Family [F113]
Plantagenet
Parents
Henry III, King of England Plantagenet {M} [P393] = Eleanor of Provence Berenger {F} [P394]
Married Monday 14 January 1236, Canterbury Cathedral
Henry III, King of England Plantagenet:
Born Monday 1 October 1207, Winchester Castle, Hampshire
Died Wednesday 16 November 1272, Westminster Palace, London
Buried Westminster Abbey, London
Acceded 28 Oct 1216 at Gloucester Cathedral. Reigned 1216-1272. A minor when he took the throne he did not take the reigns of Government himself until 1234. Baronian discontent simmered, boiling over in 1258 when Henry facing financial disaster attempted to raise large sums from his magnates. Reforms were agreed upon but then renouced by Henry. Simon de Montford lead a rebellion against the King (the Barons Wars) which was defeated after initial success, thereafter Henry ceeded much of his power to his son. Burke say he was born 10 Oct 1206 and married 14 Jan, crowned 1216.
Eleanor of Provence Berenger:
Children
Edward I (Longshanks), King of England Plantagenet {M} [P202] = Eleanor, Princess of, Countess de Ponthieu Castille {F} [P226] > Family [F70]
Married Sunday 18 October 1254, Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile
Edward I (Longshanks), King of England Plantagenet:
Born Friday 17 June 1239, Westminster Palace, London
Died Thursday 7 July 1307, Burgh-on-the-Sands, Near Carlisle
Buried Westminster Abbey, London
Acceded 19 Aug 1274, Westminster Abbey, London
In the Barons war 1264-67 he defeated the Barons at Evesham (1265) as King
he is noted for encouraging Parliamentary institutions at the expense of
feudalism and for subduing Wales on which he imposed the English system of
administration. He later tried to assert his authority over Scotland and died
while on his way to fight Robert Bruce.
Eleanor, Princess of, Countess de Ponthieu Castille:
Married Thursday 10 September 1299, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
Marguerite of France Hardi:
Margaret Plantagenet {F} [P319]
Born Saturday 29 September 1240
Beatrice Plantagenet {F} [P320]
Born Wednesday 25 June 1242
Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Leicester Plantagenet {M} [P321] = Blanche of Artois {F} [P446] > Family [F124]
Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Leicester Plantagenet:
Born Monday 16 January 1245
Blanche of Artois:
Alias Plantagenet
Born 1247
Richard Plantagenet {M} [P322]
John Plantagenet {M} [P323]
William Plantagenet {M} [P324]
Katherine, a Mute, Plantagenet {F} [P325]
Born Tuesday 25 November 1253
Henry Plantagenet {M} [P326]
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