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Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence

1338–1368

Lionel of Antwerp was a son of Edward III of England and Duke of Clarence. His descendants’ claim to the throne later became important in the dynastic arguments behind the Wars of the Roses.

Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence also held the offices or ranks of Duke of Clarence, Earl of Ulster, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and regent. Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence belonged to the House of Plantagenet and operated within Kingdom of England. Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence was born in Antwerp and died in Alba.

Philip Gooden’s Chaucer and the Vintry Ward Death places Lionel of Antwerp within the royal and mercantile world surrounding Geoffrey Chaucer, where household loyalties and the financing of Edward III’s wars give the murder investigation its political background. David Gilman’s Rage of Swords makes Lionel’s 1368 marriage mission to Milan part of Thomas Blackstone’s journey into Visconti politics, showing how Plantagenet dynastic marriage, Italian finance and the Hundred Years’ War intersect far from the main battlefields.

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Periods linked to Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence

Wars of the Roses1455–1487 CE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (2 series)

Master of War in Order

by David Gilman 9 books 4.6(35,248)

The Master of War series follows Thomas Blackstone, an English archer and later knight, through the Hundred Years’ War. Beginning with the Crécy campaign in 1346, the sequence expands across France, Aquitaine, Brittany, Castile and northern Italy, using Blackstone’s career to show how medieval war was fought through…

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Geoffrey Chaucer Mysteries in Order

by Philip Gooden 4 books 4.1(2,435)

The Geoffrey Chaucer Mysteries place the poet before the completion of The Canterbury Tales, when royal service carried him through London, Aquitaine, Florence and the ports of southern England. Chaucer acts as a household officer, diplomatic messenger and reluctant investigator while England’s war with France depends on uncertain…

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