Edward III, King England 
Edward III, King was born on November 13th, 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England and his baptism took place on November 20th, 1312. Edward III, King's father was Edward II, King England and his mother was Isabelle, Princess Of France. His paternal grandparents were Edward I, "Longshanks" Plantagenet King of England and Eleanor de Castilla; his maternal grandparents were Philippe IV King of France and Juana I De Navarra. He had a brother and two sisters, named John, Prince of, Eleanor, Princess Of and Joan, Princess of. He was the oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 64 on June 21st, 1377 in Shene Palace,,Surrey,England. He was buried in Westminster Abbe,Westminster,Middlesex,England.General Notes
Source: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists,
(Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996, Baltimore), 229:12, [2] Weis,
Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 1-30.
Edward III, king of England (1327-77), initiated the long, drawn-out
struggle with France called the Hundred Years' War.
Edward was born at Windsor on November 13, 1312, the elder son of King
Edward II, of the house of Plantagenet. Involved by his mother, Isabella
of France, in her intrigues against his father, he was proclaimed king
after the latter was forced to abdicate in 1327. During Edward's
minority, England was nominally ruled by a council of regency, but the
actual power was in the hands of Isabella and her paramour, Roger de
Mortimer. In 1330, however, the young king staged a palace coup and took
the power into his own hands. He had Mortimer hanged and confined his
mother to her home.
Edward began a series of wars almost directly after he had control of
England. Taking advantage of civil war in Scotland in 1333, he invaded
the country, defeated the Scots at Halidon Hill, England, and restored
Edward de Baliol to the throne of Scotland. Baliol, however, was soon
deposed, and later attempts by Edward to establish him permanently as
king of Scotland were unsuccessful. In 1337 France came to the aid of
Scotland. This action was the culminating point in a series of
disagreements between France and England, and Edward declared war on
Philip VI of France. In 1340 the English fleet destroyed a larger French
fleet off Sluis, the Netherlands. The action resulted in a truce that,
although occasionally disturbed, lasted for six years.
War broke out again in 1346. Edward, accompanied by his eldest son,
Edward the Black Prince, invaded Normandy and won a great victory over
France in the Battle of Crécy. He captured Calais in 1347, and a truce
was reestablished. Edward returned to England, where he maintained one of
the most magnificent courts in Europe. The war with France was renewed in
1355, and again the English armies were successful. The Peace of Calais,
in 1360, gave England all of Aquitaine, and Edward in return renounced
his claim, first made in 1328, to the French throne.
Edward continued to assert his will both domestically and abroad. In 1363
he concluded an agreement with his brother-in-law, David II of Scotland,
uniting the two kingdoms in the event of David's death without male
issue. Three years later Edward repudiated the papacy's feudal supremacy
over England, held in fief since 1213. He renewed his war with France,
disavowing the Peace of Calais. This time, however, the English armies
were unsuccessful. After the truce of 1375, Edward retained few of his
previously vast possessions in France.
The king had, by this time, become senile. He was completely in the power
of an avaricious mistress, Alice Perrers, who, along with his fourth son,
John of Gaunt, dominated England. Perrers was banished by Parliament in
1376, and Edward himself died at Sheen (now Richmond) on June 21, 1377.
He was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.05 Mar 1133 in Le Mans,Francia d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon,Francia
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manorhouse,Oxford,Oxfordshire,England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark-On-Trent,Newark,Nottinghamshire,England
- b.1122 in Chateau de Belin,Grunne,France d.01 Apr 1204 in Castillo De Mirabell,Francia
- b.01 Oct 1206 in ,Winchester,Hampshire,England d.16 Nov 1272 in ,Westminster,Middlesex,England
- b.~ 1160 in Of,Angouleme,Charente,France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couro
- b.~ 1188 in Of,Angouleme,Charente,France d.31 MAY 1245/1246 in ,Fontevrault L'Ab,Maine-Et-Loire,France
- b.~ 1160 in Of,COURTENAY,Galinois,France d.1218 in France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster,Middlesex,England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-by-Sands,Cumberland,England
- b.1180 in Zaragoza,España d.FEB 1208/1209 in Palermo,Sicilia,Italia
- b.1198 d.19 Ago 1245
- b.1181 in Of,Sabran,Gard,France d.1222 in Abbey Dela Celle,,France
- b.~ 1217 in Aix-en-Provence,France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury,Wiltshire England
- b.20 May 1178 in Carbonierres,Savoy,France d.1 MAR 1232/1233 in Aosta,Isere,France
- b.1198 d.1266
- b.~ 1180 in Geneva,Geneva,Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre-Chatel,Isere,France
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle,Carnarvon,Caernarvonshire,WALES d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle,,Gloucestershire,England
- b.1137 in Castillo De Toledo,España d.22 Ene 1188 in Castillo De Zamora,España
- b.15 Ago 1171 in Leon,España d.24 Sep 1230 in Lugo,España
- b.1151 in Coimbra,Portugal d.16 Oct 1188 in Valladolid,España
- b.5 Ago 1201 in of Leon,,Castile,Spain d.30 May 1252 in Sevilla,España
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Castillo De Soria d.06 Oct 1214 in Castillo De Avila
- b.1180 in Burgos,España d.08 Nov 1246 in Burgos,España
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Domfront,Normandía d.25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas,Burgos,España
- b.1244 in Burgos,Castilla,España d.29 Nov 1290 in Lincolnshire,England
- b.~ 1180 in of,Spain d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville,France
- b.1208 in Castilla,España d.1279
- b.~ 1171 in Ponthieu,Somme,Picardy,France d.04 Oct 1221 in Abbeville,Somme,Picardy,France
- b.~ 1186 in of,AUMALE,Seine-Maritime,France d.1251 in Spain
- b.~ 1170 in ,,,France d.1221
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace,,Surrey,England
- b.05 Sep 1187 in ,Paris,Seine,France d.08 Nov 1226 in Chateau de Montp,Puy-de-Dome,France
- b.25 Abr 1214 d.25 Ago 1270
- b.04 Mar 1187 in Chateau de Palencia,Valencia d.27 Sep 1252 in Palais Du Louvre,Paris,France
- b.01 May 1245 in Chateau de Poissy,Ile-de-France,France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan,Pyrenees-Orientales,France
- b.1198 d.19 Ago 1245
- b.1221 d.1295
- b.1198 d.1266
- b.~ 1200 in Brabant,France d.1 FEB 1247/1248 in Louvain,France
- b.~ 1228 in Brabant,France d.1291
- b.~ 1201 in Hohenstauffen,Bavaria d.~ 1240
- b.1260 in Louvain,Brabant,Belgium d.13 Ene 1321 in Paris,Ile-de-France,France
- b.9 MAR 1212/1213 in <of,,Bourgogne,France> d.27 Oct 1272 in Villaines-en-Duismois
- b.~ 1231 d.23 Oct 1273
- b.1212 in <Of,,Bourgogne,France> d.1248
- b.1292 in Of,Paris,Seine,France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle,Hertfordshire,England
- b.1167 in ,Champagne,,France d.24 May 1201 in Holy Land
- b.03 May 1201 in Navarre,Spain d.08 Jul 1253
- b.1180 d.14 Mar 1229
- b.1234 in Troyes,Aube,Champagne,France d.22 Jul 1274
- b.1189
- b.1205 in Navarre,Spain d.12 Apr 1256 in Provins,Brie,France
- b.1190 in Bourbon,France
- b.1271 in Bar-sur-Seine,Aube,France d.1304 in Chateau de Vince,Vincennes,France
- b.05 Sep 1187 in ,Paris,Seine,France d.08 Nov 1226 in Chateau de Montp,Puy-de-Dome,France
- b.Sep 1216 in Paris,France d.8 FEB 1249/1250 in Egypt
- b.04 Mar 1187 in Chateau de Palencia,Valencia d.27 Sep 1252 in Palais Du Louvre,Paris,France
- b.1248 in Arras,France d.02 May 1302 in Paris,France
- b.~ 1200 in Brabant,France d.1 FEB 1247/1248 in Louvain,France
- b.<1226> in <Of,Brabant,France> d.29 Sep 1288
- b.~ 1201 in Hohenstauffen,Bavaria d.~ 1240
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Edward III, King and Philippa were married in a religious ceremony in York Minster,York,Yorkshire,England. They had nine sons and five daughters, named Edward , the Black Prince, Edward "The Black", Lionel, John "Of Gaunt" of, Edmund "of Langley", Thomas , 1st Duke of Gloucester, William of Windsor, William of Hatfield, JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster, Isabella, Mary, Margaret, Joanna of Woodstock and Blanche.
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Children
Edward , the Black Prince Plantagenet
Edward , the Black Prince was born on June 15th, 1330 in Woodstock Palace,Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England.1 He died at the age of 45 on June 8th, 1376 in Westminster Palace,Westminster,Middlesex,England. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral,Canterbury,Kent,England.1 2
Edward "The Black" England
Edward "The Black" was born on June 15th, 1330 in Oxfordshire,England. He died at the age of 45 on June 8th, 1376 in Westminster,Berkshire,England. He was buried on September 29th, 1376 in Canterbury,Kent,England,Canterbury Cathedral.
Isabella Plantagenet
Isabella was born on June 16th, 1332 in Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England. She died before October 1382 in London,Middlesex,England.
Lionel Plantagenet Prince of England
Lionel was born on November 29th, 1338 in Antwerp,Belgium. He died at the age of 29 on October 17th, 1368 in Alba,Cuneo,Piedmont,Italy.
John "Of Gaunt" of England Duke of Lancaster
John "Of Gaunt" of was born in March 1340 in Abbaye de St. Bavon,Ghent,Flandre-Orientale,Belgium. He died at the age of 58 on February 3rd, 1399 in Leichester Castle,Leichestershire,England. He was buried in St. Paul's,London,Middlesex,England.
Edmund "of Langley" Plantagenet Prince of England
Edmund "of Langley" was born on June 5th, 1341 in Kings Langley,Herts.,England. He died in Kings Langley,Herts.,England.
Mary Plantagenet
Mary was born on October 10th, 1344 in Bishops Waltham,Hampshire,England. She died in Nantes,Loire-Atlantique,France.
Margaret Plantagenet
Margaret was born on July 20th, 1346 in Windsor Castle,Berkshire,England. She died after October 1st, 1361 in Reading,Berkshire,England.
Thomas , 1st Duke of Gloucester PLANTAGENET
Thomas , 1st Duke of Gloucester was born in July 1347 in Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England. He died at the age of 1 in 1348 in Murdered in Calais,Pas-de-Calais,France.
William of Windsor Plantagenet
William of Windsor was born on June 24th, 1348 in Windsor Castle,Berkshire,England. He died at 3 months old in September 1348.
Joanna of Woodstock Plantagenet
Joanna of Woodstock was born in Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England. She died on September 2nd, 1348 in Bordeaux,Gironde,Aquitaine,France.
William of Hatfield Plantagenet
William of Hatfield was born in Hatfield,Hertfordshire,England. He died before July 8th, 1337 in Hatfield,Hertfordshire,England.
JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster GAUNT
JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster was born in St. Bavon's Abbey,Ghent,East Flanders,Belgium. He died in Leicester Castle,Leistershire,England.
Blanche Plantagenet
Blanche was born in Tower of London,London,England. She died in Tower of London,London,England.
1 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
2 {Directory of Royal Genealogical Data}
Further source/citation:
Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists @ 229:12
2 {Directory of Royal Genealogical Data}
Further source/citation:
Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists @ 229:12
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