Thomas of Lancaster

Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, KG (1387 – March 22, 1421), is the second son of King Henry IV of England and his first wife, Mary de Bohun.

After the death of his father he participates in the military campaigns of his brother King Henry V. Heir to the throne in the event of his brother's death, he is left in charge of English forces when Henry returns temporarily to England after his marriage to Catherine of Valois.

He leads the English in their disastrous defeat at the hands of a mainly Scottish force coming to the aid of the French, at the Battle of Baugé.

In a rash attack he and his leading knights are surrounded and Thomas was killed.

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