Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln

Henry de Lacy
Earl of Lincoln
Predecessor	Margaret de Quincy, 2nd Countess of Lincoln
Successor	Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln
Spouse(s)	Margaret Longespée Joan FitzMartin
Issue Alice de Lacy
Father	Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract
Mother	Alasia of Saluzzo
Born	c. 1251
Died	February 1311 (aged around 60) Lincoln's Inn, London, England
Buried	St Paul's Cathedral

Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, Baron of Pontefract (c.1251 – February 1311) was an English nobleman and confidant of King Edward I 'Longshanks'.

Henry was the son of Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract who died when he was a young child. He was also heir to his paternal grandmother Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln who died when he was a teenager. As ward to large and important estates from both his father and more importantly his grandmother, he was educated at court.

In 1258 he had inherited his titles and lands from his father, which included Baron of Pontefract, Baron of Halton, and Constable of Chester and in about 1266 he had inherited his titles and lands, which included the Earl of Lincoln, from his paternal grandmother Margaret de Quincy. However being a minor in both cases his inheritance was held in a wardship by his mother, and with the help of his grandmother in the years before her death. In 1272, on reaching the age of majority, which was 21, he became the Earl of Lincoln.

He became Chief Councillor to Edward I. While the king was engaged in military conflicts with the Scots, Henry was appointed Protector of the Realm.

Following the English Conquest of Wales in 1282 (known in Wales as the Norman Conquest) in which Henry took part, he was granted the Lordship of Denbigh. He authorised the building of Denbigh Castle. At the battle of Falkirk 1298 and in the siege of Carlaverock 1300 he bore as arms: Or, a lion rampant purpure.

In November 1300, he was sent on a mission to Rome to complain to the Pope about injury done by the Scots.

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