Edward III Plantagenet 
Edward III was born on November 13th, 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. Edward III's father was Edward II Plantagenet and his mother was Isabella of France Capet. His paternal grandparents were Edward I Plantagenet and Eleanor of Castile; his maternal grandparents were Philippe IV Capet and Jeanne of Navarre. He had a brother and two sisters, named John, Eleanor and Joan. 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 Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.General Notes
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Edward III was 14 when he was crowned King and assumed government in his
own right in 1330. In 1337, Edward created the Duchy of Cornwall to
proviDe the h eir to the throne with an income independent of the
sovereign or the state. A n able soldier, and an inspiring leader, Edward
founded the Order of the Gart er in 1348.
At the beginning of the Hundred Years War in 1337, actual campaign ing
started when the King invaded France in 1339 and laid claim to the throne
of France. Following a sea victory at Sluys in 1340, Edward overran
Britta ny in 1342 and in 1346 he landed in Normandy, defeating the French
King, Phil ip VI, at the Battle of Crécy and his son Edward (the Black
Prince) repeated his success at Poitiers (1356).
By 1360 Edward controlled over a quarter of Fr ance. His successes
consolidated the support of the nobles, lessened criticis m of the taxes,
and improved relations with Parliament. However, under the 13 75 Treaty of
Bruges the French King, Charles V, reversed most of the English
conquests; Calais and a coastal strip near Bordeaux were Edward's only
last ing gain.
Failure abroad provoked criticism at home. The Black Death plague
outbreaks of 1348-9, 1361-2 and 1369 inflicted severe social dislocation
(the King lost a daughter to the plague) and caused deflation; severe
laws were i ntroduced to attempt to fix wages and prices. In 1376, the
'Good Parliament' (which saw the election of the first Speaker to
represent the Commons) attack ed the high taxes and criticised the King's
advisers. The ageing King withdre w to Windsor for the rest of his reign,
eventually dying at Sheen Palace, Sur rey.
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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.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxforshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1122 in Chateau De Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Forntevrault, Anjou, France
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Bury St Edmund, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couro, France
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1163 in Courtenay, Calinois, France d.~14 Sep 1211 in France
- b.18 Jun 1239 in Westiminister, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1174 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.Feb 1209 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- b.1198 in Aix-En-Provence, Provence, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.~ 1180 in Forcalquiers, Basses-Alpes, France d.> 1222 in France
- b.1218 in Aix-en-Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.20 May 1177 in Carbonierres, Savoie, France d.01 Mar 1233 in Aoste, Isere, France
- b.1198 in Savoy, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.~ 1178 in Geneva, Canton Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre Chatel, Isere, France
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley, England
- b.~ 1140 d.1188 in Benavente, Italy
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva, De Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.~ 1145 in Coimbra, Portugal d.16 Oct 1188 in Bamba, Spain
- b.19 Aug 1201 in Leon, Castile, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Soria, Castile d.06 Oct 1214 in Gotierre Munoz, Avila, Castile
- b.08 Jan 1181 in Segovia, Castile, Spain d.08 Nov 1246 in Burgos, Spain
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.31 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
- b.~ 1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1135 in Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne, France d.19 Sep 1200 in London, England
- b.1180 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, Somme, France
- b.1138 in Clermont, Oise, Picardy, France d.Oct 1200
- b.1216 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France d.16 Mar 1279 in Abbeville, Somme, France
- b.~ 1155 in Pontheiu, Flanders
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale, Normandy, France d.1250 in Normandy, France
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- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace, Surrey, England
- b.1187 in Paris, France d.08 Nov 1226 in Montpensier, Avegnon, France
- b.25 Apr 1215 in Chateau De Poissy, Poissy, Isle De France, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Tunisia
- b.1183 in Valencia, Castile, Spain d.27 Nov 1252 in Paris, France
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy, Isle De France, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Toulouse, France
- b.1198 in Aix-En-Provence, Provence, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1221 in St Maime, Forcalquier, Bourgogne, Marne, France d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, Isle De France, France
- b.1198 in Savoy, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1268 in Fontainebleau, Isle De France, France d.29 Nov 1314 in Fontainebleau, Isle De France, France
- b.~ 1176 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain d.14 Sep 1213 in Muret, Haute-Garonne, France
- b.01 Feb 1207 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.27 Jul 1276 in Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- b.~ 1178 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.21 Jan 1213 in Rome, Italy
- b.1247 in Barcelona, Aragon d.28 Jan 1272 in Cosenza, Italy
- b.1176 in Esztergom, Kormarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.21 Sep 1235
- b.1219 in Estergom, Hungary d.09 Oct 1251 in Huesca, Huesca, Spain
- b.~ 1198 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1232
- b.1292 in Paris, Seine, France d.25 Aug 1358 in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England
- b.Jan 1272 in Bar-Sur-Seine, France d.02 Apr 1305 in Chateau De Vincennes, Vincennes, France
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Edward III and Phillipa were married in a religious ceremony on January 30th, 1328. They had seven sons and five daughters, named Edward, William, Lionel, John of, Edmund, William, Thomas, Isabel, Joan, Blanche, Mary and Margaret.
Family Notes
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Children
Edward Plantagenet
Edward was born on June 15th, 1330 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England. He died at the age of 45 on June 8th, 1376 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
Isabel Plantagenet
Isabel was born on June 16th, 1332 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England. She died at the age of 16 on September 2nd, 1348 in Loremo, Gascony, France.
John of Gaunt
John of was born on June 24th, 1340 in St Bavo Abbey, Ghent, Flanders. He died at the age of 58 on February 3rd, 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, England.
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