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  • ID: I04136
  • Name: Edward III , King Of England
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
  • Death: 21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Surry, England
  • Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England
  • Note:
    Reigned 1327-1377. Edward assumed effective power in 1330 after imprisoning his mother and executing her lover Roger de Mortimer who had murdered his father; therafter his reign was dominated by military adventures. His victory in Scotland, especially at Haildon Hill 1333 encouraged him to plan (1363) the union of England and Scotland. Through his mother he claimed the French throne thus starting (1337) the Hundred years war. His son John of Gaunt dominated the government during his last years.
    sources:Hull Univ, UK database & LDS Ancestry files




    Father: Edward II , Of Caernarvon, King Of England b: 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Wales
    Mother: Isabelle , Queen Of England b: 1292 in Paris, Seine, France

    Marriage 1 Alice Perrers

      Marriage 2 Philippa , Countess Of Hainault b: 24 Jun 1311 in Valenciennes or Hainault, Belgium
      • Married: 24 Jan 1327/28 in York Minster, Yorkshire, England
      Children
      1. Has No Children "The Black" Edward , Prince of Wales b: 15 Jun 1330 in Palace,Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England
      2. Has No Children Princess Of England Isabel b: 16 Jun 1332 in Palace,Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England
      3. Has No Children Princess Of England Joan b: ABT. Feb 1335/36 in PALACE, WOODSTOCK, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND
      4. Has No Children of Hatfield William b: BEF. 16 Feb 1336/37 in HATFIELD,HERTFORDSHIRE,ENGLAND
      5. Has Children Lionel Plantagenet , Duke of Clarence b: 29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp,Belguim
      6. Has Children Duke of Langley Edmund b: 5 Jun 1341
      7. Has No Children Princess Of England Blanche b: Mar 1342/43 in Tower of London, Middlesex, England
      8. Has No Children Princess of England Mary b: 10 Oct 1344 in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, England
      9. Has No Children Princess of England Margaret b: 20 Jul 1346 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
      10. Has No Children of Windsor William b: BEF. 24 Jun 1348 in WINDSOR CASTLE, BERKSHIRE,ENGLAND
      11. Has No Children Duke of Gloucester Thomas b: 7 Jan 1354/55 in Palace,Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England
      12. Has Children John Plantagenet , "Of Gaunt", Duke of Lancaster b: Mar 1339/40 in Abbaye de St Bavon, Ghent, Flanders
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