Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant
Descendants Family Tree: King Edward III of England 1312-1377
On 28th January 1308 [his father] King Edward II of England [aged 23] and [his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 13] were married at Boulogne sur Mer [Map]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Philip IV of France [aged 39] and [his grandmother] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. He the son of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. In the year of Christ 1312, the sixth year of Edward II, on the feast day of Saint Brice the Confessor [13th November 1312], there was born to the king [aged 28] at Windsor by Queen Isabella [aged 17] a magnificent victor over the French, a conqueror of the Scots, a rightful heir to the royal bloodline of both England and France, who in his time would be called Edward III after the Conquest. In this year, due to the joy of his son's birth and the love he bore for his queen, whom he cherished deeply and tenderly, the king concealed the grief he felt over the death of Peter, being uncertain in his own judgment and unsure to whom he could safely entrust his secret counsels or even his life in times of peril. Many were thus distanced, whether openly or secretly, from his friendship due to Peter's death. Consequently, the king, neglecting arms, sometimes indulged in genuine pleasures, at other times in feigned distractions. Meanwhile, as the nobles of the realm were preoccupied with enacting a timely punishment for Peter's death, Robert de Bruce seized almost all the castles and fortresses of Scotland, removing or executing the wardens who had been appointed by the king and his father.
Anno Christi MCCCXIJ, Edwardi secundi anno VJ, die sancti Bricii confessoris, apud Wyndesore natus est regi ex Isabella regina magnificus Gallorum triumfator, Scotorum consternator, rectilineari propagacione de sanguine regali Anglie et Francie utriusque regni heres futurus, suo tempore vocatus tercius Edwardus post conquestum. Hoc anno leticia nati filii et regine quam nimium dilexit et tenerrime confovit, ne quidquam molestie eii inferret, rex dissimulavit quam moleste gessit mortem Petri, ancipite quoque sua providencia, nescia cuius fidei sui concilia secreta aut vitam in periculis posset commendare amicabiliter; a cuius amicicia manifeste vel occulte Petri interitus sequestravit multos. Ipso propterea, armis neclectis, vacante solaciis quandoque veris nonnunquam simulatis, regni quoque proceribus in necem Petri oportune infligendam ocupatis, Robertus de Bruys fere omnia castra atque fortalicia Scocie adquisivit, et custodes deputatos per regem et ipsius patrem amovit vel peremit.
On 13th November 1312 King Edward III of England was born to [his father] King Edward II of England [aged 28] and [his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 17] at Windsor Castle [Map]. He was christened on 17th November 1312 with Archbishop Walter Reynolds being one of his godfathers. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.17%.
On 24th June 1314 the Scottish army of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 39] including, James "Black" Douglas [aged 28], heavily defeated the English army led by [his father] King Edward II of England [aged 30] at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford [aged 23] was killed. Earl Gloucester, Earl Hertford extinct.
John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch [aged 20], Robert Felton 1st Baron Felton [aged 44] and William Vesci were killed.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal [aged 36] was killed. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Baron Marshal.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 40] was killed. His son Roger [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Baron de Clifford.
John Lovell 2nd Baron Lovel [aged 25] was killed. His son John succeeded 3rd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh.
Henry Bohun was killed by King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland. He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].
Walter Fauconberg 2nd Baron Fauconberg [aged 50] possilby died although his death is also reported as being on 31 Dec 1318.
Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 38], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 38], Goronwy ap Tudur Hen Tudor, Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 35], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 39] and Robert Umfraville 8th Earl Angus [aged 37] fought.
Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot [aged 34] was killed. His son John succeeded 2nd Baron Tibetot.
John Montfort 2nd Baron Montfort [aged 23] was killed. Peter Montfort 3rd Baron Montfort [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Baron Montfort.
Thomas Grey [aged 34] undertook a suicidal charge that contributed to the English defeat and subsequently blemished his career.
William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 38] was captured.
Michael Poynings [aged 44] was killed.
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On 12th August 1315 Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 43] died. Possibly poisoned - see Thomas Walsingham. He was buried at Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 2] succeeded 11th Earl Warwick. Given his young age Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick became a ward of [his father] King Edward II of England [aged 31] until 1326.
On 19th April 1319 Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 6] and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick [aged 5] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. An arranged marriage although not clear who arranged it or whose ward Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick was (his father Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick had died four years before) - possibly by King Edward II of England [aged 34] as a means of securing the Welsh March. The Beauchamp family established, the Mortimer family aspirational. The marriage took place after Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 31] had returned from his tenure as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and before he rebelled against King Edward II of England in opposition to Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 33]. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 33]. He the son of Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 34]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
In or before May 1322 John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 34] was executed by [his father] King Edward II of England [aged 38]. Baron Giffard Brimpsfield forfeit.
On 19th May 1322 [his uncle] Charles IV King France I King Navarre [aged 27] and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France [aged 25] marriage annulled as a consequence of her adultery. In 1313 [his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 27] gave gifts of coin-purses to her sisters-in-law Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. The coin-purses were subsequently seen by Isabella to be in the possession of the Norman knights Gautier and Philippe d'Aunay. When Isabella visited her father [his grandfather] King Philip IV of France again in 1314 she informed him she suspected the two sisters to be having affairs with the two knights. The two knights were arrested, confessed to adultery under torture, and were executed. The two women were sentenced to life imprisonment at Château Gaillard [Map]. Margaret's husband Louis X King France I Navarre became King in Nov 1314 whilst she was in prison; she became Queen of France by marriage. Somewhat conveniently she died five months later. Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France remained in prison until her husband Charles IV King France I King Navarre became King in 1322 at which time he had their marriage annulled.
On 25th January 1327 [his father] King Edward II of England [aged 42] abdicated King of England. His son Edward [aged 14] succeeded III King of England.
On 1st February 1327 King Edward III of England [aged 14] was crowned III King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Walter Reynolds.
On 4th August 1327, during the night, James "Black" Douglas [aged 41] ambushed Edward III's [aged 14] camp at Stanhope Park Weardale [Map]. Douglas reached Edward III's collapsed tent nearly capturing the English King.
On 21st September 1327 [his father] King Edward II of England [aged 43] was murdered at Berkeley Castle [Map]. There is speculation as to the manner of his death, and as to whether he died at all. Some believe he may have lived the rest of his life in Europe - see Publications de la Société Archéologique de Montpellier 1877: Fieschi Letter.
On 24th January 1328 King Edward III of England [aged 15] and Philippa of Hainault [aged 17] were married at York Minster [Map] by Archbishop William Melton [aged 53]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She was crowned the same day. She the daughter of William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 42] and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 34]. He the son of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33]. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
The marriage was the quid pro quo for her father William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland having supported his mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 40] returning to England to usurp the throne of Edward's father King Edward II of England.
On 17th March 1328 Robert the Bruce [aged 53] signed the Treaty of Edinburgh Northampton bringing to an end the First Scottish War of Independence. The English Parliament signed at Northampton [Map] on 03 May 1328. The terms of the Treaty included:
Scotland to pay England £100,000 sterling,
The Kingdom of Scotland as fully independent,
Robert the Bruce, and his heirs and successors, as the rightful rulers of Scotland, and.
The border between Scotland and England as that recognised under the reign of Alexander III (1249-1286).
The Treaty lasted four years only being regarded by the English nobility as humiliating; the work of Edward's [aged 15] mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33] and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 40] rather than King Edward. Two years after King Edward commenced his personal reign he commenced the Second War of Scottish Independence in Aug 1332.
On 31st May 1328 the Mortimer family leveraged their new status at a lavish ceremony that celebrated the marriages of two of Roger Mortimer's [aged 41] daughters at Hereford [Map].
Edward Plantagenet [aged 8] and Beatrice Mortimer [aged 6] were married. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 42]. He the son of Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 27] and Alice Hales Countess Norfolk. They were half third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 9] and Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville. He the son of John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny and Juliana Leybourne Countess Huntingdon [aged 25]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
King Edward III of England [aged 15] and his mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33] attended as well as Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March.
On 17th July 1328 [his brother-in-law] King David II of Scotland [aged 4] and [his sister] Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland [aged 7] were married at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. She the daughter of [his father] King Edward II of England and [his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33]. He the son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 54] and Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland.
In 1329 Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 42] was sent to King Philip IV of France [aged 35] to explain the reasons for the delay in King Edward III [aged 16] rendering of his homage.
On 7th June 1329 King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 54] died at Cardross Manor, Argyll. He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] David [aged 5] succeeded II King Scotland. [his sister] Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland [aged 7] by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.
In 1330 [his brother] John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 13] was created 1st Earl Cornwall.
On 19th March 1330 the King's uncle Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent [aged 28] was beheaded at Winchester Castle [Map]. Earl Kent forfeit. Edmund had been convicted of plotting against the court believing his brother King Edward II was still alive. It later emerged the plot had been created by Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 42] to entrap Edmund. King Edward III of England [aged 17] was unable to show leniency risking complicity in the plot. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
See
Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke, 
Walter of Guisborough, Knighton 2555, 
Murimuth and Parliament Rolls.
On 15th June 1330 [his son] Edward "Black Prince" was born to King Edward III of England [aged 17] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 19] at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%. He married 10th October 1361 his half first cousin once removed Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent, and had issue.
On 19th October 1330 John Neville 1299-1335, William Eland, William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 20], William Clinton 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 26] and William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 29], friends of King Edward III of England [aged 17] secretly entered Nottingham Castle [Map] through tunnels, met with King Edward III of England, and arrested Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] and his son Geoffrey Mortimer [aged 21] in the presence of [his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 35].
On 29th November 1330 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn [Map] accused of assuming royal power and of various other high misdemeanours. His body hung at the gallows for two days and nights. He was buried at Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map]. [his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 35] subsequently requested his burial at Wigmore Abbey [Map] and, after firstly refusing, King Edward III of England [aged 18] allowed his remains to be removed to Wigmore Abbey [Map]. Earl March, Baron Mortimer of Wigmore forfeit.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In May 1332 [his brother-in-law] Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders [aged 37] and [his sister] Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet [aged 13] were married at Nijmegen [Map]. She by marriage Countess Guelders. His second marriage; he had four daughters from his first marriage. He subsequently sent her from court to Deventer Abbey [Map] in 1336 under the pretext that she had leprosy. He subsequently tried to annul the marriage but she contested the annulment by proving she wasn't a leper. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of [his father] King Edward II of England and [his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 37]. He the son of Reginald I Count Guelders and Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England.
On 14th May 1332 King Edward III of England [aged 19] spent Easter at the House of the Friars Preachers, Stamford [Map], and paid fifty marks to the friars for damages done by the royal household.
On 16th June 1332 [his daughter] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons was born to King Edward III of England [aged 19] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 21] at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%. She married 27th July 1365 her fourth cousin once removed Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons and had issue.
On 19th July 1333 King Edward III of England [aged 20] defeated the Scots army at the Battle of Halidon Hill near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. [his brother] John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 16] commanded.
English archers, just as at the Battle of Dupplin Moor one year previously, had a significant impact on the massed ranks of Scottish schiltrons. Edward's army included: [his uncle] Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 33], who commanded the right wing, Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 56], Robert Pierrepont, Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 30], Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 54] and John Sully [aged 50]. One of the few English casualties was John Neville [aged 34] who was killed.
The Scottish army included [his brother-in-law] King David II of Scotland [aged 9]. Alexander Bruce, Alan Stewart [aged 61], James Stewart [aged 57], John Stewart, William Douglas 1st Earl Atholl, Archibald Douglas [aged 35] who were all killed.
Hugh 4th Earl Ross [aged 36] was killed. His son William succeeded 5th Earl Ross.
Malcolm Lennox 2nd Earl Lennox was killed. His son Domhnall succeeded Earl Lennox.
Kenneth de Moravia Sutherland 4th Earl Sutherland was killed. His son William succeeded 5th Earl Sutherland. Johanna Menteith Countess Sutherland by marriage Countess Sutherland.
On 19th December 1333 [his daughter] Joan Plantagenet was born to King Edward III of England [aged 21] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 23] at Tower of London [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
In 1334 [his brother-in-law] William Hainaut II Count Hainaut [aged 27] and Joanna Reginar Duchess Brabant [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of John Brabant III Duke Brabant [aged 33] and Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant [aged 31]. He the son of [his father-in-law] William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 48] and [his mother-in-law] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 40]. They were half second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1335 King Edward III of England [aged 22] was at House of the Friars Preachers, Stamford [Map] and on several occasions gave the friars pittances.
On 30th November 1335 David III Strathbogie 11th Earl Atholl [aged 26] was killed during the Battle of Culblean. His son David [aged 8] succeeded 12th Earl Atholl, 3rd Baron Strabolgi.
Whilst small the battle had a significant impact insofar as it brought an end to the campaign of King Edward III of England [aged 23] also ending the aspirations to the Scottish throne of King Edward I of Scotland [aged 52].
Before 6th July 1336 Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 34] abducted Margaret Audley Countess Stafford [aged 18]. She being the heir of the very wealthy Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 45]; considerably more wealthy than Ralph. King Edward III of England [aged 23] was sympathetic despite the complaint of her father since Ralph had been one of King Edward III's key supporters during the plot to arrest Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March. Margaret's father was subsequently created Earl as a quid pro quo.
On 30th September 1336 [his brother] John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 20] died at Perth [Map]. Earl Cornwall extinct. He was buried at the east side of the doorway to the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His monument comprises a head of the statue encircled by a coronet of large and small leaves, remarkable for being the earliest specimen of the kind. The details of plate-armour, surcoat, gorget, coroneted helmet, with other accessories, give great antiquarian interest to this work. It was formerly surmounted by a canopy, of which, however, no traces are now visible.
In January 1337 King Edward III of England [aged 24] created a number of new Earldom's probably in preparation for his forthcoming war against France...
William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 36] was created 1st Earl Salisbury. Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury [aged 33] by marriage Countess Salisbury.
William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 27] was created 1st Earl of Northampton. Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton [aged 24] by marriage Countess of Northampton.
Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 46] was created 1st Earl Gloucester probably as compensation for his daughter Margaret Audley Countess Stafford [aged 19] having been abducted by Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 35].
Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Suffolk. Margaret Norwich Countess Suffolk [aged 51] by marriage Countess Suffolk.
On 16th February 1337 [his son] William of Hatfield was born to King Edward III of England [aged 24] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 26] at Hatfield [Map]. He died shortly afterwards around 3rd March 1337. He was buried at York Minster [Map] where there is a monument to him in the north aisle. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
On 7th June 1337 [his father-in-law] William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 51] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 30] succeeded II Count Hainault. Joanna Reginar Duchess Brabant [aged 15] by marriage Countess Hainault.
On 23rd September 1338 a French fleet attacked an English fleet unloading cargo at Walcheren. Five large and powerful English cogs, including Edward III's [aged 25] flagships the Cog Edward and the Christopher were captured. The captured crews were executed and the ships added to the French fleet.
On 29th November 1338 [his son] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence was born to King Edward III of England [aged 26] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 28] at Antwerp [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%. He married (1) 1352 his half second cousin once removed Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence, daughter of William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster, and had issue (2) June 1368 his fourth cousin once removed Violante Visconti.
In 1340 [his daughter] Blanche of the Tower was born to King Edward III of England [aged 27] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 29] at the Tower of London [Map]. she died the same year and was buried at the east side of the door to the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 6th March 1340 [his son] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster was born to King Edward III of England [aged 27] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 29] at the Prinsenhof Palace [Map] in Ghent aka Gaunt. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%. He married (1) his half second cousin once removed Blanche Duchess of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster, and had issue (2) 21st September 1371 his half third cousin twice removed Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster and had issue (3) 13th January 1396 Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster and had issue.
On 24th June 1340 King Edward III of England [aged 27] attacked the French fleet at anchor during the Battle of Sluys capturing more than 200 ships, killing around 18000 French. The English force included John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick [aged 24], William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 30], Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 27], William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 10], John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 22], Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 38], Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 30], Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny [aged 30], Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 32] and Richard Pembridge [aged 20].
Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer [aged 38] died from wounds. His daughter Margaret succeeded 3rd Baroness Monthermer.
On 5th June 1341 [his son] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York was born to King Edward III of England [aged 28] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 30] at King's Langley, Hertfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%. He married (1) 11th July 1372 his half third cousin twice removed Isabella of Castile Duchess York and had issue (2) 4th November 1393 his half second cousin once removed Joan Holland Duchess York, daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent.
On 23rd April 1344 King Edward III of England [aged 31] created the Order of the Garter. The date nominal as there are different accounts; some sources say 1348.
1 [his son] Edward "Black Prince".
2 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster.
3 Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick.
4 Jean Grailly.
5 Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford.
6 William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury.
7 Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March.
9 Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh.
10 John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick.
11 John Mohun 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster.
12 Hugh Courtenay.
13 Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent.
15 Richard Fitzsimon.
16 Miles Stapleton.
17 Thomas Wale.
18 Hugh Wrottesley.
19 Neil Loring.
20 John Chandos.
21 James Audley.
22 Otho Holland.
23 Henry Eam.
24 Sanchet Abrichecourt.
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On 23rd April 1344. The date somewhat unclear; it may have been before. King Edward III of England [aged 31] formed the Order of the Garter. The first reliable record occurs in autumn of 1348 when the King's wardrobe account shows Garter habits being issued. The Order may have been formed before then with some traditions such as the mantle, and the garter and motto, possibly being introduced later. The Garter refers to an event at Wark Castle, Northumberland [Map] at which King Edward III of England picked up the Countess of Salisbury's fallen garter and saying to the crowd "Honi soit qui mal y pense" ie Shame on him who thinks badly of it, or possibly, he brings shame on himself who thinks badly of it. The Countess of Salisbury could refer to his future daughter-in-law Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 15] or her former mother-in-law Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury [aged 40]. The event has also been described as taking place at Calais [Map].
On 10th October 1344 [his daughter] Mary Plantagenet Duchess Brittany was born to King Edward III of England [aged 31] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 34] at Bishop Waltham's Palace, Hampshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%. She married 3rd July 1361 her third cousin John Montfort V Duke Brittany.
After 22nd September 1345 Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [deceased] was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map], or possibly the Hospital Chapel, at a ceremony attended by King Edward III of England [aged 32] and his wife Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 35]. His son Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 35] subsequently had his remains moved to St Mary de Castro Leicester, Leicestershire [Map].
On 26th September 1345 [his brother-in-law] William Hainaut II Count Hainaut [aged 38] was killed at the Battle of Warns. His sister [his sister-in-law] Margaret [aged 33] succeeded II Countess Hainault. Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 63] by marriage Count Hainault.
On 12th July 1346 King Edward III of England [aged 33] landed at La Hogue [Map] with army of around 10,000 men including John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 28].
On 20th July 1346 [his daughter] Margaret Plantagenet Countess of Pembroke was born to King Edward III of England [aged 33] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 36] at Windsor Castle [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%. She married her half fourth cousin John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke, son of Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke and Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England [aged 33] defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 16], Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 33], William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 36] and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick [aged 30].
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield [aged 36], Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 38], Bernard Brocas [aged 16], Thomas Felton [aged 16], James Audley [aged 28], Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 59], Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh [aged 18], Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham [aged 51], John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 66], Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 37], Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 19], William Scrope [aged 21], Stephen Scrope [aged 21], William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 16], John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 28], Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 42], Nicholas Longford [aged 61], Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 27], Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings [aged 28], Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 48], John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 34], Thomas West [aged 34], John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby [aged 43], John Wingfield [aged 26], Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 25], Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 43] (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux [aged 37], John Devereux [aged 44], Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos [aged 26], Richard Pembridge [aged 26] and John Sully [aged 63].
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France [aged 52] was wounded. William de Coucy [aged 60] and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy [aged 33] and were killed.
Charles II Count Alençon [aged 49] was killed. His son Charles [aged 9] succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders [aged 42] was killed. His son Louis [aged 15] succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia [aged 50] was killed. His son Charles [aged 30] succeeded IV King Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [aged 29] by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine [aged 26] was killed. His son John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt [aged 39] was killed.
On 3rd September 1346 King Edward III of England [aged 33] commenced the Siege of Calais. It lasted eleven months with Calais eventually surrendering on 3rd August 1347.
In 1347 [his son] Thomas of Windsor was born to King Edward III of England [aged 34] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 36]. In 1348 he died. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
On 22nd February 1347 John Graham Earl Menteith [aged 57] was condemned to be executed as a traitor. The sentence was carried out on the 28th February 1347 when John Graham Earl Menteith was hanged, drawn and quartered by direct orders of King Edward I [aged 34] to whom he had previously sworn fealty.
Bourgeois de Valenciennes. It happened that while the King of England was holding the siege before Calais, Louis, Count of Flanders, by the counsel and with the consent of his good towns, came into Flanders as lord of the country. He was received on condition that he should govern and rule them according to the usages and customs of the good Count Guy, his predecessor. The great and the small did him great honour, as was fitting, and as to their rightful and true lord. He remained in the land graciously and courteously, and followed the counsel of his people and of his good towns, who instructed him in sound policies. He remained in this state from Martinmas through the winter until after Easter, when the good men of Flanders, wishing to secure the best outcome, proposed and arranged the marriage between him and the eldest daughter of the King of England, so that they might be stronger in the land. They worked so effectively that they brought him to the King of England before Calais, and all ill will was pardoned on both sides. By the will of the said count, the marriage was agreed between Count Louis of Flanders [aged 16] and Isabel [aged 14], eldest daughter of King Edward of England, and they were betrothed without any deceit. The betrothal was performed by the Abbot of the Dunes at Bergues in Flanders, in the church of the abbey of Saint-Winoc. Present at the betrothal were the king [aged 34] and queen [aged 36], the Marquis of Jülich [aged 48], the Earl of Warwick [aged 34], the Duke of Guelders [aged 13] and the duchess, and many others, on the Wednesday after Mid-Lent, in the year of grace 13461. The agreements on both sides were settled, and a great feast was held. Afterwards, the Count of Flanders returned to the town of Male in Flanders. Meanwhile, while the King of England was at Bergues-Saint-Winoc, twenty ships laden with supplies came into the harbour of Calais, which greatly pleased those within the town.
Il advint qu'entandis que le roy d'Engleterre tenoit siège devant Callais, que Loys, conte de Flandres, par le conseil de ses bonnes villes et leur volenté, vint dedens Flandres, comme seigneur du pays, et fut rechups par ainsy qu'il les debvoit tenir et mener aux us et aux coustumes du bon conte Guion, son antécesseur. Sy luy firent grant honneur les grans et les petis, sycomme droit estoit, et comme à leur droiturier et vrai seigneur, et demeura au pays bellement et courtoisement, et crut le conseil de ses gens et de ses bonnes villes qui luy ensaingnoient les bons poins. Et fut en cel estât de le Saint-Martin en yver jusques après Pasques, que les bonnes gens de Flandres, pour le mieulx fait que laissiet, luy acointèrent et pourcachèrent le mariage de luy et de l'aisnée fille du roy d'Engleterre, par quoy ils fussent plus fors au pays. Et tant fisrent qu'ils l'emmenèrent au roy d'Engleterre devant Callais, et tous mautalens fussent pardonnes les ungs aux aultres, et que, par la volenté dudit conte, mariage se fist entre le conte Loys de Flandres et de Ysabel, aisnëe fille du roy Édouart d'Engleterre, et furent fianchiés sans nulle maise fraude. Sy les fiança l'abbé des Dunes à Bergues en Flandres, en l'église de l'abbaye Saint-Winoch, et furent au fianchier le roy et la royne, le marquis de Jullers, le conte de Wervich, le duc de Guéries et la ducesse et pluseurs aultres, le merquedy après le my-quaresme, l'an de grâce mil CCC et XLVI et furent les convenances de l'une partye et de l'autre prinses, et y fist-on grant feste; puis s'en râla le conte de Flandres en la ville de Malle en Flandres. Et entandis que le roy d'Engleterre estoit à Bergues-Saint-Winoch, vindrent au havre de Callais XX nefs chargies de pourvéances, dont ceulx de Callais furent moult aises.
Note 1. The betrothal of the Count of Flanders was celebrated on 13th March 1347. The marriage contract had been signed at Dunkirk ten days earlier. Edward III granted as dowry to his daughter the county of Ponthieu and the town of Montreuil, or twenty-five thousand livres in land revenue. Numerous documents relating to the negotiations that took place at that time between the King of England and the Count of Flanders have been preserved. The marriage didn't take place. He fled to France where he quickly married, on 1st July 1347, Margaret of Brabant [aged 24], daughter of the French King's ally John, Duke of Brabant [aged 47]; see next History.
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In 1348 [his son] William of Windsor was born to King Edward III of England [aged 35] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 37]. In 1348 he died. He was buried at the east side of the door to the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
On 2nd September 1348 [his daughter] Joan Plantagenet [aged 14] died on her way to marry Peter of Castile [aged 14]. She was buried at Bayonne Cathedral.
In 23rd April 1349 King Edward III of England [aged 36] created new Garter Knights:
26th William Fitzwarin [aged 33]. The date may be earlier.
27th. Robert Ufford [aged 50].
28th William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 39].
On 29th August 1350 the English fleet defeated a Castilian fleet at Winchelsea [Map] during the Battle of Winchelsea. Around twenty Castilian ships were captured; several were sunk. For the English King Edward III of England [aged 37] and his son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 20], James Audley [aged 32], Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 37], Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 40] and John Sully [aged 67] fought.
In 1351 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 41] was created 1st Duke Lancaster by King Edward III of England [aged 38]. Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 31] by marriage Duchess Lancaster.
[his son] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 12] was created 1st Earl of Ulster.
John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 10] was created 1st Earl Richmond.
Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 49] was created 1st Earl Stafford.
In 1352 Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 13] and Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence [aged 19] were married. He by marriage Earl of Ulster. She was the sole heir of her father and brought the de Burgh inheritance of the lands of Ulster to the marriage. As a consequence of their earlier betrothal he had been called Earl Ulster since 1347. She the daughter of William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster [aged 42]. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 39] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 41]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1352 [his brother-in-law] John "Sans Terre" Artois 1st Count of Eu [aged 30] was created 1st Count Eu.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 11th July 1352 [his brother-in-law] John "Sans Terre" Artois 1st Count of Eu [aged 30] and Isabeau Melun Countess Eu [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. She the daughter of John Melun 1st Count Tancarville [aged 62]. He the son of Robert III Artois and [his mother-in-law] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut.
In 1353 King Edward III of England [aged 40] granted the income from the rents and profits of the lands of the Forest of Dean to Flaxby Abbey [Map].
Around September 1353 King Edward III of England [aged 40] visited St Mary Magdalene's Church, Leintwardine [Map] and laid a cloth of gold at the feet of the statue of the Virgin Mary.
On 7th January 1355 [his son] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester was born to King Edward III of England [aged 42] and [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 44] at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%. He married 1374 his second cousin once removed Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester, daughter of Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton, and had issue.
On 22nd April 1355 [his sister] Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet [aged 36] died. She was buried at Deventer Abbey [Map].
On 20th January 1356 King Edward I of Scotland [aged 73] surrendered his claim to the Scottish throne to King Edward III of England [aged 43] in the presence of William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 25] in exchange for an English pension.
In 1357 William Jülich V Duke Jülich [aged 58] was created I Duke Guelders. [his sister-in-law] Joanna Hainaut Duchess Guelders [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Guelders.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 26th of October [his mother] she entertained the King [aged 44] and [his son] Prince of Wales [aged 27] in her own house in London; and we have recorded a gift of thirteen shillings and four pence to four minstrels who played in their presence.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 20th of March [1358], the King [aged 45] comes to supper.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 29th, being still at Shene, Isabella [Map] is visited by Edward III [aged 45]., the Lady Isabella [aged 25] ( the King's eldest daughter ), and the Earl of March [aged 29], who sup with her.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. The following visits, during her [[his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 63]] stay in London, are recorded. On the 30th of April, the Countess of Warren to supper [aged 62]. On the 1st of May, the Countess of Pembroke [aged 41] to dinner; and the King after dinner. On the 2nd of May, the Countesses of Warren and Pembroke to dinner; and the King [aged 45], the [his son] Prince of Wales [aged 27], the Earl of March [aged 29], and others, after dinner. On the 3rd of May, the Countess of Pembroke and the Maréchal D'Audenham to dinner; and the Earl of Arundel [aged 52], "et plures magnates Franciæ1," after dinner. On the 4th, the Count of Tancarville to dinner. On the 5th, the Countesses of Warren and Pembroke and the Maréchal D'Audenham again to dinner; and the Chancellor of England and many French noblemen after dinner. On the 6th the Chief Justice and the Barons of the Exchequer to dinner. On the four following days, the Countesses of Warren, Kent, and Pembroke dine with the Queen; and on the last of the four Sir John de Wynewyk comes to supper. On the 11th, [his wife] Queen Philippa [aged 47] appears to have dined with Isabella, but the entry is partially obliterated; the Earl Marshal and other noblemen came after dinner. On the 12th, the Countess of Pembroke dined, and the Cardinals ( of Périgord and St. Vitalis ), the Archbishop of Sens, and some French noblemen came after dinner. On Sunday the 13th, the Countess of Warren and others from London, as it is expressed, dined; and the King of France, the Chancellor of England, and others, visited the Queen after dinner.
Note 1. and several magnates of France.
On 22nd August 1358 [his mother] Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 63] died at Hertford Castle [Map]; see Archaeologia Vol. 35 XXXIII. She was buried in Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map].
The funeral was performed by Archbishop Simon Islip. She was buried in the mantle she had worn at her wedding and at her request, [his father] Edward's heart, placed into a casket thirty years before, was interred with her.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 21st [Aug 1358] the Countess of Warren [aged 62] arrived at the Castle [Map], and remained during the following day, to attend at the death-bed of [his mother] Queen Isabella [aged 63], who expired on the 22nd of August. Sir John de Wynewyk also supped at the castle on the day of the Queen's death.
Respecting Isabella's death, she is stated by chroniclers to have sunk, in the course of a single day, under the effect of a too powerful medicine, administered at her own desire. From several entries however in this account, it would appear that she had been in a state requiring medical treatment for some time previous to her decease.
As early as the 15th of February a payment had been made to a messenger going on three several occasions to London, for divers medicines for the Queen, and for the hire of a horse for Master Lawrence, the physician; and again for another journey by night to London. On the same day a second payment was made to the same messenger for two other journeys by night to London, and two to St. Alban's, to procure medicines for the Queen. On the 1st of August a payment was made to Nicholas Thomasyn apothecary, of London, for divers spices and ointment supplied for the Queen's use. On the 12th of August messengers were paid for several night journeys to London for medicines. On the 20th of August, two days only before the Queen's death, payment was made to a messenger who had been sent to London to fetch Master Simon de Bredon "ad videndum statum Reginæ1." Increased alarm for the Queen's health is now visible, for by a payment made on the 24th of August, two days after her death, it appears that a messenger had been sent to Canterbury "cum maxima festinatione2" with letters of the Queen, to bring Master Lawrence, the physician, to see the Queen's state. And another entry occurs of a payment made on the 12th of September to Master Lawrence, of forty shillings, for attendance on the Queen and the Queen of Scotland, at Hertford, for an entire month. Finally an allowance is made to the accountant, on the 6th of December, in terms which, as they are somewhat obscure, I prefer to quote in the original words, "Magistro Johanni Gateneys, de dono, in precio xv. florenorum de xl. denariis, sibi liberatorum in vita Reginæ, ad decoquend' cum medicinis pro corpore Reginæ3, l. s."
It is evident that the body of the Queen remained in the chapel of the Castle until the 23rd of November, as a payment is made to fourteen poor persons for watching the Queen's corpse there, day and night, from Saturday the 25th of August to that date, each of them receiving two pence daily, besides his food. The body was probably removed from Hertford Castle on the 24th of November, as we find, by the continuation of the Account of the expenses of the household, that on the 22nd and 23rd the Bishop of Lincoln, the Abbot of Waltham (? ), the Prior of Coventry, and "plures extranei4" were there for the performance of a solemn mass in the chapel; and the daily expenditure on those days, and on the 24th, rises from the average of six pounds to fifteen and twenty-five pounds. Moreover, from the 25th to the 28th of November the household is in London, after which it returns again to Hertford. The statement, therefore, of chroniclers that the Queen's funeral took place on the 27th is confirmed. She was interred in the choir of the church of the Grey Friars [Map], within Newgate, now Christ Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury officiating, and the King [aged 45] himself being present at the ceremony. Just twenty-eight years before, on nearly the same day, the body of her paramour Mortimer was consigned to its grave in the same building
Note 1. "to see the state of the Queen".
Note 2. "with the greatest haste".
Note 3. "to see the state of the Queen's Master John Gateneys, of the gift, at the price of xv. 40 florins denarii, which had been delivered to him during the Queen's lifetime, to be decoctioned together with the medicines for the Queen's body".
Note 4. "many strangers".
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In May 1359 King Edward III of England [aged 46] and his son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 28] took part in a tournament in London. For the amusement of the citizens both Edwards and their friends dressed as the mayor and aldermen of London. The tournament possibly in celebration of the two Royal marriages of his children John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 19] and Margaret Plantagenet Countess of Pembroke [aged 12] on 19th May 1359.
On 19th May 1359, or thereabouts, a double-royal wedding celebration took place at Reading Abbey, Berkshire [Map] whereby two children of King Edward III of England [aged 46] were married:
John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 19] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Richmond. She the daughter of Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 49] and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster [aged 39]. He the son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 48]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 11] and Margaret Plantagenet Countess of Pembroke [aged 12] were married. At the time John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke was a ward of King Edward III of England who would enjoy the benefit of the substantial revenue of the Earldom of Pembroke until John came of age nine years later in 1368. She died two or so years later probably of plague. She the daughter of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England. He the son of Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke and Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke [aged 42]. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England.
In 1360 King Edward III of England [aged 47] created new Garter Knights:
31st Thomas Ughtred 1st Baron Ughtred [aged 68].
32nd Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny [aged 50].
33rd Frank Hale.
34th Thomas Ufford [aged 27].
On 13th April 1360 a freak weather event known as Black Monday Hailstorm occurred as the army of King Edward III of England [aged 47] were camped outside Chartres [Map]. Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 47], William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 50], Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 50], [his son] Edward "Black Prince" [aged 29] and Walter Mauny were present. Around one thousand English were killed, with up to six thousand horses. King Edward III of England believed the event to be an Act of God and proceeded to negotiate with the French resulting in the Treaty of Brétigny.
On 28th April 1360 Guy Beauchamp died from injuries received during the Black Monday Hailstorm.
On 8th May 1360 King Edward III of England [aged 47] and King John "The Good" II of France [aged 41], and their eldest sons Edward "Black Prince" [aged 29] and the future King Charles V of France [aged 21], ratified the Treaty of Brétigny at Calais [Map]. Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou [aged 20] and John Valois 1st Duke Berry [aged 19] were given as hostages.
Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 18] was ransomed. The treaty confirmed lands held by King Edward III of England including Aquitaine.
King John "The Good" II of France was ransomed for three million écus being released after the payment of the first third.
Bishop William of Wykeham [aged 40] was present.
The Treaty was signed on 24th October 1360 at Calais.
In 1361 King Edward III of England [aged 48] created three of his sons as Garter Knights...
35th Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 22].
36th John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 20].
37th Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York [aged 19].
38th Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh [aged 25].
In January 1361 Edward III [aged 48] and John II of France [aged 41] jointly petitioned Pope Innocent VI, to make Bishop William of Wykeham [aged 41] a canon at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Around 3rd July 1361 [his son-in-law] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 22] and Mary Plantagenet Duchess Brittany [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of King Edward III of England [aged 48] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 51]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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In September 1361 [his daughter] Mary Plantagenet Duchess Brittany [aged 16] died.
On 10th October 1361 Edward "Black Prince" [aged 31] and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 33] were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Princess of Wales. His first wife, her second (or third depending on how you count them) husband. She had four children already. They had known each other since childhood. Thirty-one and thirty-three respectively. A curious choice for the heir to the throne; foreign princesses were usual. They were married nearly fifteen years and had two children. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 48] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 51]. They were half first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 25th December 1361 [his daughter] Margaret Plantagenet Countess of Pembroke [aged 15] died probably of plague. She was buried at Abingdon Abbey [Map].
On 7th September 1362 [his sister] Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland [aged 41] died of plague at Hertford Castle [Map]. She was buried at either Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map] or Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].
On 13th November 1362, his fiftieth birthday, King Edward III of England [aged 50] created two sons as Dukes...
Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 23] was created 1st Duke Clarence. Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence [aged 30] by marriage Duchess Clarence.
John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 22] was created 1st Duke Lancaster. Blanche Duchess of Lancaster [aged 20] by marriage Duchess Lancaster.
On 28th May 1363 John Harrington 2nd Baron Harington [aged 35] died at Gleaston Castle [Map]. His son Robert [aged 7] succeeded 3rd Baron Harington. Given his young age Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington became a ward of King Edward III of England [aged 50] who granted his wardship to his daughter Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons [aged 30] and her husband Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons [aged 23].
On 27th July 1365 [his son-in-law] Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons [aged 25] and Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons [aged 33] were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward III of England [aged 52] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 55]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 23rd April 1366 King Edward III of England [aged 53] created new Garter Knights:
42nd [his son-in-law] Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons [aged 26].
43rd Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland [aged 24].
In 1368 King Edward III of England [aged 55] created new Garter Knights:
44th Ralph Basset 3rd Baron Basset Drayton [aged 33].
45th Richard Pembridge [aged 48].
In June 1368 Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 29] and Violante Visconti [aged 14] were married in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Milan [Map]. The wedding festivities were lavish and ostentatious. The banquet, held outside, included 30 courses of meat and fish presented fully gilded. Between the courses the guests were given gifts such as suits of armour, bolts of cloth, war horses, arms, and hunting dogs. Among the guests were Geoffrey Chaucer [aged 25], Petrarch, Jean Froissart and John Hawkwood [aged 48]. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 55] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 57]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 7th October 1368 [his son] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 29] died from poisoning at Alba [Map]. Duke Clarence extinct. His daughter [his granddaughter] Philippa [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Countess of Ulster. He was buried at the St Pietro Ciel d'Oro Church, Pavia [Map].
There was strong speculation he had been poisoned by his [his daughter-in-law] wife's [aged 14] father [aged 48].
In 1369 [his sister-in-law] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 57] died.
On 23rd April 1369 King Edward III of England [aged 56] created new Garter Knights
46th John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby [aged 32].
47th Robert Dampierre [aged 46].
48th [his former son-in-law] John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 21]. Some sources say 1370 but that would be inconsistent with the numbering?
49th Thomas Grandison 4th Baron Grandison [aged 30].
50th Guy de Bryan [aged 50]. Possibly on 31st December 1369?.
From 27th June 1369 to 1371 Bishop Thomas de Brantingham was appointed Lord Treasurer to King Edward III of England [aged 56].
On 15th August 1369 [his wife] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 59] died at Windsor Castle [Map]. Her husband King Edward III of England [aged 56] and youngest son Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 14] were present. She was given a state funeral six months later on 9th January 1370 at which she was interred at on the northeast side of the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Her alabaster effigy was executed by sculptor Jean de Liège.
On 21st September 1371 John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 31] and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster [aged 17] were married at Roquefort, Landes. She by marriage Duchess Lancaster. His younger brother Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York [aged 30] married Constance's sister in July 1372. An example of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. She the illegitmate daughter of Peter "Cruel" I King Castile and Maria Padilla. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 58] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England. They were half third cousin twice removed.
On 11th July 1372 Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York [aged 31] and Isabella of Castile Duchess York [aged 17] were married at Wallingford, Oxfordshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cambridge. She being the younger sister of Constance [aged 18] who had married Edmund's older brother John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 32] a year before. An example of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. She the illegitmate daughter of Peter "Cruel" I King Castile and Maria Padilla. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 59] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England. They were half third cousin twice removed.
In 1373 King Edward III of England [aged 60] created two new Garter Knights:
52nd Alan Buxhull [aged 50].
53rd Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 34].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1374 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 18] and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 8] were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 27]. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 61] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 23rd April 1376 King Edward III of England [aged 63] created a number of new Garter Knights..
54th [his former son-in-law] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 37].
55th Thomas Banastre [aged 42].
56th William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk [aged 37].
57th Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 40].
58th Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 26]. He the son of [his daughter-in-law] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 47] whose second husband was Edward III's son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 45].
59th Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 33] was appointed 59th. He the son of Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster who was the first cousin of Edward III's father King Edward II of England.
60th William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny [aged 33].
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On 8th June 1376 Edward "Black Prince" [aged 45] died of dysentery at Westminster Palace [Map]. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son Richard [aged 9] succeeded as heir to his grandfather King Edward III of England [aged 63] who died a year later.
On 23rd April 1377 King Edward III of England [aged 64]1 created three new Garter Knights:
61st [his grandson] Richard of Gloucester [aged 10] (the future Richard III).
62nd Henry Bolingbroke [aged 10] (the future Henry IV).
63rd John Burley [aged 52].
Note 1. We should note that King Edward III at this time was gravely ill dying two months later. His son John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 37] was effectively in power.
On 21st June 1377 King Edward III of England [aged 64] died of a stroke at Sheen Palace [Map]. He was buried in the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His grandson Richard [aged 10] succeeded II King of England.
Chronicle of Adam of Usk [~1352-1430]. Our gracious king Edward [aged 64] departing this life on the eve A.D. 1377. of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist1, in the fifty-second year of his reign, [his grandson] Richard [aged 10], son of Edward, prince of Wales, the eldest son of king Edward—a boy of eleven years, and fair among men as another Absalom—came to the throne, and was crowned at Westminster on Saint Kenelm's day2.
Note 1. This date is not correct. Edward III died on the Sunday next before the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the 21st of June, 1877, not on the eve of the feast, the 23rd of the month; and in the fifty-first, not the fifty-second, year of his reign.
Note 2. More correctly, the eve of St. Kenelm, the 16th July.
Archaeologia Volume 22 Section XVI. Of the Kings death, and such thyngs as happened about hys departure.
But whylst the kynge had yet the use of hys tongue, the often named harlot was still syttyng by hym, mutch lyke a dogg that wayted gredely to take, or els snatch whatsoever his master wold throw under the boorde, so shee with greedy chapps, wyde gapyng, & uncomely grynnynge, still wayted if any comodyty by chaunce fell to the kynge, not content with the multitude of possessions & great welthe where with the dotyng kynge had dayly enryched her, but ever trusted that the ryver Jordan wold flow into her mouthe; namely, that after the kynge, the possession of the whoole kyngdome wold fall out to her content & obay her alone, as well for feare of the kynge as for her greate ryches, wher in she trusted more then in God; by these, & such lyke occasyons, she tooke from the kynge what so she colde snatch or catch out of his hands, & hyndered hym lest he should recompence such poore servants as had long served hym (as then it did become a kyng to do), but what thanks she gave hym for his desertes towards her I have already wrytten, for she dyd nothynge that becomed a woman of her condytion, but wrought still accordynge to her own nature & disposytion. The kynge thus beinge at the point of deathe, was left not only of her but of [blank in MS.] the knyghtes & squyres who had served hym, alured more with hys gyfts then with love, and remayned almost without a comforter; a comforter I count hym that wold consult somewhat about the health of his soule. Amongst a thousand there was only present at that time a certayn preyst named [blank in MS.] who was careful for his salvation; this man, lamentyng the kyngs myserye, and inwardly touched with grefe of hart, for that amongst so many counsaylors which he had, there was none which wold saye unto hym the wordes of lyfe, came boldly unto hym and admonyshed hym to lyft up the eyes, as well of his body as his hart, unto God, and with sygnes to aske hym mercy, whose majestye he well knew he had greavouslye offended. The kynge then presently lystened to the advyse of the preyst, & allthough he had a lyttle before wanted the use of his voyce, yet then takyng strengthe to hym without help, semed to speake what was in his mynde, & then, what for weakenes of his body, contrytion of his hart, and sobbyng, his voyce and speache fayled, and scarce halfe pronouncyng this word "Jesu," he with this last word made an end of his speache; and I thynk God gave hym power to pronounce it, lest any should beleve he wanted Gods mercy who was ever mercyfull to his subjects: for it is godly to beleve that he obtayned mercye; because, althoughe he was seduced, or rather overcome with certayn vyces, yet the affection of his gentle mynd, his great innocence which he used synce his mothers womb, his mercy and aboundant contrytion before his death, were accounted to hym for health or salvation, & that he was contryte, appered evydently the day before his death, ffor when the harlot scarce worthy to be named, wold, as she was wont, have whyspered in his ear, perhaps eyther with her forme or flattery to please hym, he sodaynly, contrary to her expectation, refused her embrasyngs, & sayd it is nothyng that thou dost, & it is to no purpose thou goest about, & with disdayn, as it is thought of her person, & wery or repentyng his former lyfe, with syghyng he wrong his syde, and turned hymself cleane from her. Besydes, he shewed other sygnes or tokens of penytent devotion, for when the foresayd preyst was desyrous to be certyfyed of his contrytion, he gave hym these admonytions: You know, sayeth he, lovyng lord, that often & without cause you have vexed your naturall and leyge people, vyolatyng not only the laws of God but your own also, to the observation whereof at your coronation with publyke othe you bound yourself, & where you ought to have geven to every man his due or ryght, you became a regarder of persons, and have not done justyce betwyxt man and Aske mercy, therefor, of the mercyfull Lorde, & because your voyce fayleth, lyft up your eyes unto the Lord, that we maye see you bothe penytent & askyng mercye: presently he lyft up bothe his eyes & his hands to heaven, drawynge syghes as it were from the bottom of his hart no doubt sygnes of his repentance. Then the preyst admonyshed hym that, for as mutch as he had uniustly punyshed his servaunts, he wold repent hym, & show the aforesayed sygnes: whyche devoutly he dyd. And agayne he sayth, because it is certayn that many men have grevously trespassed agaynst you, & for that you have hated them, remit [or forgive] with all your hart such as have offended you, & receyve them into your full favour agayne, as you wold your selfe fynd favour and grace at God's hand. Then stretchyng forth his hand, declared that from his hart he freely forgave them. Then the preyst brought unto hym the crucyfyx. This, sayth he, is the image of our Lord Jesus, who vouchsafed to suffer for us, that he myght brynge us to his glorye, worshyp it, and pray that Chryst maye for his passyon sake receyve your repentance, & lovyngly forgeve all your synes. By and by he tooke the crosse in his hands, and with teares & syghyng he put it to his mouthe, devoutly worshyppyng & kyssyng the same, and within a lyttle whyle after he yelded his spyryte unto God.s
Note s. The beautiful and pathetic lines of Gray, describing the funeral couch of this "mighty Victor," will occur to every reader. Barnes labours to shew the great improbability of this barbarous desertion of the king in his last moments, though, in homelier phrase than was afterwards used by the poet, he admits that "it is very usual, and ever will be, for the court to fall away from the setting sun, and to turn towards the East." The story, however, as related by Walsingham, as well as in the Chronicle before us, cannot now be refuted, though we may reasonably hope that the strong party feeling of the writers may have exaggerated its painful details. It should be observed that the conduct of Alice Perrers on this occasion did not form one of the charges contained in the articles of impeachment brought against her in Parliament on the 22d of December following.
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Effigy of King Edward III. King Edward III of England
SURNAMED of Windsor, was the eldest son of Edward the Second by Isabella of France, and was born at the Castle of Windsor [Map] on the 13th of November, 1312. In a Parliament assembled at York in 1322, he was created Prince of Wales and Duke of Aquitaine. On the formal deposition of his father, he ascended the throne of England on the 25th of January, 1326, being then about fourteen years of age, and was on the 1st of February following girt with the sword of knighthood by his cousin Henry Earl of Lancaster, and crowned at Westminster by Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury. The Parliament appointed twelve guardians for the King during his nonage, consisting of five Bishops, two Earls, and five Baronsa.
In May 1406 Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge [aged 20] and Anne Mortimer [aged 15] were married. The marriage apparently took place in secret possibly because she was a descendant of King Edward III of England although she wasn't at the time Heir to the Throne of England although their issue would become so. She died five years later. The suspected false paternity has no effect on the claim of the House of York since it is Richard's wife Ann Mortimer who passes claim to her children. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster. He the son of Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York and Isabella of Castile Duchess York. They were first cousin twice removed. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Effigy of Sir Guy Bryan. DURING the reigns of Edward III and [his grandson] Richard II no one appears to have been more actively or variously engaged than Sir Guy Bryan. He first presents himself to notice, 23rd Edward III. 1349, at the Battle of Calais, in which he bore the king's standard, when tor his gallant carriage with that trust he had granted him two hundred marks per annum, tor life, and, some time after, farther rewards. In 1354, he was one of the Embassadors sent with Henry, duke of Lancaster, to Rome. The year following in an expedition with the king against the French, he was made a Banneret. In 1359 he was again active in the French wars, and, two years after, revisited Rome on important business. In 1369 and 1370 he was Admiral of the king's fleet against France. Forty-fifth of Edward III. 1371, he was employed in the Scotish wars, and about this time received, as a reward for his important services, the Order of the Garter.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Son of King Edward II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [1]
King Richard II of England [1]
Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile [1]
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]
King Richard III of England [3]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [2]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [1]
George Wharton [15]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [49]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [219]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [69]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda 
Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Taillefer" Angoulême VI Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay 
GrandFather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: William I Count Geneva
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Father: King Edward II of England Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 2 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
GrandMother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud II Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montgomery I Count Ponthieu
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice St Pol Countess Ponthieu
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance of Castile Queen of the Franks
King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
GrandFather: King Philip IV of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: James I King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes of Antioch
Great x 2 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
Mother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne 
Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Champagne 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald IV King Navarre 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho "Wise" King Navarre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Forez
GrandMother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Swabia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant
