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Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

Male 1375 - 1415  (40 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of CambridgeRichard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge was born on 20 Jul 1375 in Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire (son of Edmund Plantagenet, of Langley, 1st Duke of York); died on 5 Aug 1415.

    Notes:

    Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (c. 20 July 1375 – 5 August 1415) was the second son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and Isabella of Castile. At the age of forty he was beheaded for his part in the Southampton Plot, a conspiracy against King Henry V. He was the father of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and the grandfather of King Edward IV and King Richard III.

    Family/Spouse: Anne Mortimer. Anne died on 21 Sep 1411; was buried in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Isabel Plantagenet, of Cambridge, Countess of Essex was born in 1409; died on 2 Oct 1484; was buried in Little Easton Church, Essex, England.
    2. Henry Plantagenet
    3. Richard York, 3rd Duke of York was born on 21 Sep 1411; died on 30 Dec 1460 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edmund Plantagenet, of Langley, 1st Duke of York was born on 5 Jun 1341 (son of Edward Plantagenet, King Edward III and Philippa, of Hainault).
    Children:
    1. 1. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge was born on 20 Jul 1375 in Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire; died on 5 Aug 1415.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edward Plantagenet, King Edward IIIEdward Plantagenet, King Edward III was born on 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England (son of Edward Plantagenet, King Edward II and Isabella, - of France); died on 21 Jul 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

    Notes:

    Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England from 25 January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years also saw vital developments in legislation and government—in particular the evolution of the English parliament—as well as the ravages of the Black Death.

    Edward was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed by his mother and her lover Roger Mortimer. At age seventeen he led a successful coup against Mortimer, the de facto ruler of the country, and began his personal reign. After a successful campaign in Scotland he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne in 1337 but his claim was denied due to the Salic law. This started what would become known as the Hundred Years' War.[1] Following some initial setbacks the war went exceptionally well for England; victories at Crécy and Poitiers led to the highly favourable Treaty of Brétigny. Edward's later years, however, were marked by international failure and domestic strife, largely as a result of his inactivity and poor health.

    Edward III was a temperamental man but capable of unusual clemency. He was in many ways a conventional king whose main interest was warfare. Admired in his own time and for centuries after, Edward was denounced as an irresponsible adventurer by later Whig historians such as William Stubbs. This view has been challenged recently and modern historians credit him with some significant achievements.

    Edward married Philippa, of Hainault on 24 Jan 1328. Philippa was born on 24 Jun 1314; died on 15 Aug 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Philippa, of Hainault was born on 24 Jun 1314; died on 15 Aug 1369.

    Notes:

    Philippa of Hainault, LG or Philippa of Holland (24 June[1] 1314 – 15 August 1369) was Queen of England as the wife of King Edward III.[2] Edward, Duke of Guyenne, her future husband, promised in 1326 to marry her within the following two years.[3] She was married to Edward, first by proxy, when Edward dispatched the Bishop of Coventry "to marry her in his name" in Valenciennes (second city in importance of the county of Hainaut) in October 1327.[4] The marriage was celebrated formally in York Minster on 24 January 1328, some months after Edward's accession to the throne of England. In August 1328, he also fixed his wife's dower.[5]

    Philippa acted as regent on several occasions when her husband was away from his kingdom and she often accompanied him on his expeditions to Scotland, France, and Flanders. Philippa won much popularity with the English people for her kindness and compassion, which were demonstrated in 1347 when she successfully persuaded King Edward to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais. It was this popularity that helped maintain peace in England throughout Edward's long reign.[6] The eldest of her fourteen children was Edward, the Black Prince, who became a renowned military leader. Philippa died at the age of fifty-five from an illness closely related to dropsy. The Queen's College, Oxford was founded in her honour.

    Children:
    1. Edward Plantagenet, The Black Prince was born on 15 Jun 1330 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England; died on 8 Jun 1376.
    2. Isabella Plantagenet was born on 16 Jun 1332.
    3. Joan Plantagenet was born on 19 Dec 1333.
    4. William Plantagenet was born on 16 Feb 1337.
    5. Lionel Plantagenet was born on 29 Nov 1338.
    6. John Plantagenet, of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster was born on 6 Mar 1340 in Ghent, Flanders, Belgium; died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire; was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
    7. 2. Edmund Plantagenet, of Langley, 1st Duke of York was born on 5 Jun 1341.
    8. Blanche Plantagenet was born in Mar 1342.
    9. Mary Plantagenet was born on 10 Oct 1344.
    10. Margaret Plantagenet was born on 20 Jul 1346.
    11. Thomas Plantagenet, of Windsor was born in 1347; died in Sep 1348.
    12. Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester was born on 7 Jan 1355; died on 8 Sep 1397.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Edward Plantagenet, King Edward IIEdward Plantagenet, King Edward II was born on 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales (son of Edward Plantagenet, King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castilla); died on 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England.

    Notes:

    Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso. Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his father on campaigns to pacify Scotland, and in 1306 he was knighted in a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Edward succeeded to the throne in 1307, following his father's death. In 1308, he married Isabella of France, the daughter of the powerful King Philip IV, as part of a long-running effort to resolve the tensions between the English and French crowns.

    see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_England

    Edward married Isabella, - of France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Isabella, - of France
    Children:
    1. 4. Edward Plantagenet, King Edward III was born on 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
    2. John Plantagenet, of Eltham was born on 15 Aug 1316; died on 13 Sep 1336.
    3. Eleanor Plantagenet, of Woodstock was born on 18 Jun 1318; died on 22 Apr 1355.
    4. Joan Plantagenet, of the Tower was born on 5 Jul 1321; died on 7 Sep 1362.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Edward Plantagenet, King Edward I of EnglandEdward Plantagenet, King Edward I of England was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, England; died on 7 Jul 1307 in Burgh On The San, Cumberland, England; was buried on 28 Oct 1307 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 22 Jun 1239, Westminster Abbey, London, England

    Notes:

    Reigned 1272-1307. In the Barons war 1264-67 he defeated the Barons at Evesham (1265) as King he is noted for encouraging Parliamentary institutions at the expense of feudalism and for subduing Wales on which he imposed the English system of administration. He later tried to assert his authority over Scotland and died while on his way to fight Robert Bruce.

    Edward married Eleanor of Castilla in 1254. Eleanor (daughter of King Ferdinand, III of Castile and Jeanne, - wife of King Ferdinand of Castille Countess of Ponthieu) was born on 18 Oct 1241 in Burgos, Castille and Leon, Spain; died on 29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Eleanor of CastillaEleanor of Castilla was born on 18 Oct 1241 in Burgos, Castille and Leon, Spain (daughter of King Ferdinand, III of Castile and Jeanne, - wife of King Ferdinand of Castille Countess of Ponthieu); died on 29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England.
    Children:
    1. Eleanor Plantagenet
    2. Joan Plantagenet was born in 1265; died on 7 Sep 1265.
    3. John Plantagenet was born on 10 Jul 1266; died on 1 Aug 1272.
    4. Henry Plantagenet was born on 13 Jul 1268; died on 14 Oct 1274; was buried on 20 Oct 1274.
    5. Julian (Catherine) Plantagenet was born in 1271.
    6. Joan Plantagenet, of Acre
    7. Alfonso Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Chester
    8. Isabel Plantagenet was born in 1274.
    9. Margaret Plantagenet
    10. Berengaria Plantagenet was born in 1276; died between 1277 and 1279.
    11. Mary Plantagenet
    12. Alice Plantagenet was born on 12 Mar 1279; died in 1291.
    13. Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, Countess of Hereford and Essex was born on 5 Aug 1282 in Rhudlan Castle, County Carnarvon, Wales; died on 5 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England; was buried on 23 May 1316 in Walden Abbey, Essex, England.
    14. 8. Edward Plantagenet, King Edward II was born on 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales; died on 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England.
    15. Beatrice Plantagenet was born in 1286.
    16. Blanche Plantagenet was born in 1290.


Generation: 6

  1. 34.  King Ferdinand, III of CastileKing Ferdinand, III of Castile

    Ferdinand married Jeanne, - wife of King Ferdinand of Castille Countess of Ponthieu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 35.  Jeanne, - wife of King Ferdinand of Castille Countess of Ponthieu
    Children:
    1. 17. Eleanor of Castilla was born on 18 Oct 1241 in Burgos, Castille and Leon, Spain; died on 29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England.