Edward Iii Plantagenet King of England
Edward Iii Plantagenet King of was born on November 13th, 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berks, England.1 Edward Iii Plantagenet King of's father was Edward Ii King of England and his mother was Isobella (Queen Consort) of France. His paternal grandparents were + Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England and + Eleanor De Castilla; his maternal grandparents were William Iii Count of Hainault D Avesnes and Jeanne Countess Dehainault Devalois. He had a brother and two sisters, named John of Eltham (Earl of Cornwall), Eleanor of Woodstock and Joanna 'Of The Tower'. He was the oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 64 on June 21st, 1377 in Sheen Castle, Surrey, , England.1 General Notes
Edward III, King of England was born on 13 November 1312 at Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
He was the son of Edward II, King of England and Isabelle de France.
He married Philippe de Hainaut, daughter of Guillaume V (III), Comte de Hainaut, Hollande et Zélande and Jeanne de Valois, on 24 January 1328 at York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England.
He died on 21 June 1377 at age 64 at Sheen Palace, Surrey, England, from a stroke.
He was buried at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.
Edward III, King of England was created 1st Earl of Chester [England] on 24 November 1312.
He gained the title of Comte de Ponthieu et Montreuil [France] on 2 September 1325.
He was created Duc d'Aquitaine [France] on 10 September 1325.
He gained the title of King Edward III of England on 25 January 1327.
He was crowned King of England on 1 February 1328 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, and styled 'Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae et Dux Aquitaniae.
On 20 October 1330 he assumed personal rule over England, after overthrowing the Regents, his mother and Roger Mortimer.
In January 1340 he claimed the title of King of France, which started the Hundred Years War.
Edward's reign lasted 50 years.
He was only 14 on his accession to the throne and the country was ruled by his mother Isabella and her lover Robert Mortimer.
When he was 17 Edward took control and had Mortimer hanged and his mother imprisoned.
He organised a professional army including trained long bow archers.
In 1340 the English Navy beat the French thus winning control of the Channel and in 1346 he sailed with his son the Black Prince to start the 100 Years War in France.
On Monday evening on 26 August 1346 he fought a French army three times the size of his at Crecy and the battle raged through the night into the next day.
The French were annihilated and Edward followed this by laying siege to Calais and taking the town within 12 months.
Gunpowder was used for the first time in this campaign but the real winner was the English long bow.
At home, the Black Death raged and about 500,000 to 800,000 people died in England.
On 19 Sept 1356 the Black Prince and his brother John of Gaunt slaughtered a French army twice their size at Poitiers.
Under Edward, the House of Commons was developed as a means of raising taxes.
Among institutions, justices of the peace were so titled in 1360, and Edward founded the Order of the Garter (1348).
His parliaments were first divided into Lords and Commons (1332) and became fixed at Westminster, using English from 1362.
Children of Edward III, King of England and Philippe de Hainaut:
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales+ b. 15 Jun 1330, d. 8 Jun 1376
Isabella of England+ b. 16 Jun 1332, d. bt 17 Jun 1382 - 5 Oct 1382
Joan of England b. c Feb 1335, d. 2 Sep 1348
William of Hatfield b. b 16 Feb 1337, d. b 3 Mar 1337
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence+ b. 29 Nov 1338, d. 17 Oct
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster+ b. Mar 1340, d. 3 Feb 1399
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York+ b. 5 Jun 1341, d. 1 Aug 1402
Blanche de la Tour Plantagenet b. Mar 1342, d. Mar 1342
Mary of England b. 10 Oct 1344, d. bt 1361 - 1362
Margaret of England b. 20 Jul 1346, d. a 1 Oct 1361
Thomas of England b. 1347, d. c 1348
William of Windsor b. 24 Jun 1348, d. b 5 Sep 1348
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st and last Duke of Gloucester+ b. 7 Jan 1355, d. 8 Sep 1397
Joan of England b. b 136915
Children of Edward III, King of England and Alice Perrers
Joan (?)
Jane (?)
Nicholas Lytlington d. 1386
Sir John de Southeray b. c 1364, d.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.05 Mar 1132 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
- b.24 Dec 1167 in de Beaumont, Oxfordshire, , England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, , England
- b.1121 in Chateau de Belin, Guienne. France d.01 Mar 1204 in Fontevraud Abbey, Berri, France
- b.10 Oct 1206 in Winchester, Hampshire, , England d.16 Jun 1272 in Westminster, London, Eng, England
- b.23 Aug 1160 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
- b.1188 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
- b.1160 in de Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France d.14 Sep 1211 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh On Sands, Cumberland, Eng, England
- b.1198 in France d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix, France
- b.1217 in Aix En Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, , England
- b.20 Mar 1177 in Carbonierres, Savoy, France d.20 Jan 1233 in Aoste, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
- b.1200 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.Dec 1266 in Chambery, Savoy, France
- b.1180 in Geneva,Geneva,,Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre Chatel,Isere,,France
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarfon Castle, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Glouchestershire, England (Murdered)
- b.15 Aug 1166 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.29 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.05 Aug 1201 in Leon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Sevilla, Seville, Andalucia, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Castile, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain d.06 Oct 1214 in Castile, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain
- b.~ 1180 in Burgos, Castilla, Spain d.08 Nov 1246 in Palais Du, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France d.31 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain
- b.1244 in Burgos,Burgos,,Spain d.29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, , England
- b.~ 1172 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeyville, Somme, France
- b.~ 1216 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France d.15 Mar 1279 in Abbeyville, Somme, France
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale- Seine-Maritime, France d.Sep 1250 in Abbeyville, Somme, France
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berks, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Castle, Surrey, , England
- b.01 May 1218 in Houffalize, Luxembourg, Belgium d.24 Dec 1257 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.11 Sep 1247 in Hainaut, Belgium d.Jun 1296 in Frankrijk, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- b.24 Jun 1210 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.19 Jul 1234 in Corbie, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
- b.1226 in , S-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d.09 Apr 1283 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.Jan 1286 in Avenes, Pas de Calais, Normandy, France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.1217 in Luxenburg, Belgium d.24 Dec 1281 in Namur, Belgium
- b.1252 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.1220 in Meuse, Argonne, Lorraine, France d.25 Nov 1275 in Land, Grant, Minnesota, USA
- b.~ 1293 in Paris, France d.22 Aug 1358 in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England
- b.25 Apr 1215 in Poissy, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Tunisia
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, France
- b.1221 d.20 Dec 1295
- b.12 Mar 1270 in Fontainebleau, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.16 Dec 1325
- b.1205 d.25 Jul 1276
- b.1243 in Montpellier, Herult, France d.28 Jan 1271 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
- d.~Oct 1251
- b.~ 1294 in Valois, France d.1352 in Fontenelle, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
- b.~ 1254 in Napoli, Napoli, Italy d.05 May 1309 in Caranova, Nr Naples, , Italy
- b.01 Jan 1273 in Napoli, Italy d.31 Dec 1299 in St Jacques,Paris,Seine,France
- b.~ 1257 d.25 Mar 1323 in Naples, Italy
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Edward Iii Plantagenet King of and Phillipa were married in a religious ceremony on January 24th, 1328 in York, Yorkshire, England. They had five sons and two daughters, named Edward Prince of Wales of, Duke of Clarance Lionel of, Duke of Lancaster John of, 1st Duke of York Edmund of, Thomas of, Margaret of and Joan of.
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Children
Edward Prince of Wales of England
Edward Prince of Wales of was born on June 15th, 1330 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, , England.2 He died at the age of 45 on June 8th, 1376 in Westminster Palace, London, England.
Duke of Clarance Lionel of Antwerp
Duke of Clarance Lionel of was born on November 29th, 1338. He died at the age of 29 on October 17th, 1368.
Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt
Duke of Lancaster John of was born in March 1340 in St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent Belgium.3 He died at the age of 58 on February 3rd, 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England.3 3
1st Duke of York Edmund of Langley
1st Duke of York Edmund of was born on June 5th, 1341. He died at the age of 61 on August 1st, 1402.
Thomas of Woodstock
Thomas of was born on January 7th, 1355 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England.4 He died at the age of 42 on September 8th, 1397 in Prince's Inn, Calais, France (Murdered).
They had a son named Edmund 1st Duke of York.
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Children
Edmund 1st Duke of York De Langley
Edmund 1st Duke of York was born on June 5th, 1341 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, , England.1 He died at the age of 61 on August 1st, 1402 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, , England.1
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