Edward III King of England 1327-1377

Edward III Plantagenet King of England, Duke of Aguitaine, Count of Ponthieu, Lord of Ireland

Born: 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Died: 21 June 1377, Sheen Palace, Richmond, England
Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England

Reigned England: 21 Sep 1327 - 21 June 1377
Reigned Aquitaine: 21 Sep 1327 - 1360
Reinged Ponthieu: 1360 - 1369

Married Philippa of Hainault: 24 Jan 1328
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Son of Edward II Plantagenet King of England and Isabella Capet of France

Married Philippa of Hainault: 24 Jan 1328
Children: 13, 6 lived to adulthood including 5 sons who’s descendants in 15th century brought about the long dynastic wars known as the Wars of the Roses.
1. Edward, The Black Prince – (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376, illness) married Joan of Kent and fathered Richard II King of England
2. Isabella, Lady of Coucy – (16 June 1332 - April 1379 or 17 June/5 October 1382), married Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy, 2 children
3. Joan (1335-1348)
4. William of Hatfield (16 Feb – 8 July 1337)
5. Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (29 Nov 1338 - 7 Oct 1368) married 1st Elizabeth de Burg Countess of Ulster, 1 daughter. His 5th Great Granddaughter was Jane Seymour
6. John of Gaunt, Earl of Lancaster (6 Mar 1340 – 3 Feb 1399) married 1st Blanche of Lancaster, 7 children, parents of Henry IV, married 2nd Constance of Castile, 2 children, 1 lived, married 3rd Katherine Swynford, 4 children
7. Edmund of Langley (5 June 1341-1 Aug 1402) married Isabella of Castile, 3 children
8. Blanche (1342-1342)
9. Mary, Duchess of Brittany (10 Oct 1344 – Dec 1362) married John V, Duke of Brittany, no issue
10. Margaret, Countess of Pembroke (20 Jul 1346 - (between 1 Oct and 25 Dec) 1361) married John Hastings Earl of Pembroke, no issue
11. Thomas (1347 - 1348)
12. William (24 June – 5 Sep 1348)
13. Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester (7 Jan 1355 – 8 Dec 1397) married Eleanor de Bohun, 1 son, 1 daughter.

by Mistress Alice Perres
1. Sir John de Southeray (c 1364 - 1383) married Maud Percy
2. Jane, married Richard Northland
3. Joan, married Robert Skerne

(His bio will be up at a later date)


Link to father, Edward II: [link]
Link to mother, Isabella of France: [link]
Link to Philippa of Hainault: [link]
Link to Edward the Black Prince: [link]
Link to grandson Richard II: [link]
Link to Grandson Henry IV: [link]
Link to Great great Grandson Richard III: [link]


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