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Edward Plantagenet, King Edward III

Edward Plantagenet, King Edward III

Male 1312 - 1377  (64 years)

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  • Name Edward Plantagenet 
    Suffix King Edward III 
    Birth 13 Nov 1312  Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Jul 1377  Sheen Palace, Richmond, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Westminster Abbey, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1121  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 

    Father Edward Plantagenet, King Edward II,   b. 25 Apr 1284, Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Isabella, - of France 
    Family ID F532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philippa, of Hainault,   b. 24 Jun 1314   d. 15 Aug 1369 (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1328 
    Children 
    +1. Edward Plantagenet, The Black Prince,   b. 15 Jun 1330, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1376 (Age 45 years)
     2. Isabella Plantagenet,   b. 16 Jun 1332
     3. Joan Plantagenet,   b. 19 Dec 1333
     4. William Plantagenet,   b. 16 Feb 1337
     5. Lionel Plantagenet,   b. 29 Nov 1338
    +6. John Plantagenet, of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster,   b. 6 Mar 1340, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +7. Edmund Plantagenet, of Langley, 1st Duke of York,   b. 5 Jun 1341
     8. Blanche Plantagenet,   b. Mar 1342
     9. Mary Plantagenet,   b. 10 Oct 1344
     10. Margaret Plantagenet,   b. 20 Jul 1346
     11. Thomas Plantagenet, of Windsor,   b. 1347   d. Sep 1348 (Age 1 year)
    +12. Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester,   b. 7 Jan 1355   d. 8 Sep 1397 (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F524  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2015 

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  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1870] Wikipedia, (en.wikipedia.org), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_England.