John de Botetourte, Lord Botetourte

Other Events and Attributes:

• Offices Held: 1304
• Offices Held: From 1305 to 1324

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Offices Held:
He was an admiral and governor of Famlingham Castle.

Offices Held:
He was a Member of Parliament.

John married Matilda FitzThomas between 1285 to 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Issue:
1. Thomas de Botetourte (____-1322)

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 mistress. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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.