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]

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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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He was also Earl of Ulster; Chief Governor of Ireland; and a Knight of the Garter

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He was also the Earl of Ulster.

Lionel married Elizabeth de Burgh in 1352. Elizabeth was born on 6 Jul 1332; died in 1363 in Dublin, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Langston (1974) gives his birth date as 24 June 1340.

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His full titles were Prince of England, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond, Titular King of Castile and Leon, and Knight of the Garter.

John married Blanch of Lancaster on 19 May 1359. Blanch was born on 25 Mar 1342; died in 9/31/1369; was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Constance, Infanta de Castilla in Jun 1371. Constance died in Jun 1394. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Katherine Roet on 13 Jan 1396 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Katherine (daughter of Sir Payne Roet, Guienne King of Arms) was born in 1350; died on 10 May 1403; was buried after 10 May 1403 in Lincoln Catheral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He was also the Earl of Cambridge.
• Land/House: 6 Aug 1347; On 6 August 1347 he was granted all the lands beyond Trent late of his godfather, the Earl of Surrey.
• Military: 1359/60; In 1359/60 he fought in France.
• Knighted: Abt Apr 1361; About April 1361, he was made a Knight of the Garter.
• Offices Held: From 12 Jun 1376 to 1 Feb 1381; From 12 June 1376 to 1 February 1381 he was the Warden of the Cinque Ports and the Constable of Dover Castle.
• Offices Held: 30 Jun 1377; On 30 June 1377 he was the Chief Commissioner for the defense of the Kentish coast against the French.
• Military: 1378, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France; In 1378 he fought in the expedition against St. Malo.
• Offices Held: 29 Mar 1381; On 29 March 1381 he was Chief Commissioner to treat with the ambassador of Bohemia concerning the King's marriage.
• Military: 1381/82; He fought in the expedition in Portugal against the Spaniards, which he commanded without much success om 1381/82.
• Title(s): 6 Aug 1385; On 6 August 1385 he was created the 1st Duke of York.
• Offices Held: 19 Nov 1386; He was a member of the Council of Regency on 19 November 1386.
• Offices Held: 4 May 1388; On 4 May 1388 he held the office of Keeper of the Bailiwick of the Forests of Rutland and Leighfield.
• Offices Held: 10 Mar 1393/94; On 10 Mar 1393/94 he was Commissioner to treat for peace with France, along with Lancaster.
• Offices Held: 5 Aug 1396; On 5 August 1396 he served as Surveyor of the temporalities of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
• Offices Held: 24 Feb 1396/97; On 24 February 1396/97 he held the office of Keeper of Mortagne-sur-la-Gironde.
• Offices Held: 12 May 1397; He held the office of Keeper of Freemantle Park, Hampshire on 12 May 1397.
• Offices Held: 1399; In 1399 he was appointed Privy Counselor.
• Offices Held: Between 20 Mar 1399 and Aug 1399; Between 20 Mar 1399 and Aug 1399 he held the office of Steward of England.
• Military: 27 Jul 1399; On 27 July 1399 at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, he made his peace with the new King Henry IV, instead of opposing his landing.
• Last Full Review: 3 Aug 2020

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He was interred at King's Langley Priory; however, his tomb was relocated to the nearby All Saints' Church, Kings Langley in 1575 after the priory had been dissolved. When the tomb was moved again during church restoration work in 1877, three bodies, one male and two female, were found inside.

Edmund married Isabel of Castile between 1 Mar 1372 to 30 Apr 1372 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. Isabel was born in 1355 in Morales del Vino, Castile and León, Spain; died on 23 Dec 1392; was buried in All Saints Church, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Joan de Holand about 4 Nov 1393. Joan (daughter of Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan) was born about 1380; died on 12 Apr 1434. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On 16 July 1377, he was created the Earl of Buckingham.

On 6 August 1385, he was created the Duke of Gloucester.

Died:
He was murdered.

Thomas married Eleanor de Bohun about 1376. Eleanor (daughter of Sir Humphrey de Bohun IX, KG, Earl of Hereford and Essex and Joan FitzAlan) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: From 1377 to 1399; King of England

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• Reign: From 1399 to 1413; King of England

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Henry married Mary de Bohun in 30 Jul 1380 - 10 Feb 1380/81 in Rochford, Essex, England. Mary (daughter of Sir Humphrey de Bohun IX, KG, Earl of Hereford and Essex and Joan FitzAlan) was born in 1368/69; died on 4 Jul 1394 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Miscellaneous: Sep 1396

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Pope Boniface IX issued a bull declaring all Beaufort offspring to be wholly legitimate. This included Joan.

Joan married Sir Robert de Ferrieres of Willisham before 30 Sep 1390. Robert was born in 1374; died before 29 Nov 1396. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir Ralph de Neville, KG, Earl of Westmoreland before 3 Feb 1396/97 in Château de Beaufort, Luxembourg. Ralph (son of Sir John de Neville, KG and Maud de Percy) was born before 1364 in Raby Castle, County Durham, England; died on 21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, County Durham, England; was buried after 21 Oct 1425 in Church of St. Mary, Staindrop, County Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His other titles were Marquess of Dorset; Marquess of Somerset; Knight-Banneret; and Knight of the Garter

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He was also the Marquis of Somerset.

John married Margaret de Holand before 28 Sep 1397. Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan) died on 30 Dec 1429. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He also served as the Bishop of Lincoln and the Bishop of Winchester.

Family/Spouse: Alice FitzAlan. Alice (daughter of Sir Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Eleanor de Lancaster) was born about 1350 in England; died on 17 Mar 1415 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Offices Held: say 1395; He served as the Lord High Constable of England.
• Miscellaneous: 1397; His father was murdered in 1397, and he was his heir, but was debarred by his father's attainder from inheriting his lands and honors. He and Henry of Monmouth (future Henry V, and son of Henry Bolingbroke) became ward's of the crown. Richard II took both boys to Ireland in 1398 where they were imprisoned at Kells, Trim, in Ireland. Once Richard II was deposed, Henry Bolingbroke ordered their release and summoned them home but Humphrey, who was sickly, died on the way.
• Title(s): say 1397; He was styled the second Earl of Buckingham.
• Last Full Review: 28 Apr 2020

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He died of the plague unmarried.

Family/Spouse: Edmund de Stafford, Earl of Stafford. Edmund died on 21 Jul 1403. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir William Bourchier, Count of Eu. William (son of William Bourchier and Eleanor de Louvaine) was born in 1374 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France; was buried in Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She never married.

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• Religion: She became a nun.

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Family/Spouse: Sir Ralph Nevelle. Ralph died on 26 Feb 1457/58. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
He was beheaded.

Richard married Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury in 1425. Alice (daughter of Sir Thomas de Montagu, KG, Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury) was born in 1406 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died before Feb 1462/63; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Sir Henry Percy, KG, Earl of Northumberland after Oct 1414. Henry was born on 3 Feb 1393 in Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 22 May 1455 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in St Albans Cathedral, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1440; Margery Berners, the daughter of Sir Richard Berners and Philippa Dalyngrdge. Margery married first, John Ferreby. [Margery, married second, Sir John Bourchier Baron Berners, KG] She died 18 December 1475. Issue: 1. Sir Humphrey Bouchier (____-1471)

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From 1461 to 1474, he was the Constable of Windsor Castle.

Family/Spouse: Margery Berners. Margery died on 18 Dec 1475. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 1420; 28 May 1420 - Count of Eu (inherited) 14 Dec 1446 - Viscount Bouchier (created) 22 Apr 1452 - Knight of the Garter 30 Jun 1461 - Earl of Essex
• Offices Held: 1426; 05 Jul 1426-13 Jan 1444 - Member of Parliament. 14 Dec 1446-23 May 1461 - Member of Parliament. May 1455-Oct 1456 - Treasurer of England. 10 July 1460-April 1462 - Treasurer of England. April 1471-4 April 1483 - Treasurer of England.
• Married: Before 25 Apr 1426; Isabel ______, the daugher of Richard, Earl of Cambridge and Anne de Mortiemer. In 1420 Isabel, married first. Sir Thomas Gray. [Isabel, married second, Sir Henry Bourchier Count of Eu, KG] She died 2 October 1484 in England. She was buried in Abbey of Beeleigh by Maldon. Her body were later removed to the Church of Little Easton, Essex. Issue: 1. Sir William Bouchier (____-1482)

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He was also Viscount Bouchier and the Earl of Essex

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Their bodies were later removed to the Church of Little Easton, Essex.

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• Land/House: 15 Aug 1437; On 15 August 1437 the King took the fealty of William, and he and his wife, Thomasine, had livery of the lands which her father, Sir Richard Hankeford, had held by the courtesy after the death of Elizabeth his 1st wife, and also of Thomasme's purparty of her father's lands.
• Offices Held: 2 Jan 1448/49; He was summoned to Parliament as Baron FitzWarin in right of his wife Thomasine Hankford on 2 January 1448/49.
• Oath: 24 Jul 1455; He was one of the Lords who swore allegiance to the King on 24 July 1455 in Parliament after the first battle of St. Albans.
• Offices Held: 10 May 1461; On 10 May 1461 he was appointed Master Forester of the forests of Exmoor and Neroche for life.
• Last Full Review: 9 Feb 2021

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Birth: Wikipedia gives his birth date as 1407.

William married Thomasine Hankeford, Baroness FitzWarin before 3 Aug 1437. Thomasine (daughter of Sir Richard Hankeford and Elizabeth FitzWarren, Baroness FitzWarin) was born on 23 Feb 1423 in Tawstock, Devonshire, England; died on 3 Jul 1453; was buried in St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Katherine de Affeton before 9 Jan 1448/49. Katherine died on 26 Mar 1467. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]