 Edmund "Crouchback" Prince Of ENGLAND EARL OF LANCASTER, son of Henry III King Of ENGLAND and Eleanor de PROVENCE QUEEN OF ENGLAND.Born Jan 16, 1244/1245 at London, Middlesex, England, died Jun 5, 1296 at Bayonne, Pyrennes-Atlantiques, France, approximately 52 years, buried at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England Crouchback, (because of the cross he wore on his back). was born January 16, 1244/45 in Londo n England, forth son of King Henry III. He was the 1st Earl of Lancaster. He married 1 Avel ine Fortibus, daughter of William Fortibue, but all his children were by his second wife an d shortly before October 23 1276, he married 2 Blanch of Artois, widow of Henry, King of Nava rre, and daughter of Robert, Count of Artois, son of King Louis VIII of France. She died i n Paris, May 2, 1302. They had the following children. Married Apr 9, 1269 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England (27 years married) to:  Aveline De FORZ (FORTIBUS) COUNTESS OF LANCASTERBorn ± 1240 | |||
| 2nd marriage Edmund "Crouchback" Prince Of ENGLAND EARL OF LANCASTER, son of Henry III King Of ENGLAND and Eleanor de PROVENCE QUEEN OF ENGLAND.Married before Oct 29, 1275/1276 at Paris, Seine, France (approximately 20 years married) to: Blanche D' ARTOIS QUEEN OF NAVARRE, daughter of Robert I Count Of ARTOIS and Mahaut (Maud) Princess Of BRABANT.Born 1248 at Of, Arras, France, died May 2, 1302 at Paris, France, 53 or 54 years, buried at Minoresses Convent, Aldgate, Middlesex, England, 1st marriage to: Henri (Enrique) Of NAVARRE KING OF NAVARRE, 2nd marriage to: Edmund "Crouchback" Prince Of ENGLAND EARL OF LANCASTER Children: 1. Henry PLANTAGENET EARL OF LANCASTERBorn 1281 at Of, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England, died Sep 22, 1345 at Monastry of Cannons, England, 63 or 64 years, buried at Monastry of Cannons, England Henry was 3rd Earl of Lancaster, and a member of Parliament, was born about 1281 and died Sep t 22, 1348. He was buried with great ceremony on the North side of the alter of Newark Abbey , Leicester, where his obsequies were attended by the King and Queen in person. He was a dis tinguished soldier in the Scottish wars, and had livery of his lands in the 17 year of Edwar d 11., and was restored to the dignity of Earl of Leicester. This prince was subsequently on e of the leaders in the great confederacy which over turned the power of the Spencers, and de posed King Edward II. Upon the accession of King Edward III, the earl had the honor of girdi ng him with the sword of knighthood, and as soon as the new monarch was crowned he was appoin ted, the king being a minor, his gardian. After which in the parliament begun in Westminster , the attainder against his brother, being reversed, he was restored to all the lands of hi s father and brother, with the Earldoms of Lancaster, and Leicester, and the same year, the f irst year of EdwardIII, he constituted captain-general of all the king's forces in the marche s of Scotland, He married on March 2, 1296 Maud Chaworth, daughter of Patric Chaworth and hi s wife Isabel Beauchamp. Maud died before December 3, 1322, and was burried at Mottisfont Pr iory, of which she was a patron. They had three daughters as follows. 2. Thomas PLANTAGENET EARL OF LANCASTER/EARL OF LANCASTERBorn ± 1278 at Of, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England, died Mar 22, 1321/1322 at Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, approximately 43 years 3. John PLANTAGENETBorn before May 1286 at Of, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England, died before 1327 at UNMD, France 4. Mary PLANTAGENETBorn ± 1288 at Of, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England, died at Died Young, France 5. Margaret PLANTAGENET PRIVACY FILTER6. Beatrix PLANTAGENET PRIVACY FILTER | |||