Diferencia entre revisiones de «Ducado de Lancaster»

The Duchy of Lancaster was created for [[John of Gaunt]], a younger son of King [[Edward III of England]], when John had acquired its constituent lands through marriage to the Lancaster heiress. As the Lancaster inheritance it goes back to 1265, when [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] granted to his younger son, [[Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster|Edmund]], lands forfeited by [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester|Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester]]. In 1266, the estates of [[Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby]],<ref name="oxford">{{cite encyclopedia| last=Maddicott| first=J. R.| contribution=Ferrers, Robert de, sixth earl of Derby (c. 1239–1279)| title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography| publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]| year=2004| editor=H.G.C. Matthew, Brian Harrison| isbn=978-0198614111| accessdate=28 de octubre de 2007}}</ref> another of the protagonists in the [[Second Barons' War]], were added. In 1267 the estate was formally granted as the County, Honour and Castle of Lancaster. In 1284 Edmund was given the Manor of Savoy by his mother, Queen Eleanor, the niece of the original grantee, [[Peter II, Count of Savoy]]. King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] raised Lancashire into a [[county palatine]] in 1351, the then holder, [[Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster|Henry of Grosmont]], Edmund's grandson, was made Duke of Lancaster. After his death a charter of 1362 conferred the dukedom on his son-in-law [[John of Gaunt]], Earl of Lancaster, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten for ever.