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Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (7 January 1355 – 8 or 9 September 1397)[2] was the fifth surviving son and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
Thomas was born 7 January 1355 at Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire after two short-lived brothers, one of whom had also been baptised Thomas.[3] He married Eleanor de Bohun in 1374,[4] was given Pleshey castle in Essex, and was appointed Constable of the Realm.
In 1377, at the age of 22, Woodstock was knighted[3] and created Earl of Buckingham.[5] On 22 June 1380 he became Earl of Essex in right of his wife.[6] In 1385, he received the title Duke of Aumale, and at about the same time was created Duke of Gloucester.[7]
1. Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family; 2. Weir, Alison (1999). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. London: The Bodley Head; 3. Goodman 1971, p. 5.
4. Tuck, Anthony. "Thomas [Thomas of Woodstock], duke of Gloucester", Oxford 5. Dictionary of National Biography, 3 January 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2019; 6. Goodman 1971, p. 6.; 7. Ward 1995, p. 21.