Edward of Woodstock "the Black Prince", KG, Prince of England

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• General Information: He was called the Black Prince because of the color of his armor.
• Title(s): 18 May 1333; On 18 May 1333 he was created Earl of Chester.
• Title(s): 3 Mar 1337; On 3 March 1337 he was created the Duke of Cornwall.
• Title(s): 12 May 1343; He was invested and became the Prince of Wales on 12 May 1343.
• Military: 26 Aug 1346; On 26 August 1346 he commanded the vanguard at the Battle of Crécy, his father intentionally leaving him to win the battle.
• Knighted: 1348; He was made a Knight of the Garter when his father first founded the Order in 1348.
• Military: 19 Sep 1356; He won the victory at the Battle of Poitiers capturing the French King, John II on 19 September 1356.
• Title(s): 19 Jul 1362; On 19 July 1362 he was created Prince of Aquitaine.
• Last Full Review: 12 Feb 2021

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Edward married Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales on 10 Oct 1361 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. Joan (daughter of Edumnd of Woodstock, Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marriage Place: There is confusion about where they were married. Weir (1989) states they were probably at St Stephen’s Chapel in the Palace of Westminster, or – less probably – at Canterbury Cathedral or at Windsor Castle.

1. Edward of Angoulême was born on 27 Jan 1365 in Angoulême, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; died in Jan 1372 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; was buried in Austin Friars, London, England.
2. Richard II, King of England

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• History: birth to death
• Reign: From 1327 to 1377; King of England

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On 1 February 1377, he was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. [see picture below]

Edward married Philippa of Hainault on 24 Jan 1327 in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England. Philippa (daughter of William III d'Avêsnes "le Bon", Count of Hainault and Holland and Jeanne de Valois) was born on 24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Belgium; died on 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; was buried after 15 Aug 1369 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death
• Title(s): 1301
• Reign: From 1308 to 1327; King of England

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History:
On 25 February 1308, he was crowed by by Henry Merewell (alias Woodlock), Bishop of Winchester in Westminster Abbey.

In March 1308, he confiscated Margaret of France, his step-mother's dower castles of Berkhampstead, Devizes and Marlborough, and also deprived her of the marriage of the young earl of Gloucester, which she had held for some time.

On 25 January 1327, he abdicated after his wife and Roger Mortimer, her lover, invaded England in 1326 and defeated him.

Title(s):
He was created the 1st Prince of Wales.

Died:
He was killed by having a red hot poker inserted up his anus.

Edward married Isabella "the Fair" of France on 25 Jan 1308/09 in Basilica of Notre-Dame, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Isabella (daughter of Philip IV "the Fair", King of France and Navarre and Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France and Navarre) was born in 1292 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 22 Aug 1358 in Castle Rising Castle, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England; was buried after 22 Aug 1358 in Christ Church Greyfriars, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Verity (2006) gives her birth year as 1296.

William married Jeanne de Valois on 19 May 1305 in Chauny, Hauts-de-France, France. Jeanne (daughter of Charles of Valois, Prince of France andCount of Valois and Marguerite, Princess of Naples and Sicily) was born about 1294 in Duchy of Valois, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 7 Mar 1342. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) gives her death as about 1352.

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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.

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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 Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England on 18 Oct 1254 in Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of Saint Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Léon and Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu) was born in 1240/41 in Kingdom of Castile; died on 29 Nov 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried after 29 Nov 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) states she died in Grantham, England.

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She was the Princess of Castile and Léon and the Countess of Ponthieu.

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• Crowned: 1285; He was crowned the King of France in 1285.
• Reign: From 1285 to 1314; King of France (House of Capet)

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Philip married Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France and Navarre on 16 Aug 1284 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Jeanne (daughter of Henry I, King of Navarre and Blanche of Artois) was born in Jan 1272 in France; died on 2 Apr 1305 in Château-de-Vincennes, Vincennes, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Burial: Stuart (2002) states she was buried in the Church of the Grey Friars in Paris. I have not found corroborating statements, nor information on such a church. At this point I leave it as she was buried in Paris.

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Also known as Jeanne.

Died:
She died in childbirth.

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• Title(s): 1299; He became the Count of Hainault.

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He was also the Seigneur d'Avêsnes.

Jean married Philippa of Luxemburg in 1270. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Marguerite, Princess of Naples and Sicily on 16 Aug 1290 in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. Marguerite (daughter of Charles II "le Boiteax", King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem and Princess Maria of Hungary) was born about 1273; died on 31 Dec 1299. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]