Edward III, King of England

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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]

1. Edward of Woodstock "the Black Prince", KG, Prince of England was born on 15 Jun 1330 in Woodstock Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on 8 Jun 1376 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England; was buried on 29 Sep 1376 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.
2. Sir Lionel of Antwerp, KG, Duke of Clarence was born on 29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium; died on 7 Oct 1368 in Alba, Piedmont, Italy.
3. Sir John of Gaunt, KG, Duke of Lancaster was born in Mar 1340 in Saint Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders; was christened in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
4. Sir Edmund of Langley, KG, Duke of York was born on 5 Jun 1341 in Kings Langley Palace, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England; died on 1 Aug 1402 in Kings Langley Palace, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in All Saints Church, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England.
5. Thomas of Woodstock, KG, Duke of Gloucester was born on 7 Jan 1354/55 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on 8 Sep 1397 in Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pas-De-Calais, France; was buried in St Edmund, King and Martyr Church, Westminster, London, England.

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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.

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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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• 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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• Reign: From 1217 to 1252; King of Castile, Toledo, and Extremadura
• Reign: From 1230 to 1252; King of Léon, Galicia, and Cordoba
• Canonized: 1671; He was canonized by Pope Clement X.

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth as 1191.

Birth: Evans (1931) gives his birth as 1199.

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Ferdinand married Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu in 1237 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. Jeanne (daughter of Simon II de Dammartin, Count of Aumale and Marie of Ponthieu, Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil) was born between 1208 and 1220; died on 16 Mar 1279 in Abbeville, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Valloires Abbey, Argoules, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: In English, she was Joan, Countess of Ponthieu, and in French she was Jeanne de Dammartin. She was also called Jeanne d'Aumale.
• Heir or Heiress: 1251; In 1251 she became the heiress of Ponthieu and the Countess of Montreuil and Aumale.
• Last Full Review: 1 Jun 2020

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Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1227.

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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 Isabella of Aragon on 28 May 1262 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Isabella (daughter of James I "the Conqueror", King of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary, Princess of Hungary) was born on 1243 or 1247; died on 28 Jan 1271 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They were married with the permission of Pope Urban IV

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• General Information: His name is also spelt Engique.

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Henry married Blanche of Artois in 1269. Blanche (daughter of Robert I, Count of Artois and Matilda of Brabant) was born about 1248; died on 2 May 1302 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]