General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> 1st Earl Of Lancaster
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8WKN-XG
Name Suffix:<NSFX> EARL OF LANCASTER
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8WKN-XG
Name Suffix:<NSFX> EARL OF LANCASTER
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8WKN-XG
Plantagenet, Edmund Crouchback Leicester, Earl of Leiceste
r -
In 1253, he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sici
ly and Apulia, at about this time he was also made Earl o
f Chester.  These werer of little value as the real King o
f Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was tr
ansfered to his elder brother Edward.  He soon obtained, ho
wever, both possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeit
ure of Simon De Montfort by the King of the Earldom of Leic
ester and also the honour of the Stewardship of England an
d the lands of Nicholas De Segrave.
Plantagenet, Edmund Crouchback Leicester, Earl of Leiceste
r -
In 1253, he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sici
ly and Apulia, at about this time he was also made Earl o
f Chester.  These werer of little value as the real King o
f Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was tr
ansfered to his elder brother Edward.  He soon obtained, ho
wever, both possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeit
ure of Simon De Montfort by the King of the Earldom of Leic
ester and also the honour of the Stewardship of England an
d the lands of Nicholas De Segrave.
He married twice. He married Aveline De Fortibus April 9, 1
269 in Westminster Abbe, Westminster, Middlesex, Eng. Aveli
ne was born January 20, 1258/1259 in Burstwick, Yorkshire
, England. Aveline died November 10, 1274 in Stockwell, Sur
rey, England, at age 15. Her body was interred November 20
, 1274 in Westminster Abbe, Westminster, Middlesex, Eng. H
e married Blanche D Artois Princess before October 29, 1275
/1276 in Paris, Seine, France. Blanche was born 1245/1250 i
n Paris, Seine, France. Blanche was the daughter of Rober
t I Count Artois and Mahaut Maud De Brabant. Blanche died M
ay 2, 1302 in Paris, Seine, France, at age 55. Her body wa
s interred in Aldgate, London, Middlesex, England.
Edmund Crounchback Prince England and Blanche D Artois Prin
cess had the following children:
1679 i. Thomas24 Plantagenet was born in Grosmont Castle, M
onmouthshire, England about 1278. Thomas died March 22, 132
1/1322 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, at age 43. He mar
ried Alice De Lacy CountssofLincoln before October 28, 1294.
+ 1557 ii. Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster was born 128
1.
1680 iii. John Plantagenet was born in Grosmont Castle, Mon
mouthshire, England before May 1286. John died before 132
7 in France, at age unknown.
1681 iv. Mary Plantagenet was born in Grosmont Castle, Monm
outhshire, England about 1288. Mary died in Dy, France, a
t age unknown.
Name Suffix:<NSFX> EARL OF LANCASTER
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8WKN-XG
Name Suffix:<NSFX> EARL OF LANCASTER
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8WKN-XG
Plantagenet, Edmund Crouchback Leicester, Earl of Leiceste
r -
In 1253, he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sici
ly and Apulia, at about this time he was also made Earl o
f Chester.  These werer of little value as the real King o
f Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was tr
ansfered to his elder brother Edward.  He soon obtained, ho
wever, both possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeit
ure of Simon De Montfort by the King of the Earldom of Leic
ester and also the honour of the Stewardship of England an
d the lands of Nicholas De Segrave.
Plantagenet, Edmund Crouchback Leicester, Earl of Leiceste
r -
In 1253, he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sici
ly and Apulia, at about this time he was also made Earl o
f Chester.  These werer of little value as the real King o
f Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was tr
ansfered to his elder brother Edward.  He soon obtained, ho
wever, both possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeit
ure of Simon De Montfort b