Amy de Gaveston

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• Title(s): say 1330; She was a Damsel to the Chamber of Queen Philppa
• Last Full Review: 16 Feb 2021

Amy married John Derby on Yes, date unknown. John was born about 1312 in Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England; died on 30 Nov 1357 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Father: Sir Ernaud de Gaveston
Mother: Clarmunda de Marsau

Died:
He was executed.

Piers married Margaret de Clare on 1 Nov 1307. Margaret (daughter of Sir Gilbert "the Red" de Clare, Earl of Clare and Joan Plantagenent, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford) was born in Oct 1292; died on 9 Apr 1342. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 13 April 1342.

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 9th Earl of Clare. He was also the Earl of Hertford and Gloucester.

On 14 May 1264, he was knighted.

Gilbert married Joan Plantagenent, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Joan (daughter of Edward I "Longshanks", King of England and Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England) was born in 1272 in Acre, Holy Land; died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried on 26 Apr 1307 in Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 8th Earl of Clare, the Earl of Hertford and Gloucester.

In 1230, he became the Earl of Gloucester.

Richard married Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln on 25 Jan 1237. Maud (daughter of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln and Margaret de Quincy) died in by 10 Mar 1288/89. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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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Name:


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 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.

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