Henry de Lacy | |
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Earl of Lincoln Baron of Pontefract | |
![]() Arms of Henry de Lacy: Or, a lion rampant purpure | |
Predecessor | Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln |
Successor | Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln |
Born | 1251 |
Died | February 1311 (aged around 54) Lincoln's Inn, London, England |
Buried | St Paul's Cathedral |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Longespée Joan Fitz Martin |
Issue | Alice de Lacy |
Father | Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract |
Mother | Alésia of Saluzzo |
Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (c. 1251 – February 1311), Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland,[1] Baron of Halton and hereditary Constable of Chester, was an English nobleman and confidant of King Edward I. He served Edward in Wales, France, and Scotland, both as a soldier and a diplomat.[2] Through his mother he was a great-grandson of Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy. He is the addressee, or joint composer, of a poem (a tenson) by Walter of Bibbesworth about crusading, La pleinte par entre missire Henry de Lacy et sire Wauter de Bybelesworthe pur la croiserie en la terre seinte.