Henry Plantagenet of England III 
Henry was born on October 1st, 1207 in Winchester Castle, England.1 Henry's father was King of England John (Lackland) Plantagenet of England and his mother was Isabella De Taillefer of Angouleme. His paternal grandparents were King of England Henry (Curtmantel) Plantagenet II and Princess Eleanore of Acquitane; his maternal grandparents were Aymer de Taillefer and Alice de Courtenay. He had a brother and three sisters, named Richard, Joane, Isabel and Eleanor. He was the oldest of the five children. He had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Richard, Hugh, William, Joan, Matilda and Alice. He died at the age of 65 on November 16th, 1272 in Westminster, London, England.1 General Notes
Henry III (of England) (1207-1272), king of England (1216-1272), son and successor of King John (Lackland), and a member of the house of Anjou, or Plantagenet. Henry ascended the throne at the age of nine, on the death of his father. During his minority the kingdom was ruled by William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, as regent, but after his death in 1219 the justiciar Hubert de Burgh was the chief power in the government. During the regency the French, who occupied much of eastern England, were expelled, and rebellious barons were subdued.
Henry was declared of age in 1227. In 1232 he dismissed Hubert de Burgh from his court and commenced ruling without the aid of ministers. Henry displeased the barons by filling government and church offices with foreign favorites, many of them relatives of his wife, Eleanor of Provence, whom he married in 1236, and by squandering money on Continental wars, especially in France. In order to secure the throne of Sicily for one of his sons, Henry agreed to pay the pope a large sum. When the king requested money from the barons to pay his debt, they refused and in 1258 forced him to agree to the Provisions of Oxford, whereby he agreed to share his power with a council of barons. Henry soon repudiated his oath, however, with papal approval. After a brief period of war, the matter was referred to the arbitration of Louis IX, king of France, who decided in Henry's favor in a judgment called the Mise of Amiens (1264). Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, accordingly led the barons into war, defeated Henry at Lewes, and took him prisoner. In 1265, however, Henry's son and heir, Edward, later King Edward I, led the royal troops to victory over the barons at Evesham, about 40.2 km (about 25 mi) south of Birmingham. Simon de Montfort was killed in the battle, and the barons agreed to a compromise with Edward and his party in 1267. From that time on Edward ruled England, and when Henry died, he succeeded him as king.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1033 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, France
- b.1093 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem
- b.1060 in Montfort, France d.14 Feb 1116 in Fontrevault, France
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau du Loir, France
- b.1060 in Maine, France d.11 Jun 1110 in LeMans, Vienne, Poitou, France
- b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.1080 d.08 Feb 1100
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.21 Feb 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.07 Feb 1102 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Martime, France
- b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.1079 in Dumferline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1024 d.25 Sep 1086
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 Feb 1126 in France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, Languedoc, Haute-Garonne, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Saint Jacques-de-Comopostelle, Spain
- b.1040 d.1093
- b.1073 in France d.28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbe, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.1058 in Mortagne au Perche, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France d.1080 in Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comte, France
- b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1050 in Chatellerault, Poitou, Aquitaine, Sarthe, France d.1092
- b.1075 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.07 Nov 1151 in L'lle-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
- b.1054 in Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France
- b.1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.Mar 1130
- b.1049
- b.1079 in Isle Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France d.1119
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster, London, England
- b.1084 in Angouleme, France d.16 Apr 1118
- b.1108 in Angouleme, France d.16 Nov 1140 in France
- b.1086 in Benauges, France
- b.1134 in Angouleme, Charente, France d.07 Aug 1187 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- b.1090 in Lusignan, France d.02 Feb 1151
- b.1091 in France
- b.1095 in Lusignan, France d.1144
- b.1160 in Angoileme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couroun, France
- b.1075 in Comborn, Correze, Limousin, France d.1137
- b.1100 in Limoges, Haute Vienne, France d.1148 in Limoges, Haute Vienne, France
- b.1090 in Limoges, Haute, Vienne, Limousin, France d.1153
- b.1138 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
- b.1084 in Angouleme, France d.16 Apr 1118
- b.1118 in Angouleme, France
- b.1086 in Benauges, France
- b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.23 May 1052 in Reims, Champagen, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Isle De France
- b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau De Baethizy, Paris, Isle De France
- b.1054 in Vlaaringen, Netherlands d.1093 in Montreuil-sur-Loire, France
- b.1126 in Reims, Champagen, France d.1183 in Palestine, Israel
- b.1062 in Savoy, France d.23 Sep 1104
- b.1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
- b.1160 in Courtenay, Gali, France d.1218 in France
- b.1069 in Courtenay, France d.1127 in France
- b.1100 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1161 in France
- b.1078 in Nevers, France d.1100 in France
- b.1127 in Courtenay, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.1085 in Yerre, France d.1138 in Corbeil, Seine-et-Oise, France
- b.1100 in Donjon, France
- b.1090 in Seine-et-Oise, France
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Details of Henry's family with Lady Eleanore Berenger of Provence
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