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Authors: Alison Weir

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Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (24 page)

(iii)
John
He was born before May, 1286, and became Lord of Beaufort and Nogent-Lartauld on the death of his mother in May, 1302. He died unmarried in
c.
1327 (?) or 1336 (certainly by 1337) in France.
(iv)
Mary
No dates are recorded. She died young, in France.
5  
Richard
He was born in
c.
1247, and died before 1256. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.
6  
John
He was born in
c
.1250 at Windsor Castle, and died before 1256. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.
7  
William
He was born in
c
.1250/51, and died either at birth or in 1256. He was buried in the New Church of the Knights Templars, Fleet Street, London.
8  
Katherine
She was born on 25 November, 1252/3, at the Palace of Westminster. A mute child, she died on 3 May, 1257, at Windsor Castle, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
9  
Henry
No dates are recorded. He died young, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
HENRY III
He died on 16 November, 1272, at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
He was succeeded by his son Edward.
Edward I
F
ATHER
:
Henry III
(
see here
).
M
OTHER
:
Eleanor of Provence
(under
Henry III
,
see here
).
S
IBLINGS
: (under
Henry III
,
see here
).
EDWARD I
Known as ‘Longshanks’ and ‘the Lawgiver’, he was born on 17/18 June, 1239, at the Palace of Westminster. He was created Duke of Gascony in 1254, and Earl of Chester on 14 February, 1254. He resigned the earldom of Chester on 24 December, 1264, but was restored to it on 4 August, 1265. He succeeded his father as King of England on 20 November, 1272, and was crowned on 19 August, 1274, at Westminster Abbey.
Edward I married firstly
, between 13 and 31 October, 1254, at the Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile:
Eleanor
She was the daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile, by Joan, daughter of Simon of Dammartin, Count of Ponthieu and Aumale. Eleanor was born around 1244/5 in Castile. She was crowned Queen Consort on 19 August, 1274, at Westminster Abbey. She succeeded her mother as Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil in March, 1279. Eleanor died on 28 November, 1290, at the manor of Harby, Notts., of a fever, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Issue of marriage:
1  
Eleanor
She was born
c.
17 June, 1264 (or possibly as late as 1269, although the Issue Rolls of 1302 describe her as Edward’s eldest daughter), at Windsor Castle. She married firstly Alfonso III, King of Aragon (
d
.1291), by proxy on 15 August, 1290, at Westminster Abbey. The marriage was not consummated because of the bridegroom’s early death. Eleanor married secondly Henry III, Count of Bar (
d
.1302), on 20 September, 1293, at Bristol, and had issue:
1  Edward I, Count of Bar (1294–1337); he drowned in a shipwreck. He married Mary (1298һ
c
.1310), daughter of Robert, Duke of Burgundy, and had issue.
2  Joan (1295–1361); she married John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey (1286–1347), and had issue. She was divorced in 1315.
3  Eleanor (?); she is said to have married Llywelyn ap Owen of Deheubarth, and to have had issue, but this is doubtful.
Eleanor died on 12 October, 1298, at Ghent in Flanders, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
2  
Joan
She was born in the summer of 1265, either in Paris or perhaps at Abbeville, Ponthieu. She died before 7 September, 1265, in France, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
3  
John
He was born on 10 June or 10 July, 1266, either at Windsor Castle, or at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, or at Winchester. He died on 1 or 3 August, 1271/2, at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
4  
Henry
He was born on 13 July, 1267/8, at Windsor Castle. He died on 14 October, 1274, either at Merton, Surrey, or at Guildford Castle, Surrey, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
5  
Alice
She is said to have been born at Woodstock Palace, Oxon., but the date of her birth is unknown. The Harleian MSS. say she died at the age of 12. Some historians have identified her with the child born to the King and Queen in March, 1279, but this cannot be correct, as that infant’s funeral at Westminster Abbey took place during the same year (
Isabella, below).
6  
Juliana or Katherine
She was born in 1271 at Acre, Palestine, and died there on 28 May or 5 September, 1271. She is perhaps the daughter who is buried in the Church of the Friars Preachers, Bordeaux, Gascony.
7  
Joan
She was born in Spring, 1272, at Acre, Palestine. She married firstly Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and 7th Earl of Hertford (1243–1295), on 30 April, 1290, at Westminster Abbey, and had issue:
1  Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (1291–1314: killed at the Battle of Bannockburn); he married Matilda (
d
.1320), daughter of Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and had issue.
2  Eleanor (1292–1337); she married firstly Hugh le Despenser (executed 1326), and had issue. She married secondly Sir William la Zouche de Mortimer of Ashby, Leics. (
d.
1337).
3  Margaret (1293–1342); she married firstly Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall (1284?–executed 1312), and had issue. She married secondly Hugh de Audley, Earl of Gloucester (1289?–1347), and had issue.
4  Elizabeth (1295–1360); she married firstly John de Burgh (
d
.1313), and had issue. She married secondly Sir Theobald de Verdon of Alton, Staffs. (1278–1316), and had issue. She married thirdly Roger, Baron d’Amory (
d
.1322), and had issue.
Joan married secondly Ralph, 1st Baron de Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester and Earl of Atholl (
d
.1325), before July, 1297, and had issue:
5  Thomas, 2nd Baron Monthermer (1301–1340: killed at the Battle of Sluys); he married Margaret Teyes (
d
.1349), and had issue.
6  Edward, 3rd Baron Monthermer (1304–1340).
7  Mary (1298–after 1371); she married Duncan, 10th Earl of Fife (1285–1353), and had issue.
8  Joan (
b.
1299); a nun at Amesbury Abbey, Wilts.
Joan died on 23 April, 1307, at her manor of Clare, Suffolk, and was buried in the Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk.
8  
Alfonso
He was born on 24 November, 1273, either at Bayonne or at Bordeaux, Gascony, or in Maine. He was perhaps designated Earl of Chester in 1284. He died on 14 or 19 August, 1284, at Windsor Castle, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
9  
Margaret
She was born on 11 September, 1275, at Windsor Castle. She married John II ‘the Peaceful’, Duke of Brabant (
d
.1312), on 8 July, 1290, at Westminster Abbey, and had issue:

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