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Antigone of Gloucester was an English noblewoman and the legitimised daughter of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447). She was the granddaughter of Henry IV of England. She was thought to have been born between 1425 and 1428. Her date of death is not known, but it was later than 1450. ==Parentage== While it is generally accepted that Antigone was the daughter of Humphrey of Gloucester, there is no firm evidence, and therefore some debate, as to who her mother was. According to Douglas Richardson's ''Magna Carta ancestry'', both Antigone and her brother Arthur were illegitimate children of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and "() unknown mistress or mistresses".〔〔(''Google eBook'' )〕〔D. Richardson, ''Magna Carta Ancestry'', 2nd Edition, vol I, p. 525〕〔〔 Sir Bernard Burke's ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'' also states that Antigone was "a natural daughter of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester."〔Sir Bernard Burke. ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'' Harrison, 1866, p. 250 (''Google eBook'' )〕 Alison Weir, however, believes that both Antigone and her brother, Arthur, ''may'' have been the children of Humphrey and his mistress Eleanor Cobham, whom he later married. She states, after alluding to the births of Antigone and Arthur: “She (Eleanor Cobham) became Humphrey's mistress sometime before their marriage, and may have borne him two bastard children, possibly those listed above,...”〔 Jane Kelsall writes: “Eleanore was also very fond of Humphrey's two illegitimate children, Antigone and Arthur, who seem to have had French mothers...” She also says that Humphrey became “enamoured” of Eleanore Cobham on the return trip from Holland to England (i.e., 1425).〔Jane Kelsall, ''Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447'', Occasional Paper #6 (new series), Friends of Saint Albans Abbey (February 2000)〕 Cathy Hartley, in her biography of Eleanor Cobham, states that: "She became Humphrey's mistress and bore him two children."〔Cathy Hartley, ''A Historical Dictionary of British Women'', first published as ''The Europa Biographical Dictionary of British Women'', (1993), revised 2003〕 In ''Duke Humphrey: a sidelight on Lancastrian England'', Davis & Lucy argue that Eleanor had to watch Humphrey lavish attention on Antigone: "Eleanor had to watch all this attention given to another woman's child; a bitter thing for a woman with no child of her own."〔J. Davis & M. Lucy, ''Duke Humphrey: a sidelight on Lancastrian England'', Stockwell, 1973〕 Weis, et al. claim that "It is often suggested, but without proof, that Eleanor was mother before mar. of Humprey's 2 illegit. chn.: Arthur and Antigone. No proof of their maternity."〔Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, ''Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700'', Genealogical Publishing Company (2004; first edition published in 1950)〕 Gary Boyd Roberts wrote that Eleanor Cobham was "probably the mother of Antigone".〔Gary Boyd Roberts, ''The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies Or the United States Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History'', pp, 107, 110, Genealogical Publishing Co. 2008〕 Vickers' biography of Humphrey claims that by Humphrey's return to England in 1425: "she (Eleanor) had gained a complete ascendency over her royal lover, to whom she had ''probably'' borne two children by this time." He added "She (Eleanor) left no legitimate issue, but she 'may' have been the mother of the two children who called Humphrey father."〔K.H. Vickers, ''Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A Biography'' (1907).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antigone Plantagenet, Countess of Tankerville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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