Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet of England 
Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet of was born on June 17th, 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England. Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet of's father was Henry III Plantagenet of England and his mother was Eleanor Berenger of Provence. His paternal grandparents were John I Plantagenet Lackland of England and Isabella de Taillefer of Angouleme; his maternal grandparents were Raymond VI Berenger of Provence and Beatrice de Savoie. He had five brothers and three sisters, named Richard, John, Henry, William of, Edmund Crouchback, Margaret, Beatrice and Catherine. He died at the age of 68 on July 7th, 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands,Carlisle,Cumberland,England or Salway Firth,Scotland. He was buried in 1307 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> The Hammer of the /Scots/,English Justinian
Cause of Death:<CAUS> died while on his way to fight Robert Bruce
According to Brian Tompsett, UK genealogist
(http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01261):
"In the Barons War 1264-67 he defeated the Barons at Evesham (1265) as
King he is noted for encouraging Parliamentary institutions at the
expense of feudalism and for subduing Wales on which he imposed the
English system of administration. He later tried to assert his authorit
over Scotland and died while on his way to fight Robert Bruce."
Named "Longshanks" because of his height and stature.
According to Eric Niderost in "England's warrior-king Edward I won
victories against such renowned foes as Baybars, Llewellyn and Wallce"
(http://www.thehistorynet.com/MilitaryHistory/articles/12953_text.htm):
"A case can be made that Edward I was the greatest English king of the
Middle Ages. A stron ruler, he was a man belssed with a strong sense of
duty. Although he was no democrat, he believed the king should promote
the general welfare and place himself above class or faction--a
revolutionary concept in the 13th century. Although he has been called
"the English Justinian" because of his legal codes, Edward was first and
foremost a military man, one of the great generals of the medieval
world....Prince Edward "took the cross"--that is, declared himself a
crusader pledged to free the Holy Land from the grip of the Muslin
"infidels". In 1271, Edward reached the Middle East with a small army of
1,000 men..The next year, 1272, a truce was arranged between Baybars and
the Crusaders, enabling Edward to go home at last. While en route to
England, he received word that his father was dead and he was now king in
his own right. On August 2, 1274, the new king landed at Dover after an
absence of four years. Crowds gave a tumultous welcome to their new
monarch, who, at 6 feet 2 inches, towered over contemporaries. He was
handsome, but his piercing blue eyes were slightly offset by a drooping
left eyelid. Like most of his Plantagenet dynasty, Edward had a volcanic
temper that sometimes erupted into murderous rages. Generally, though,
he was too intelligent to let his anger get the better of him...The
English monarch invaded Scotland with a large army, and in March 1296, he
proceeded to besiege the important Scottish town of Berwick. Feeling
overconfident, the citizens of Berwick shouted insults at Edward, in
particular making fun of his "long shanks." Mounted on his great
warhorse Bayard, Edward personally led the assault on Berwick. Hooves
flailing, Bayard leapt across a ditch, bounded over a low palisade and
brought his royal master into the very heart of the city. Soon English
troops poured into the narrow streets and fighting gave way to a general
massacre of the inhabitants...At Falkirk, Edward Long Shanks acquired a
new nickname: Scottorum malleus (Hammer of the Scots). The battle
validated his reputation as a general and showcased his tactical skills.
His adoption of the Welsh longbow foreshadowed the English triumphs at
Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt..."
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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.1092 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Plains of Acre, Palestine
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loire, Eure-Et-Loire, Le Mans, Maine, France
- b.~ 1096 d.1126
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine or Anjou, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, Indre-et-Loire, Anjou, France
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Hunting lodge of Lyons-La-Foret near Rouen or St. Denis-le-Fermont, Seine-St Denis near Gisors, France
- b.1103 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1167 in Abbey of Notre Dame des Pres, Rouen, France
- b.Bet 1079 and 1080 in Dunfermline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.22 Oct 1071 in France d.10 Feb 1125/26
- b.1099 in Toulouse, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Saint Jacques-de-Compostelle, Spain
- b.~ 1073 in Toulouse, France d.28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, France
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France d.~ 1203 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1076 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.07 Nov 1151 in L'Abbey de Notre Dame de Noyers, France
- b.Bet 1103 and 1105 in Aquitaine, France d.1137 in Talmont, France
- b.1080 d.1119
- b.10 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, or Westminster Palace, England
- b.< 1037 d.Bet 1134 and 1140
- b.1134 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.07 Aug 1187 in Mesina, Sicily, Italy
- b.< 1071
- b.Bet 1144 and 1160 d.16 Jun 1218
- b.< 1092 d.~ 1122
- b.~ 1120
- b.1071 d.28 May 1143
- b.1189 in Angouleme,Chrnt, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1081 in Paris, France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau Bethizy, Paris, France
- b.Bet 1125 and 1128 in Montargis, France d.10 Apr 1183 in Palestine
- b.~ 1092 d.18 Nov 1154
- b.1160 in Courtenay, Loriet, France d.1218 in France
- b.~ 1100 in Courtenay, Loriet, France d.<Oct 1190 in France
- b.~ 1127 in Courtenay, Loriet, France d.14 Sep 1205 in Sutton, Berkshire, England
- b.< 1113
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands,Carlisle,Cumberland,England or Salway Firth,Scotland
- b.~ 1113 in Barcelona, Spain d.06 Aug 1162 in San Dalmacio, Spain
- b.May 1152 in Huesca, Huesca, Spain d.1196
- b.1135 d.17 Oct 1174 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain
- b.Bet 1174 and 1180 in Barcelona or Aragon, Spain d.Feb 1208/09 in Palermo, Sicily or Perpinan, Roussillon, France
- b.1 Mar 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Aragon, Spain
- b.21 Sep 1154 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.09 Nov 1208 in Monesterioe De Jaen/ Monastery of Xinena, Sijena, Spain
- b.~ 1131 in Poland d.11 Jun 1185
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France d.> 1223 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France
- b.< 1140 d.16 Feb 1207/08
- b.1154 d.1224
- b.< 1140 d.> 1154
- b.1180 in Sabran, Spain d.1224 in l'Abbaye de la Celle, France
- b.1130 d.1209
- b.1156 d.1193
- b.< 1140 d.> 1156
- b.Bet 1217 and 1223 in Aix-en-Provence, France d.24 Jan 1290/91 in Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England
- b.Bet 1082 and 1095 in Savoy/Savoie, France d.30 Aug 1148 in Nicosia, Cyprus
- b.01 Aug 1136 in Savoy, France d.4 Mar 1187/88 in Cyprus
- b.Bet 1110 and 1116 in Albon, Vienne, France d.> 1145
- b.20 May 1178 in Chambonnieres, Savoy/Savoie, France d.Bet 1 and 6 Mar 1232/33 in Aosta, Savoy, France
- b.Bet 1112 and 1142 in Vienne, France d.15 Sep 1184
- b.Bet 1150 and 1160 d.08 Apr 1230
- b.~ 1140 d.> 1160
- b.~ 1201 d.1266
- b.~ 1100 in Geneva, Switzerland d.26 Jun 1178
- b.Bet 1130 and 1165 in Geneva, Switzerland d.27 Jul 1195
- b.Bet 1110 and 1126 in Cuiseaux, Saone-et-Loire, France d. in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- b.~ 1180 in Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1236 in Pierre-Chatel, Isere, France
- b.< 1150 in Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, France
- b.< 1165 in Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, France d.> 1180
- b.< 1150
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Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet of and Eleanor of Castile & were married in a religious ceremony on October 18th, 1254 in Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castille, Spain. They had four sons and eleven daughters, named John, Henry, Alfonso, Edward II Caernarvon of, Eleanor, Julian Katherine, Joan of Acre, Margaret, Berengaria, Elizabeth, Beatrice, Blanche, Mary, Alice and Isabella.
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Children
Eleanor Plantagenet
Eleanor was born on June 17th, 1264 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. She died after 1273 in Ghent, Flanders. She was buried in 1297 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
John Plantagenet
John was born on July 10th, 1266 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died at the age of 5 on August 3rd, 1271 in Westminster, London, England.
Henry Plantagenet
Henry was born on July 13th, 1267 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died at the age of 7 on October 14th, 1274 in Merton, Surrey, England.
Julian Katherine Plantagenet
Julian Katherine was born in 1271 in Holy Land. She died in 1271 in Holy Land.
Joan of Acre Plantagenet
Joan of Acre was born in 1272 in Acre, Palestine. She died at the age of 35 on April 23rd, 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England. She was buried on April 26th, 1307 in Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England.
Alfonso Plantagenet
Alfonso was born on November 24th, 1273 in Bordeaux. He died at the age of 10 on August 19th, 1284 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
Margaret Plantagenet
Margaret was born on September 11th, 1275 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. She died at the age of 43 in 1318 in Brussels, Belgium.
Elizabeth Plantagenet
Elizabeth was born on August 7th, 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Rhudlan, Flintshire or Carnarvon, Wales. She died at the age of 33 on May 5th, 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England. She was buried on May 23rd, 1316 in Walden Abbey, Essex, England.
Edward II Caernarvon of England
Edward II Caernarvon of was born on April 25th, 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales. He died at the age of 43 on September 21st, 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England. He was buried in 1327 in Gloucester Cathedral, England.
Mary Plantagenet
Mary was born in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. She died before July 8th, 1332 in Amesbury.
Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet of and Marguerite le Hardi Capet of were married in a religious ceremony on September 10th, 1299 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England. They had two sons and a daughter, named Thomas Plantagenet of, Edmund Plantagenet of and Eleanor.
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Children
Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton
Thomas Plantagenet of was born on June 1st, 1300 in Brotherton, Yorkshire, England. He died at the age of 38 in August 1338. He was buried in Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
Edmund Plantagenet of Woodstock
Edmund Plantagenet of was born on August 5th, 1301 in Woodstock Palace, Oxford, England. He died in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England.
Eleanor Plantagenet
Eleanor was born on May 4th, 1306 in Winchester. She died at the age of 5 in 1311 in Amesbury.
They had a son named John.
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