Genealogical Record: Edmund (Crouchback) Leicester Plantagenet

Self Parents Grandparents GGParents GGGParents
Edmund (Crouchback) Leicester Plantagenet
Prince of England, Earl of Leicester, King of Sicily and Apulia, 1st Earl of Lancaster

*1245 01 16 London ENG
+1295 Bayonne FRA

(DRGD) 1253: was invested King of Sicily and Apulia by the Pope. Was also Earl of Chester before the title was transferred to his elder brother Edward. Received the Earldom of Leicester following the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort, also Stewardship of England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave. Was married first to Aveline de Forz, then to Blanche of Artois.

(Encyclopedia.com) 1254: was granted title of King of Sicily [and Apulia] by the Pope, on the understanding that his father would finance its conquest from the Holy Roman Empire. 1258: the title was withdrawn when English barons refused to contribute financially. 1267: founded the House of Lancaster when named the first Earl. 1271: earned nickname "Crouchback" (crossed back) by going on crusade to Palestine.

10999

Henry III
King of England 1216-1272

*1207 10 01 Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
+1272 11 16 Westminster Palace, London, England

(DRGD) Interred at Westminster Abbey.

Began his reign as a minor, under the regency of William Marshal (WM 15345) and later Pandulf. Acceded in 1227 and spent his life fighting his barons and France, with limited success. Alienated barons by marrying Eleanor, secretly marrying his sister Eleanor to Simon de Monfort, and agreeing to a papal offer of the kingdom of Sicily for his son Edmund in exchange for the financing of its conquest, eventually leading to the Barons' War (1263-1267), which ended with his son Edward's victory at Evesham, the death of Simon de Montfort, and the transfer of real power to Edward.

10891 <2213:28

John Lackland
King of England 1199-1216

*1167 12 24 Oxford GBR
+1216 10 19 Newark GBR

10899 <3877:32

Henry II Curtmantle FitzEmpress
1133 03 25-1189 07 06
11077 <8078:33
Geoffrey V the Fair Plantagenet
11079 >111:53
Mathilda
11080 >6:2
Eleanor
1122-1204 04 01
11078 <8078:33
William X
11081 >1:1
Aenor
11082
Isabelle Taillefer d'Angoulême

*1184
+1246 Fontevrault FRA

10900

Aymer de Taillefer
11095
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Alice de Courtenay
11096
Flores
11097 >5:2
Alice de Courtenay
11098 >1:1
Eleanor of Provence Berenger

*1217? Aix-en-Provence FRA
+1291 06 24 Amesbury Abbey, Wilts GBR

RGDB

10892 <2213:28

Ra[iy]mond V of of Provence Berenger
4th Count of Provence

+1209

10901

Alfonso II
1152-1196
11107
Raymond Berenguer
11109
Petronilla
11110 >2:2
Sancia
11108
Alfonso VII Raimond
11111 <3151:31 >4:2
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Beatrice de Savoie

10902

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SpouseChildrenChildren-in-LawGrandchildren
Blanche d'Artois
Queen of Navarre

*1247? Arras, Pas-de-Calais FRA
+1302 05 02 Paris FRA

(DRGD) Married first to King Henry I (the Fat) of Navarre. Interred at Minoresses Convent, Aldgate, London GBR

11000 <142:58


m. Paris FRA
Henry (Tortcol) Plantagenet
3rd Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Lord of Beaumont and Nogent.

*1281 Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire ENG
+1345 09 22 Leicester ENG

(DRGD) Helped overturn the power of the Spencers and depose King Edward II. Guardian of King Edward III. Captain-General of the King's forces in the Marches of Scotland. Interred at Newark Abbey, Leicester GBR.

10991

Maud de Chaworth
1280/1282-

10992 <36:7

Joan Plantagenet

10986 >638:25

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