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Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England (son of EDWARD II PLANTAGENET and ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet))10494, 10495, 10496, 10497, 10498, 10499, 10500, 10501, 10502, 10503, 10504, 10505 was born November 13, 1312 in Windsor Castle, England10506, 10507, and died June 21, 1377 in Richmond, Surry, England10508, 10509. He married (1) Philippad'Avesnes, de Avesnes on January 24, 1327/28 in York, England10510, 10511, daughter of Guilaume I "Le Hollande et Zelan (d'Avesnes) and Jeanne de Valois.

 Includes NotesNotes for Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England:
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!Initiated the Hundred Years' War. Involved by his mother, Isabella of F rance in her intriques against his father. During Edward's minority, En gland was nominally ruled by a council of regency, but the actual power w as in the hands of Isabella and her paramour, Roger de Mortimer. In 133 0, Edward staged a palace coup and took the power into his own hands. H e had Mortimer hanged and confined his mother to her home. [Funk & Wagn alls]

BURR, NEWLIN LINE

!1332 - Edward Baliol crowned King of Scots, recognizes Edward II as ov erlord
1337 - Claims French crown, assumes title of King of France
1338 - Alliance of Coblenz between Louis IV and Edward III
1347 - Calais surrenders to him
1348 - Founds the Order of the Garter
1350 - Begins to rebuild Windsor Castle
1360 - Treaty of Calais between Edward III and Philp of Burgundy
[Timetables of History]

m. Philippa of Hainault; father of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. [ Royal Descents, p. 192]

Sheen, 21 June 1377 -- Edward III died in the presence of his priest an d his mistress, Alice Perrers, who robbed the corpse of his jewellery. I t is said that Alice infected the king with gonorrhoea. Despite the sca ndal of his affair with Alice Perrers, Edward was liked and respected b y his people for much of his reign. For 40 years he was married to the p lump and homely Philippa of Hainault who bore him 12 children, 7 sons a nd 5 daughters, one of whom died of the plague. He was generally on goo d terms with the nobility, who enjoyed his glittering tournaments and w ere impressed by his creation of the Order of the Garter, whose members b ecame "partners of the king in peace and war". But the revival of Frenc h power overshadowed Edward's earlier victories, and the decline of Eng land's continental empire was blamed on Alice for seducing the king awa y from affairs of state and the glory of war. [Chronicle of the Royal F amily, p. 85]

Addressed parliament in English in 1362, the first time since 1066 for a k ing of England to use the language in public. [A History of Wales, p. 1 84]

King of England from 1327-1377.

Hailed as a kingly ideal of quasi-Arthurian proportions. His 50-year ru le from 1327-77, however, saw the opening acts of the Hundred Years' Wa r. Edward III's resplendent reign was a time of pomp and circumstance w hich saw a revival of chivalry and the creation of the Order of the Gar ter bearing the proud motto: Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense (Shame on whoeve r thinks evil of this). But the Black Death of 1348-9 cast a dark shado w across the entire century. Bubonic plague decimated the population an d destroyed forever the old social order. The resultant shortage of lab our led to demands for higher wages and greater mobility. Attempts to k eep the common people in their place met with an angry response. [Realm , May/June 1997 No. 74, p. 65-66]

The archetypal Plantagenet king--tall, proud, majestic and handsome, wi th chiselled features and long hair and beard. Born in 1312, he was onl y 14 when his father, Edward II, was deposed and murdered, and 18 when h e assumed personal control of the government of England.
In 1328 Edward m. Philippa of Hainault, who bore him 13 children. Hi s occasional infidelities did not affect this happy and successful marr iage, which lasted 40 years. Edward had inherited the notorious Plantag enet temper, but the Queen exerted a restraining influence on him; in a f amous incident in 1347, she successfully interceded with him for the li ves of the doomed burghers of Calais, which Edward had captured after a l ong siege. [The Wars of the Roses, p. 21]

The face of the wooden effigy carried at his funeral, which is still p reserved in Westminster Abbey, is a death mask, and the effects of the s troke which killed the king may be seen in the drawn-down corner of the m outh. [Wars of the Roses, p. 22]

Son of Edward II and Isabella; m. Philippa and was father of:
1. Edward who m. Joan
2. Isabella who m. Enguerrand VII
3. Joan
4. William
5. Lionel who m. Elizabeth de Burgh and Violante Visconti
6. John who m. Constance, Blanche and Catherine Roet
7. Edmund who m. Isabel and Joan de Holand
8. Blanche
9. Mary who m. John V
10. Margaret who m. John Hastings
11. William
12. Thomas who m. Eleanor Bohun
[WFT vol 7 PEd 3931]

His first step in asserting his rule, was to judicially murder Mortimer , his mother's lover, by plucking him out of his mother's bed, and then h ave him hanged through the Act of Attainder, and confining Isabella for t he rest of her life.
After his Queen died, Edward had a succession of mistresses and affa irs and when he at last died of a terminal stroke, it was his mistress, A lice Perrers, who stripped him of his rings and ran away. [Edward III, 1 327-1377
Edward III made Bothwell Castle his headquarters from 18 Nov to 16 Dec 1 336. During his stay he issued a number of important writs from the cas tle, including orders for the naval protection of the English coast, an d a summons to Parliament to meet in London in order to coordinate the m eans for carrying on the war against the Scots and the French. [Bothwel l Castle, p. 8]

Edward III's ambitions lay more towards France than Scotland, and Scarb orough Castle was attacked several times during the Hundred Years War b ecause of its importance to the English wool trade. The great barbican w as reconstructed around 1343, leaving the outline of the castle much as i t is today. [Scarborough Castle, p. 18]

In the South Ambulatory of Westminster Abbey is the tomb of Edward III w ith statues of six of the King's children. [Westminster Abbey, p. 15]

Edward was tall, restless, energetic, a man of action, a fine warrior, b ut also a shrewd politician. Conventionally pious, he also had a darker s ide to his character, as the chronicler Jean le Bel's account of his br utal rape of the 'countess of Salisbury' suggests. In 1328 he married P hilippa, daughter of William I, count of Hainault; she produced 12 chil dren, nine of whom survived. After his death he was remembered with pri de because of his victories over the French. [The Plantagenet Encyclope dia, p. 68]

More About Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England:
Date born 2: November 13, 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.10512, 10513, 10514
Burial 1: Unknown, Westminster Abbey, England.10515, 10516
Burial 2: Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.10517, 10518, 10519
Christening 1: King of England 1327-1377;.10520, 10521
Christening 2: November 20, 1312, Windsor, England.10522, 10523
Description: tall.10524, 10525
Died 2: June 21, 1377, Sheen/Richmond, Surrey, England.10526, 10527
Founded: England.10528, 10529, 10530
Occupation 1: King of England 1327-1377.10531, 10532
Occupation 2: England; Occupation: King.10533, 10534, 10535
Owned: Maidstone, Kent, England.10536, 10537, 10538
Record Change: December 31, 200510538

More About Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England and Philippad'Avesnes, de Avesnes:
Marriage: January 24, 1327/28, York, England.10539, 10540

More About Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England and <Unnamed>:
Marriage: January 24, 1327/28, York Minster, England.10541, 10542

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England and <Unnamed>:
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# ID: I577685885
# Name: Edward III PLANTAGENET
# Given Name: Edward III
# Surname: PLANTAGENET
# Sex: M
# Birth: 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
# Death: 21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace, Surrey, England
# Change Date: 27 Jun 2004
# Note: King of England.

Father: Edward II PLANTAGENET b: 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caer narvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Mother: Isabelle CAPET b: Abt. 1292 in Paris, Seine, France

Marriage 1 Phillippa D'HAINAULT b: Jun 1311

* Note: _UID38DFF4A03870224DBDECEB497D75EE82017E

Children

1. Edmund "of Langley" PLANTAGENET b: 5 Jun 1341 in England
2. John "of Gaunt" PLANTAGENET b: Mar 1339/1340 in Of England

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Edward III King of England
Birth:13 NOV 1312 in Windsor Castle,Berkshire,England
Death:21 JUN 1377 in Sheen Palace
Sex:M
Father:Edward II King of England b. 25 APR 1284 in Caernarvon,Castle,W ales
Mother:Isabella of France b. 1292 in Paris

Burial: Westminster,Abbey,London,England

Spouses & Children
Philippa of Hainault (Wife) b. 24 JUN 1311 in Valenciennes
Marriage: 24 JAN 1328 in York Minster
Children:

1. DescendantsEdward Prince of Wales b. 15 JUN 1330 in Woodstock,Oxf ordshire,England
2. Isabella b. 16 JUN 1332 in Woodstock
3. Joan (Joanna) b. ABT FEB 1335 in Woodstock
4. William of Hatfield b. BEF 16 FEB 1337 in Hatfield Herts
5. DescendantsLionel of Antwerp Duke of Clarence b. 29 NOV 1338 in A ntwerp,Belgium
6. DescendantsJohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancast. b. MAR 1340 in Ghent
7. DescendantsEdmund of Langley Duke of York b. 5 JUN 1341 in Kings L angley,Herts
8. Blanche b. MAR 1342 in Tower of London
9. Mary b. 10 OCT 1344 in Waltham,Near Winchester
10. Margaret b. 20 JUL 1346 in Windsor Castle,Berkshire,England
11. William of Windsor b. 24 JUN 1348 in Windsor Castle,Berkshire,Eng land
12. DescendantsThomas of Woodstock Duke of Glouces. b. 7 JAN 1355 in W oodstock

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04nov2005

Children of Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England and Philippad'Avesnes, de Avesnes are:
  1. +JOHN "of Gaunt" PLANTAGENET, b. June 24, 1340, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium10543, 10544, d. February 1398/99, LEICESTER CASTLE, ENG10545, 10546.
  2. +Edmund - "ofPlantagenet, of Cambridge, b. June 05, 1341, King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England10547, 10548, 10549, d. August 01, 1402, King's Langley, Herts, England10550, 10551.

Children of Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England are:
  1. +Edmund - "ofPlantagenet, of Cambridge, b. June 05, 1341, King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England10552, 10553, 10554, d. August 01, 1402, King's Langley, Herts, England10555, 10556.
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