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Blanche of Artois

Female 1248 - 1302  (54 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Blanche of Artois was born about 1248; died on 2 May 1302 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Blanche married Henry I, King of Navarre in 1269. Henry (son of Theobald IV "the Great", King of Navarre and Marguerite de Bourbon) was born about 1244 in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France; died on 22 Jul 1274. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France and Navarre  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

    Blanche married Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and of Leicester in 1276. Edmund (son of Henry III, King of England and Eleanor of Provence) was born on 16 Jan 1244 in London, England; died on 5 Jun 1295 in Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Sir Henry Pantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1281; died on 22 Sep 1345.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France and Navarre Descendancy chart to this point (1.Blanche1) 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.

    Notes:

    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.

    Name:
    Also known as Jeanne.

    Died:
    She died in childbirth.

    Jeanne married Philip IV "the Fair", King of France and Navarre on 16 Aug 1284 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Philip (son of Philip III "the Bold", King of France and Isabella of Aragon) was born in 1268 in Fontainbleau, Île-de-France, France; died on 29 Nov 1314 in Fontainbleau, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Isabella "the Fair" of France  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

  2. 3.  Sir Henry Pantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester Descendancy chart to this point (1.Blanche1) was born about 1281; died on 22 Sep 1345.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Sources have given him as second marriage to Alex de Joinville. This is incorrect. She married Henry's younger brother, John of Lancaster.

    Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1348.

    Name:
    He was also the Steward of England

    History:
    He was said to be Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 3, 2004.

    In 1298/99, he was summoned to parliament.

    On 10 May 1324, he was created the Earl of Lancaster.

    In 1326, he arrested his cousin, King Edward II.

    Henry married Maud de Chaworth in 1298. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Plantagenet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1320; died on 1 Sep 1362; was buried in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
    2. 6. Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1310; died on 24 Mar 1360/61 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 14 Apr 1361 in Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
    3. 7. Joan Plantagenet, of Lancaster  Descendancy chart to this point died on 7 Jul 1349.
    4. 8. Eleanor de Lancaster  Descendancy chart to this point died on 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel, Sussex, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isabella "the Fair" of FranceIsabella "the Fair" of France Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jeanne2, 1.Blanche1) 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.

    Notes:

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

    Isabella married Edward II, King of England on 25 Jan 1308/09 in Basilica of Notre-Dame, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Edward (son of Edward I "Longshanks", King of England and Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England) was born on 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales; died on 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; was buried after 21 Sep 1327 in Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Adam  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1310; died after 1322.
    2. 10. Edward III, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; died on 21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England; was buried after 21 Jun 1377 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
    3. 11. John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Aug 1316 in Eltham Palace, Eltham, Kent, England; died on 14 Sep 1336 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
    4. 12. Eleanor of Woodstock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jun 1318 in Woodstock Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on 22 Apr 1355 in Deventer Abbey, Deventer, Netherlands; was buried in Deventer Abbey, Deventer, Netherlands.
    5. 13. Joanna of the Tower  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jul 1321 in Tower of London, London, England; died on 7 Sep 1362 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Christ Church Greyfriars, London, England.

  2. 5.  Mary Plantagenet Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) was born in 1320; died on 1 Sep 1362; was buried in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.

    Mary married Sir Henry de Percy, Lord Percy on 4 Sep 1334 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England. Henry (son of Sir Henry de Percy, KG, Lord Percy and Idonea de Clifford) was born between 1322 and 1325 in Seamer, Yorkshire, England; died on 18 May 1368; was buried in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 6.  Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) was born about 1310; died on 24 Mar 1360/61 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 14 Apr 1361 in Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    In September 1333, he was granted the South Wales castles of Grosmont, Skenfrith, and Kidwelly other lands in the area by his father.

    In March 1337, he was created the Earl of Derby.

    On 6 March 1350, he was made the Duke of Lancaster by Edward III.

    In the mid-1350s, he transformed the hospital his father had founded in the Newarke at Leicester in 1331, into a college of secular canons in honor of the annunciation of St. Mary.

    On 24 March 1356, the king granted permission for Henry and Isabel to alienate their joint manor of Hannington in Wiltshire to the new college.

    From autumn 1359 to November 1360, he was on the continent and took part in the Reims campaign of Edward III.

    On 15 March 1361, he dictated his will, having returned to Leicester Castle, seriously ill from a new outbreak of the plague.

    Buried:
    King Edward III, Queen Philippa, and the royal family was in attendance.

    The College of the Annunciation of St. Mary in Newarke, Leicester endured for almost two centuries. The college was suppressed under the Act for the Dissolution of Chantries, and ceased to exist. The church and many of the other buildings fell into decay, and were eventually demolished, bringing an end to the 14th century tombs of Henry, Isabel and the other Lancasters.

    Henry married Isabel de Beaumont in by 24 Jun 1330. Isabel was born on 1316 or 1318; died in by 1360; was buried in Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke Leicester, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Joan Plantagenet, of Lancaster Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) died on 7 Jul 1349.

    Joan married John de Mowbray, Baron Mowbray after 28 Feb 1327. John (son of Sir John de Mowbray, Baron Mowbray, Gower and Brember and Aliva de Braose) was born on 29 Nov 1310 in Hovingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 4 Oct 1361 in York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Alinore de Mowbray  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1387.
    2. 15. Blanche de Mowbray  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1409.
    3. 16. John de Mowbray, Lord Mowbray  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jun 1340 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England; died on 9 Oct 1368 in Thrace.

  5. 8.  Eleanor de Lancaster Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) died on 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel, Sussex, England.

    Eleanor married Sir John de Beaumont, Earl of Buchan before Jun 1337. John was born in 1318; died in May 1342. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Henry de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1340; died on 17 Jun 1369.

    Eleanor married Sir Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel on 5 Feb 1344/45 in Ditton, Kent, England. Richard (son of Sir Edmund Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel and Alice de Warrene) was born in 1306 in England; died on 24 Jan 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Sir Richard FitzAlan, KG, Earl of Arundel and Surrey  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1346; died on 21 Sep 1397.
    2. 19. Joan FitzAlan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1347 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 7 Apr 1419.
    3. 20. Alice FitzAlan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1350 in England; died on 17 Mar 1415 in England.
    4. 21. Sir John FitzAlan, Lord Arundel  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1379.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Adam Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isabella3, 2.Jeanne2, 1.Blanche1) was born in 1310; died after 1322.

  2. 10.  Edward III, King of EnglandEdward III, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isabella3, 2.Jeanne2, 1.Blanche1) was born on 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; died on 21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England; was buried after 21 Jun 1377 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

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

    Notes:

    Name:


    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]

    Children:
    1. 22. Edward of Woodstock "the Black Prince", KG, Prince of England  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 23. Sir Lionel of Antwerp, KG, Duke of Clarence  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium; died on 7 Oct 1368 in Alba, Piedmont, Italy.
    3. 24. Sir John of Gaunt, KG, Duke of Lancaster  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 25. Sir Edmund of Langley, KG, Duke of York  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 26. Thomas of Woodstock, KG, Duke of Gloucester  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

  3. 11.  John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isabella3, 2.Jeanne2, 1.Blanche1) was born on 15 Aug 1316 in Eltham Palace, Eltham, Kent, England; died on 14 Sep 1336 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

  4. 12.  Eleanor of Woodstock Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isabella3, 2.Jeanne2, 1.Blanche1) was born on 18 Jun 1318 in Woodstock Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on 22 Apr 1355 in Deventer Abbey, Deventer, Netherlands; was buried in Deventer Abbey, Deventer, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: May 1332, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Rainald II , Duke of Guelders, the son of Rainald I, Duke of Guelders and Margaret of Flanders. Rainald II died in 1343.


  5. 13.  Joanna of the Tower Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isabella3, 2.Jeanne2, 1.Blanche1) was born on 5 Jul 1321 in Tower of London, London, England; died on 7 Sep 1362 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Christ Church Greyfriars, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 17 Jul 1328, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England; David II, King of Scots, the son of Robert the Bruce and Elizabeth de Burgh. David II was born 5 March 1323 in Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland and died 22 February 1370 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.


  6. 14.  Alinore de Mowbray Descendancy chart to this point (7.Joan3, 3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) died in 1387.

    Alinore married Roger de la Warre, Baron de la Warre before 23 Jul 1358. Roger was born on 30 Nov 1326; died on 27 Aug 1370 in Gascony, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Alinore married Sir Lewis de Clifford in 1371. Lewis died in 1404. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 15.  Blanche de Mowbray Descendancy chart to this point (7.Joan3, 3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) died in 1409.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: say 1340; (1) John de Segrave of Folkestone. He died in 1349.
    • Married: say 1350; (2) Robert of Bothall Bertram, Baron Bertram. He died in 1363.
    • Married: say 1364; (3) Thomas Poynings, Baron Poynings. He died in 1375.
    • Married: say 1376; (4) Sir John Worth. He died in 1391.
    • Married: say 1392; (5) Sir John Wiltshire.


  8. 16.  John de Mowbray, Lord Mowbray Descendancy chart to this point (7.Joan3, 3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) was born on 25 Jun 1340 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England; died on 9 Oct 1368 in Thrace.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Offices Held: From 14 Aug 1362 to 20 Jan 136
    • Will: 17 May 1368

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was the 4th Baron Mowbray.

    Offices Held:
    He was a Member of Parliament.

    John married Elizabeth de Segrave, Baroness Segrave in 1353 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of John de Segrave, Lord Segrave and Margaret de Botherton, Duchess of Norfolk) was born on 25 Oct 1338 in Croxton Abbey, Leicestershire, England; died before 1368 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. John de Mowbray, Baron Mowbray, Earl of Northampton  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1379 in England.
    2. 28. daughter de Mowbray  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 29. Eleanor de Mowbray  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 25 Mar 1364 in England.
    4. 30. Sir Thomas de Mowbray, KG, Duke of Norfolk  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Mar 1365; died on 22 Sep 1399 in Venice, Veneto, Italy.
    5. 31. Anne de Mowbray, Abbess of Barking  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 32. Jane de Mowbray  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 17.  Henry de Beaumont Descendancy chart to this point (8.Eleanor3, 3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) was born in 1340; died on 17 Jun 1369.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret de Vere. Margaret died in 15 Jun 1398 or 16 June 1398; was buried in Gray Friers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 18.  Sir Richard FitzAlan, KG, Earl of Arundel and Surrey Descendancy chart to this point (8.Eleanor3, 3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) was born in 1346; died on 21 Sep 1397.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    He was the 10th Earl of Arundel.

    Died:
    He was beheaded.

    Richard married Elizabeth de Bohun about 28 Aug 1359. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir William de Bohun, KG, Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton) died on 3 Apr 1385. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 19.  Joan FitzAlan Descendancy chart to this point (8.Eleanor3, 3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) was born in 1347 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 7 Apr 1419.

    Joan married Sir Humphrey de Bohun IX, KG, Earl of Hereford and Essex on 9 Sep 1359 in Norfolk, England. Humphrey (son of Sir William de Bohun, KG, Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton) was born on 24 Mar 1341/42 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died on 16 Jan 1372/73. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Eleanor de Bohun  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1366 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1399; was buried in St Edmund, King and Martyr Church, Westminster, London, England.
    2. 34. Mary de Bohun  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1368/69; died on 4 Jul 1394 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England.

  12. 20.  Alice FitzAlan Descendancy chart to this point (8.Eleanor3, 3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) was born about 1350 in England; died on 17 Mar 1415 in England.

    Family/Spouse: Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of St. Eusebius. Henry (son of Sir John of Gaunt, KG, Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Roet) was born about 1375; died on 11 Apr 1447 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried after 11 Apr 1447 in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Alice married Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent on 10 Apr 1364 in Arundel, Sussex, England. Thomas (son of Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent and Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales) was born in 1354 in Up Holland, Lancashire, England; died on 25 Apr 1397 in England; was buried in Bourne Abbey, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Lady Elisabeth de Holand  Descendancy chart to this point died on 4 Jan 1422/23.
    2. 36. Thomas de Holand, Duke of Surrey  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 37. Eleanor de Holand  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1373; died in 1424.
    4. 38. Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1386 in Up Holland, Lancashire, England; died after 1413 in Bisham Abbey Manor House, Bisham, Berkshire, England; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England.
    5. 39. Joan de Holand  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1380; died on 12 Apr 1434.
    6. 40. Margaret de Holand  Descendancy chart to this point died on 30 Dec 1429.
    7. 41. Edmund de Holand, Earl of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jan 1382/83; died on 15 Sep 1408.

  13. 21.  Sir John FitzAlan, Lord Arundel Descendancy chart to this point (8.Eleanor3, 3.Henry2, 1.Blanche1) died in 1379.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    He was also the Marshal of England and Lord Maltravers.

    From 1377 to 1379, he was a Member of Parliament.

    John married Eleanor Maltravers on 17 Feb 1358/59. Eleanor was born in 1345; died on 10 Jan 1404/05. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]