire, and succeeded his father as Earl of March and Ulster on 20 July, 1398. He died on 18/19 January, 1425, at Trim Castle, Co. Meath,
Ireland, of plague, and was buried in the Collegiate Church of Stoke Clare, Suffolk.
Edmund married, in
c.
1415 (although no evidence exists as to where):
Anne
She was the daughter of Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford, by Anne, Countess of Buckingham (
see here
), and was born in
c.
1398/1403. After the death of Edmund, she married secondly John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon and 3rd Duke of Exeter (1395?–1447), grandson of John of Gaunt (
see here
), before 5 March, 1427, and had issue:
1 Henry (1430–1475), 4th Duke of Exeter; he married Anne Plantagenet, sister of Edward IV, and had issue. Afterwards divorced.
Anne died on 20 or 24 September, 1432, and was buried in the Church of St Katherine-by-the-Tower, London.
(iii)
Roger
He was born on 24 March or 23 April, 1393, at Netherwood, and died unmarried around
c.
1409/10.
(iv)
Eleanor
She was born in
c.
1395. She married Edward, Baron Courtenay (
d.
1418), in 1408/9, and died after 1414, perhaps having become a nun after her husband’s death.
(v)
Alice
She is mentioned only by the Tudor chronicler Robert Fabyan, therefore her existence is doubtful.
(c)
Philippa
She was born on 21 November, 1375, at Ludlow Castle, Shropshire. She married firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1372–1389), in
c.
1385. She married secondly Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (
c.
1348–executed 1397) (a descendant of Henry III), before 15 August, 1390, and had issue:
1 John (
c
.1394–d. young after 1397).
Philippa married thirdly Thomas Poynings, 5th Baron St
John of Basing (
d
.1429) before 24 November, 1399. She died around 24/26 September, 1400/1 at Halnaker, Sussex, and was buried in Boxgrove Priory, Lewes, Sussex.
(d)
Edmund
He was born on 9 November, 1376/7, at Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, and was made a knight. He died before 13 May, 1411, possibly in 1409, at Harlech Castle, Wales.