Noble family House of Brienne Mother Alice Comyn | Name Isabel Beaumont | |
Father Henry de Beaumont, Earl of Buchan Role Henry de Beaumont's daughter Spouse Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (m. 1337) Children Blanche of Lancaster, Maud, Countess of Leicester Parents Henry de Beaumont, Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan Similar People Blanche of Lancaster, Philippa of Lancaster, John of Gaunt, Henry IV of England, Philippa of Hainault | ||
Isabel de Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster, of the House of Brienne (c. 1320 – 1361) was an English noblewoman, being the youngest daughter and child of Henry de Beaumont, Earl of Buchan and Alice Comyn.
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Family
Isabel was born in about 1320. She had nine older siblings, including John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont. Isabel's paternal grandparents were Louis of Brienne, Viscount de Beaumont, and Agnes, Viscountess de Beaumont. Her maternal grandparents were Alexander Comyn, Sheriff of Aberdeen and Joan le Latimer.
Marriage and children
She married Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster in 1337. Isabel bore Henry two daughters who would eventually inherit their father's estates:
Isabel died of the plague in 1361 at Leicester Castle. She was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicester. Her husband also died of the plague in March 1361.
Through Blanche, Isabel was an ancestress of Englands's Royal House of Lancaster, with Henry IV of England being her grandson. Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal and the Algrave and Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter was also her grandchildren.