Edmund (Crouchback) Plantagenet 
Edmund, known as Crouchback, was born on January 16th, 1244 in London, England.1 Birth Notes
B: 16 Jan 1244/45
General Notes
1st Earl of Lancaster
Count of Champagne and Brie
Earl of Chester
Stewardship of England
He was the second surviving son of Eleanor of Provence and King Henry III of England.
Crouchback was born in London, England. In 1253 he was invested by Pope Innocent IV in the Kingdom of Sicily and Apulia. At about this time he was also made Earl of Chester. These were of little value as Conrad IV of Germany, the real King of Sicily, was still living and the Earldom of Chester was transferred to his elder brother Edward. Edmund soon obtained, however, important possessions and dignities, for soon after the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester in 1265, Edmund received the Earldom of Leicester and of Lancaster and also the honour of the Stewardship of England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave.
He was married twice, first to Aveline de Forz, Countess of Albemarle, in 1269, and then in Paris, France on February 3, 1276, to Blanche of Artois. That same year he became the Count of Champagne and Brie in France. With Blanche he had four children
He died on June 5, 1296 in Bayonne, and was interred on July 15, 1296 at Westminster Abbey, London, England.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Edmund Plantagenet, called Crouchback, 2nd son of Henry III, Earl of Lancaster, was born at London Feb., 1245, and when he had attained his 8th year was solemnly invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sicily and Apulia. About this time, too, 1253, he was made Earl of Chester, but neither of these honors turned out eventually of much value, for the real King of Sicily, Conrad, was then living, and the Earldom of Chester was transferred to the Prince's elder brother Edward, afterwards Edward I.
He soon obtained other possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, the King, by charter, 1274, granted him the Earldom of Leicester, as also the honour and Stewardship of England, with the lands likewise of Nicholas de Seagrave, an associate in the treason of de Montfort. The next year he had another grant from the crown of all the goods and chattels whereof Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, was possessed upon the day of the skirmish at Chesterfield. About 1270 the Earl went into the Holy Land and returned within two years. In the reign of his brother, Edward I, he was in the Scottish wars and had grants which he had received from their father confirmed, with additional castles, manors and lands of great extent. In the 21st of Edward I (1272-1306) he procured license from the crown to make a castle of his house, the parish of St. Clement's Danes in County Middlesex, and he also founded the nunnery, called Minoress, without Aldgate, in the suburbs of London.
He was afterwards in the Welsh wars and then proceeded to France, being sent with the Earl of Lincoln into Gascony. He eventually invested Bordeaux, but not succeeding in its reduction, he was so affected by the disappointment that it brought on a disease that terminated his life in the year 1295. The prince's remains were brought over to England and honourably interred in Westminster Abbey. Upon his deathbed he directed "that his body should not be buried until his debt were paid." He married 1st Avelina, daughter of William de Fortibus, who died sine prole; 2nd Blanche, daughter of Robert of Artois, 3rd son of Louis VIII, King of France. By his 2nd wife he had Thomas Plantagenet, who died sine prole, and he in turn was succeeded by his brother, Henry.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 388)
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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.1093 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau du Loir, France
- b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.21 Feb 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France
- b.07 Feb 1102 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Martime, France
- b.1079 in Dumferline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- 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.1073 in France d.28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbe, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1075 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.07 Nov 1151 in L'lle-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
- b.1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.Mar 1130
- 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.1108 in Angouleme, France d.16 Nov 1140 in France
- b.1134 in Angouleme, Charente, France d.07 Aug 1187 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- b.1091 in France
- b.1160 in Angoileme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couroun, France
- b.1100 in Limoges, Haute Vienne, France d.1148 in Limoges, Haute Vienne, France
- b.1138 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
- b.1118 in Angouleme, France
- b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau De Baethizy, Paris, Isle De France
- b.1126 in Reims, Champagen, France d.1183 in Palestine, Israel
- b.1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.1160 in Courtenay, Gali, France d.1218 in France
- b.1100 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1161 in France
- b.1127 in Courtenay, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.1100 in Donjon, France
- b.16 Jan 1244 in London, England d.05 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, Pyrennes-Atlantiques, France
- b.1113 d.08 Aug 1162
- b.May 1152 d.25 Apr 1196
- b.1135 d.17 Oct 1174 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.1174 d.Feb 1209
- b.01 Mar 1105 d.21 Aug 1157 in Fresneda
- b.21 Sep 1164 d.09 Nov 1208 in Sijena
- b.1130
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1130 d.1180
- d.1210
- b.1140 d.Apr 1192
- b.1180 d.1209
- b.1137 d.13 Oct 1210
- d.1190
- b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.1092 in Savoie, France d.01 Apr 1148
- b.01 Aug 1136 in Savoie, France d.04 Mar 1188 in France
- b.1098 in Albon, Drome, France d.1145
- b.20 Mar 1177 in Carbonierres, Savoy, France d.20 Jan 1233 in Aoste, Isere, France
- b.1132 in Vienne, France d.15 Sep 1184
- b.1156 d.08 Apr 1230
- b.1114 in Salins, Seine-et-Marne, France d.1200
- b.1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1104 in Geneva, Switzerland d.26 Jun 1178 in Geneva, Switzerland
- b.1130 d.25 Jul 1195
- b.1110 in Cuiseaux, Saone-Et-Loire, France d.01 Jul 1137
- b.1180 in Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre-Chatel, France
- b.1108
- b.1138
- b.1112
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Details of Crouchback's family with Princess Blanche Capet of Artois
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I4184
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I21806&style=TABLE
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http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I09672
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I21806&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I09672
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