Elizabeth Plantagenet 
Elizabeth was born in August 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales. Elizabeth's father was Edward I Plantagenet and her mother was Eleanor of Castile. Her paternal grandparents were Henry III Plantagenet and Eleanor Berenger De Provence; her maternal grandparents were Fernando III of Castile and Jeanne De Dammartin. She had five brothers and seven sisters, named John, Henry, Alphonso, Berengaria, Edward II, Eleanor, Joan, Isabel, Mary, Alice, Beatrice and Blanche. She was the fourth youngest of the thirteen children. She had a half-brother named Edmund. 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, Hertfordshire, England.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> The Welsh /Woman/
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7th daughter
1st husband Count John Holland, Count of Holland
2nd husband Sir Humphry De Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex
Edward I, King of England
Edward I, King of England 1272-1307 (b. Jun. 16 or 17, 1239; d. Jul. 7, 13
07) Married Oct. 18, 1254 Eleanor of Castile (d. Nov. 28, 1290), daught
er of St. Fernando II, King of Castile and Leon. He married second Se
p. 8, 1299 Margarite, daughter of King Philip II of France. King Edward a
nd Eleanor were parents of Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet (b. Aug. 128
2; d. May 5, 1316) Married second 14 Nov 1302 Humphrey de Bohun VIII (b. 1
276; d. Mar. 16, 1331/2), Earl of Hereford and Essex. Line continued below
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Very extensive ancestral 'trees' are available for Sir Hugh de Courtena
y, Humphrey De Bohun, Reynold Fitz Piers, and Elizabeth, daughter of Ki
ng Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. For example, refer to:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Seventh Edition, by Frederi
ck Lewis Weis, 1950-1992
The Plantagenet Ancestry, by Lt.-Col. W. H. Turton, 1928, reprinted 1984
Royalty for Commoners, Second Edition, by Roderick W. Stuart, 1988-1992
Descents From Antiquity, 1986, and other publications of The Augustan Soci
ety, Inc.
Plantagenet
EDWARD THE FIRST, King of England, France, and Ireland, eldest son of Ki
ng Henry III, and Eleanor of Provence his Queen. Born at Westminster 17 Ju
ne 1239, succeeded 1272, crowned 18 August 1274; died 7 July 1307, and w
as buried in Westminster Abbey. Married first Eleanor, daughter of Ferdina
nd III., King of Castile, and Joanna his second wife, October 1254, at t
he Monastery of Las Huelgas in Spain. She died at Harby, near Lincoln, Nov
ember 1290, and was buried in Westminster Abbey 16 January following. T
he King Married secondly Margaret, daughter of Philip III, of France.
Harby (formerly spelled Herdeby and Hardeby) is in Nottinghamshire about s
ix miles from Lincoln, and is not to be confused with the place of the sa
me name in Leicestershire on the borders of Nottinghamshire. Queen Elean
or died at the former on 20 or 27 November, being seized with autumnal fev
er at the house of Richard de Weston. Her viscera were buried in the La
dy Chapel of Lincoln Minster, where an alter cenotaph was erected recordi
ng the circumstance. The first of the Eleanor crosses erected by King Edwa
rd to Mark the places at which her body rested on the way to Westminster A
bbey was at Lincoln. From nine to fifteen (according to different authorit
ies) of these crosses were erected, but only those at Geddinton, Northampt
on, and Waltham remain.
His youngest daughter by his first Marriage was
1. de Bohun
LADY ELIZABETH PLANTAGENET (called "the Welshwoman"). Born at Rhuddlan Cas
tle, Carnarvonshire Wales in August 1282; died 5 May 1316, and was buri
ed at Walden Abbey. Married first John, Count of HOLAND, 1297, by whom s
he had no issue. Married secondly, 25 November 1302, Humphrey de Bohun, fo
urth Earl of Hereford and third Earl of Essex, Hereditary Lord High Consta
ble of England, eldest son of Humphrey de Bohum and Maude his wife. Born 1
276. Slain in Battle of Boroughbridge 16 March 1321-2. Buried in the Chur
ch of Friars Preachers (Dominican) at York.
Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet was third daughter according to George's "Genea
logical Tables," sixth daughter according to Doyle's "Official Baronage" )
vol. ii, p. 163), and fifth or seventh daughter according to other authori
ties. Anderson's "Genealogical Tables" and Sandford's "Genealogical Histo
ry of the Kings of England" give the year 1284 as that of her birth, but P
rofessor Tout, the author of the account of her father in the "English Sta
tesman" series, gives 1282.
The second and youngest daughter of Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet by her seco
nd husband Humphrey de Bohun was
2. Courtenay
MarGARET DE BOHUN, who died 16 December 1391, and was buried in Exeter Cat
hedral. Inquisitio pos
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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.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Luoir, Eure-et-Loire, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.05 Aug 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxforshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1099 in Toulouse, France d.19 Apr 1137 in Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- b.1122 in Chateau De Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Forntevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1103 in Aquitaine, France d.> 1130 in Talmont, France
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Bury St Edmund, Suffolk, England
- b.06 Apr 1118 in Angouleme, Charente-Maritime, France d.07 Aug 1187 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couro, France
- b.~ 1135
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1140
- b.~ 1163 in Courtenay, Calinois, France d.~14 Sep 1211 in France
- b.~ 1141
- b.18 Jun 1239 in Westiminister, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.<25 Mar 1157 in Huesca, Spain d.25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Pyrbenbees-Orientales, France
- b.1174 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.Feb 1209 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- b.21 Sep 1154 in Toledo, Castile d.09 Nov 1208 in Monasterio De Jaen, Jaen, Spain
- b.1198 in Aix-En-Provence, Provence, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.~ 1154 in Sabran, Gard, France d.1224
- b.~ 1180 in Forcalquiers, Basses-Alpes, France d.> 1222 in France
- b.~ 1155 in Forcalquier, Alpes-De-Haute-Provence, 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.~ 1152 in Geneva, Switzerland
- b.~ 1178 in Geneva, Canton Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre Chatel, Isere, France
- b.~ 1155 in Faucigny, France
- b.Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales d.05 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England
- b.~ 1115
- b.~ 1140 d.1188 in Benavente, Italy
- b.~ 1118
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva, De Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.~ 1110 in Portugal
- b.~ 1145 in Coimbra, Portugal d.16 Oct 1188 in Bamba, Spain
- b.~ 1120
- b.19 Aug 1201 in Leon, Castile, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.1135 in Castile, Spain d.~ 1158 in Castile, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Soria, Castile d.06 Oct 1214 in Gotierre Munoz, Avila, Castile
- b.~ 1139 in Navarre, Spain d.24 Jun 1158 in Castile, Spain
- b.08 Jan 1181 in Segovia, Castile, Spain d.08 Nov 1246 in Burgos, Spain
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.31 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
- b.1122 in Chateau De Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Forntevrault, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1105 in Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne, France d.1182 in Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne, France
- b.1135 in Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne, France d.19 Sep 1200 in London, England
- b.1119 in Wellingfordshire, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1180 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, Somme, France
- b.~ 1070 in Clermont, Oise, France d.1162
- b.1138 in Clermont, Oise, Picardy, France d.Oct 1200
- b.~ 1095 in Dammartin, Isle de France, France d.20 Jan 1183
- 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
- b.1119 in Reims, Marne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.1160
- b.~ 1138 in Castile, Spain d.1160
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They had three sons and five daughters, named John, Edward, William, Eleanor, Agnes, Margaret, Aeneas and Isabel.
Family Notes
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Children
Eleanor De Bohun
Eleanor was born before October 17th, 1305 in Quendon, Essex, England. She died on October 7th, 1363 in Ireland.
John De Bohun
John was born on November 23rd, 1306 in St Clements, Oxfordshire, England. He died at the age of 29 on January 20th, 1336.
Edward De Bohun
Edward was born about 1312 in Caldecote, Northamptonshire, England. He died about 1334.
Family Notes
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