Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester was the fifth surviving son and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
Thomas of Woodstock (left, identified by his arms) jousting in Vannes, Brittany, with John V The Conqueror, Duke of Bretagne, KG. Circa 1480, from a MS of Froissart's Chronicles in the British Library, London
Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel; Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester; Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham; Henry, Earl of Derby (later Henry IV); and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, demand that Richard II let them prove by arms the justice of their rebellion
Murder of Thomas of Woodstock in Calais
Philippa of Hainault was Queen of England as the wife and political adviser of King Edward III. She acted as regent in 1346, when her husband was away for the Hundred Years' War.
Philippa of Hainault and her family seated under the canopy
Half groat with portrait of King Edward III, York mint.
Queen Philippa interceding for the Burghers of Calais by J. Doyle Penrose
Depiction of Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross from Froissart's Chronicles
