Edumnd of Woodstock, Earl of Kent

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• Title(s): 28 Jul 1321

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Title(s):
He became the Earl of Kent.

Died:
Having become convinced that his brother, Edward II, had survived the summer of 1327 at Berkeley Castle, Edmund fell into a trap set by Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, was accused of treason in March 1330, and executed by beheading outside the gates of Winchester.

Edumnd married Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake on 25 Dec 1325. Margaret (daughter of Sir John Wake, Lord Wake and Joanna de Fiennes) was born about 1298; died on 29 Sep 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Kent was born about 1326; died on 5 Jan 1331.
2. Margaret Plantagenet was born in 1327; died before 1352.
3. Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales was born on 29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock, Kent, England; died on 7 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; was buried in Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.
4. John Plantagenet, Earl of Kent was born on 7 Apr 1330 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England; was christened on 7 Apr 1330 in Calcetto Priory, Sussex, England (not found); died on 26 Dec 1352; was buried in Church of Greyfriars, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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• Title(s): 1272
• Crowned: 19 Aug 1272, Westminster Abbey, London, England
• Reign: From 1274 to 1307; King of England
• Military: 1277
• Miscellaneous: 1290
• Military: 1296

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He was also the Duke of Aquitaine.

Title(s):
He became the Duke of Aquitaine.

Crowned:
He was crowned the King of England by Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey.

Military:
In 1277, he began a campaign to subdue Wales and defeat Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. The campaign lasted until Llywelyn's death in 1282. Wales was divided into shires and English law was established.

Miscellaneous:
In 1290, when Alexander III, King of Scotland died without heirs, Edward intervened as feudal lord. Margaret Maid of Norway and heir to the throne of Scotland, then a child, was betrothed to the future Edward II, and sailed from Norway to England. She died in 1290 before reaching England leaving the throne empty. Edward chose John Baliol from among thirteen candidates as King of the Scots. While John Balioli did homage to Edward the Scots resisted English domination.

Military:
Edward invaded Scotland and soundly defeated the Scots under Baliol. Edward forced Balliol to abdicate The Scottish barons did homage to Edward as their king. William Wallace incited a rebellion in 1297, defeated the English army at Stirling, and harassed England's northern counties. The next year, Edward defeated Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk but encountered continued resistance until Wallace's capture and execution in 1304. Robert the Bruce revolted in 1306 against England ultimately defeating Edward II at Bannockburn.

Edward married Marguerite of France on 10 Sep 1299 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Marguerite (daughter of Philip III "the Bold", King of France and Marie of Brabant) was born in 1279 in France; died on 14 Feb 1318 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The marriage was negotiated by Pope Boniface VIII in June 1298 in order to bring an end to the Gascon war between Edward I and Philip IV, King of France, Margaret's elder half-brother. King Edward was aged sixty, and Margaret forty years his junior.

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• Crowned: 1216; In 1261, he was crowned King of England.
• Reign: From 1216 to 1279; King of England

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Henry married Eleanor of Provence on 14 Jan 1237 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Eleanor (daughter of Raymond IV Berenger, Count of Provence and Forcalquier and Beatrix of Savoy, Countess of Provence) was born about 1223 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 25 Jan 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Stuart (2002) gives her birth as about 1223 in Aix-en-Provence, France.

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• Crowned: 1270; He was crowned the King of France in 1270.
• Reign: From 1270 to 1285; King of France (House of Capet)

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Philip married Marie of Brabant in 1274. Marie (daughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Alix of Burgundy) was born in 1256; died in 1321. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reed (2002) and Weis (1982) give the year as 1272.

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• Reign: From 1199 to 1216; King of England
• Charter/Grant/Gift: 19 Jun 1215, Runnymede, Surrey, England

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Charter/Grant/Gift:
King John Signed the Magna Charta at Runnemede.

John married Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Isabella (daughter of Aymer de Valence, Count of Angoulême and Alice de Courtenay) was born in 1188; died on 31 May 1246; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was the heiress of Angoulême.

Raymond married Beatrix of Savoy, Countess of Provence on 5 Jun 1219 in Dez, France (not found). Beatrix (daughter of Thomas I of Savoy, Count of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva) was born in 1198; died in Dec 1266. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marriage Date: Stuart (2002) gives their marriage date as December 1220, and Moriarity (1947) gives the year as 1220.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 1226; He was crowned King of France in 1226.
• Reign: From 1226 to 1270; King of France (House of Capet)
• Miscellaneous: 1227; Starting in 1227, Blanche of Castile served as the regent during the minority of her son, Louis IX.
• Canonized: 11 Aug 1297; He was canonized by Pope Boniface VIII on 11 August 1297.

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Died:
He was killed in battle.

Louis married Margerite of Provence on 27 May 1234 in Sens, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Margerite (daughter of Raymond IV Berenger, Count of Provence and Forcalquier and Beatrix of Savoy, Countess of Provence) was born in 1221 in Saint-Maime, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 20 Dec 1285 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: She may have died on 21 December 1285.

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Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1291.

Henry married Alix of Burgundy. Alix (daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande de Dreux) died on 23 Oct 1273. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Her name was also spelt Adelheid.