Edward of Angoulême

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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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• General Information: Her other titles were the Countess of Kent. Although the French chronicler Jean Froissart called her "the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving", the appellation "Fair Maid of Kent" does not appear to be contemporary
• Title(s): 26 Dec 1352; On 26 December 1352 she became the Countess of Kent.
• Title(s): 26 Dec 1352; She succeeded as the 5th Baroness Wake on 26 December 1352.
• Knighted: 1378; In 1378 she was appointed Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.).
• Will: 7 Aug 1385, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; On 7 August 1385 she made her will in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England.
• Probate/Proved: 9 Dec 1385, Lambeth, London, England; Her will was proved on 9 December 1385.
• Last Full Review: 12 Feb 2021

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Joan was buried beside her first husband, as requested in her will.

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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.

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

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History:
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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• Title(s): 28 Jul 1321

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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]

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• Title(s): 30 May 1349; She became the Baroness Wake.

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives her birth date as about 1309.

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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.

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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.

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He became the Duke of Aquitaine.

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

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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 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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He was the 1st Baron Wake.

John married Joanna de Fiennes. Joanna (daughter of John FitzBernard) died in 1310. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]