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John Lackland Plantagenêt King Of England
(1166-1216)
Isabel de Angoulême Queen of England
(Abt 1188-1246)
Raimund Berengar Count de Provence
(1195-1245)
Beatrix de Savoie
(1201-1266)
Henry III Plantagenêt King Of England
(1207-1272)
Aliénor Berenger d'Provence
(Abt 1217-1291)

Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenêt 1st Earl of Leicester
(1244-1296)

 

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Blanche de Artois Princesse des France

Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenêt 1st Earl of Leicester

  • Born: 16 Jan 1244-1245, London, Middlesex, England
  • Marriage: Blanche de Artois Princesse des France before 3 Feb 1276 in Paris, France 824
  • Died: 5 Jun 1296, Bayonne at age 52
  • Buried: 15 Jul 1296, Westminster Abbey, London, England

bullet  General Notes:


~ The Coucher Book, Or Chartulary, of Whalley Abbey, pedigree of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence, p. 364, Edmund was the son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence and the brother Edward I. Edmund, surnamed Crouchback, earl of Lancester, Leicester and Derby, ob. 24 Edward I. Edmund named Blanch, queen of Navarre, daughter of Robert, earl of Artois. 824

bullet  Information about this person:

• Titles: High Sheriff of Lancaster, 1267-1295. 168

• Dates & Events. 470
In 1253 he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sicily and Apulia, at about this time he was also made Earl of Chester. These were of little value as the real King of Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was transfered to his elder brother Edward. He soon obtained, however, both possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort by the King of the Earldom of Leicester and also the honour of the Stewardship of England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave.


Edmund married Blanche de Artois Princesse des France, daughter of Robert I "the Valiant" Capet Count d'Artois and Matilda de Brabant, before 3 Feb 1276 in Paris, France.824 (Blanche de Artois Princesse des France was born about 1225 in Paris, France, died in 1288-1302 in Paris, France and was buried in Minoresses Convent, Aldgate, London.)


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