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Edmund "Crouchback" PLANTAGANET, Earl of Leicester

Edmund "Crouchback" PLANTAGANET, Earl of Leicester

Male 1245 - 1296  (51 years)

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  • Name Edmund "Crouchback" PLANTAGANET 
    Suffix Earl of Leicester 
    Born 16 Jan 1245  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Jun 1296  Bayonne, Bearn, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 Jul 1296  Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9362  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2010 

    Father Henry III., King of England,   b. 1 Oct 1207,   d. Abt 16 Nov 1272  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Eleanor,   b. Abt 1223,   d. Abt 24 Jun 1291  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 14 Jan 1236  Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F807  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Blanche D'ARTOIS,   b. 1245/1250,   d. 2 May 1302, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married Bef 3 Feb 1276  Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry PLANTAGANET, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Duke of Lancaster,   b. Abt 1261, Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1345, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
     2. Thomas PLANTAGANET,   b. Abt 1277,   d. 22 Mar 1322  (Age ~ 45 years)
     3. John PLANTAGANET, Lord of Beaufort,   b. May 1286,   d. Abt 1327  (Age ~ 40 years)
     4. Mary PLANTAGANET,   b. Abt 1296
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Countess of Holderness Aveline de FORZ 
    Married 8 Apr 1269  Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Edmund 'Crouchback' Plantagenet, Earl of Leicester gained the title of King Edmund of Sicily on 7 January 1254. He abdicated as King of Sicily in 1263. He gained the title of Earl of Leicester on 26 October 1265. He gained the title of 1st Earl of Lancaster on 30 June 1267. As a result of his marriage, Edmund 'Crouchback' Plantagenet, Earl of Leicester was styled as Comte de Brie in 1276. As a result of his marriage, Edmund 'Crouchback' Plantagenet, Earl of Leicester was styled as Comte de Champagne in 1276.

      Citations:

      Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online (ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html).

      Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 74.


  

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