LC control no. | n 50081506 |
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Personal name heading | Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447 |
Variant(s) | Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447 Unfredo, duca di Gloucester, 1391-1447 Plantagenet, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447 Humphrey, Earl of Pembroke, 1391-1447 |
Found in | Gillam, S. The Divinity School and Duke Humfrey's Library at Oxford, 1988. DNB (Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, called the Good Duke Humphrey, 1391-1447) LC data base, 2/29/88 (hdg.: Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447; usage: Duke Humfrey; Duke Humphrey; Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester; Good Duke Humphrey; Unfredo, duca di Gloucester) RoyaList WWW site, Aug. 18, 2004 (Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; created Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Gloucester in 1414; b. 3 Oct 1390; d. 23 Feb 1447 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England (age 56, murdered); son of King Henry IV and Mary Bohun; a character in Shakespeare's plays, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 and 2 Henry VI, one of the 'happy few' mentioned by name in Henry V's famous 'Crispin' speech before Agincourt; had one of the largest libraries in Europe, with 600 books) |