Antigone Plantagenet
| Antigone of Gloucester | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1425-1428 |
| Died | after 1450 |
| Title | Countess of Tankerville Countess of Powis |
| Spouse(s) |
Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville Jean d'Armancy |
| Children |
Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville Humphrey Grey Elizabeth Grey |
| Parent(s) | Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester |
Antigone of Gloucester was an English noblewoman and the illegitimate daughter of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447). She was the granddaughter of King Henry IV. She is thought to have been born between 1425 and 1428. Her date of death is not known, but it was later than 1450.
According to Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, both Antigone and her brother Arthur were illegitimate children of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester by "[an] unknown mistress or mistresses". Concrete evidence that Antigone was indeed the illegitimate daughter of Humphrey of Gloucester is found in several sources, one of which is contemporary to Antigone's life. Beaucourt, Histoire de Charles VII 5 (1890): 331 states that letters of legitimization were given in June 1451 to Antigone, "fille naturelle de Humphroy, duc de Glocester, et femme de Jean d’Amancier, écuyer d’écurie du Roi" [i.e., illegitimate daughter of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and wife of Jean d'Amancier, esquier of the horse of the king]). The source for this information is "Catalogue des actes, ms. fr. 4139, f. 71 et suiv."
Antigone of Gloucester's parentage is elsewhere attested by no less than four visitation sources as follows, the earliest of which dates from c.1490:
1. W. Harvey et al., Visitation of the North 3 (Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 53–54 (Gray pedigree dated c.1490: "Gray dominus de Powys = filia ducis Gloucestrie").
2. 1623 Visitation of Shropshire (Harleian Soc. Pub. 29) (1889): 105 (Charleton pedigree: "Henricus Grey Dom. de Powys et Tylle Comes de Tancarville et Camerarius Normanniæ = Antigona filia notha Humfridi Ducia Glouc.").
3. Dwnn, Heraldic Vis. of Wales 1 (1846): 301 (Lords of Powys ped.: “Harry Grey, Earle of Tankerville & Ld of Powys = Antigone, Base daughter to Humphrey, Duke of Glocester.”).
4. Williams, Llyfr Baglan (1910): 294–295 (Powis ped. dated c.1600–1607: “The said Sr John Graye and Jane had issue henrye Graye, who was in the right of his said mothere lord powis; he was also bye king henrye the ffifte created Earle of Tanquervile and maried Antigone, base da. to humfrey, duk of gloc’, fourth sone to king henrye the fourth, and had issue Richard humfrey and Elizabeth, the wief of Sr Roger kinaston.”).
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