Philippe of Clarence

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• Alternate death: Between 21 Nov 1378 and 9 Feb 1381

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Countess of Ulster.

Philippe married Edmund Mortimer about May 1368 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Edmund (son of Roger de Mortimer and Philippe de Montagu) was born on 1 Feb 1352 in Llangoed in Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales; died on 27 Dec 1381 in Dominican Friary, Cork, Ireland; was buried in Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Mortimer was born on 12 Feb 1371 in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales; was christened on 16 Feb 1371; died on 20 Apr 1417.
2. Roger Mortimer was born on 11 Apr 1374 in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 20 Jul 1398 in Kells, Meath, Ireland; was buried in Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, England.

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Duke of Clarence. In right of his wife, Earl of Ulster. Chief Governor of Ireland.

Lionel married Elizabeth de Burgh on 15 Aug 1342 in Tower of London, London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William de Burgh and Maud of Lancaster) was born on 6 Jul 1332 in Carrickfergus Castle, Ireland; died on 10 Dec 1363 in Dublin, Ireland; was buried in Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Countess of Ulster.

The earliest surviving record in which Geoffrey Chaucer is named is a 1357 entry in the account book of her household, in which Chaucer is the recipient of clothing and a small gift "for neccessaries at Christmas." He appears to have been one of her retainers, possibly a page, and was connected with her household until at least 1360. When Prince Lionel came of age in 1359, her household and his merged and Chaucer became one of his retainers.

Edward married Philippa of Hainault, Queen Consort of England on 24 Jan 1328 in York Cathedral, York, Yorkshire, England. Philippa (daughter of William III of Hainault and Jeanne de Valois) was born about 1314; died on 15 Aug 1359 in Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Genealogist Martin Hollick has pointed out that the marriage of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault marks the point at which descent from William the Conqueror was united with descent from Harold Godwinson, who lost to William at Hastings in 1066:

Harold II Godwinson, King of England (~1022-1066) = Ealdgyth of Mercia (d. >1066)
Gytha of Wessex = Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev (1053-1125)
Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (1076-1132) = Ljubawa Dimitriewna Sawiditsch (d. 1167)
Euphrosine of Kiev (~1130-1186) = Geisa II, King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, and Rama (1130-1161)
Béla III, King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, and Rama (~1148-1196) = Anna de Châtillon (1154-1184)
András II, King of Hungary (1176-1235) = Yolanda of Courtenay (~1200-1233)
Violant of Hungary (d. 1251) = James I, King of Aragón (1208-1276)
Isabella of Aragón (d. 1271) = Philippe III, King of France (1245-1285)
Charles of France (1270-1325) = Margaret of Anjou (1272-1299)
Jeanne de Valois (~1294-1342) = William III of Hainault) (~1286-1337)
Philippa of Hainault (~1314-1359)

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Summoned to Parliament from 10 Dec 1327 tp 15 Jun 1328 by writs directed Willelmo de Burgh. Murdered at Le Ford (now Belfast) by Richard de Mandeville, John de Logan, and others.

William married Maud of Lancaster before 16 Nov 1327. Maud (daughter of Henry of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth) died on 5 May 1377. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 22 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

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He is widely held to have died 21 (or 22) Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, but Ian Mortimer has presented arguments to the contrary that seem to us not easily dismissed.

Edward married Isabella of France, Queen Consort of England on 25 Jan 1308 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. Isabella (daughter of Philippe IV "the Fair", King of France; King of Navarre and Joan, Queen of Navarre; Queen Consort of France) was born in 1292 in Boulogne, France; died on 22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Church of the Grey Friars, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count of Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland.

William married Jeanne de Valois on 19 May 1305 in Chauny, Aisne, France. Jeanne (daughter of Charles of France and Margaret of Anjou) was born about 1294; died on 7 Mar 1342 in Fontenelles, Burgundy, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontenelles, Burgundy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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As a widow she became abbess of Fontenelles.

John married Elizabeth de Clare on 30 Sep 1308 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre) was born in Nov 1295 in Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales; died on 4 Nov 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1281, Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales

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Also called "Tortcol"; also called Henry Plantagenet.

Earl of Lancaster. Earl of Leicester.

Steward of England; Constable of Abergavenny and Kenilworth Castles 1326; Chief Guardian of the King 1327; Captain-General of the Marches towards Scotland 1327; Councillor of Regency 1345.

Summoned to Parliament by writs 6 Feb 1299 onward.

"Served against the Scots and in Flanders, at the siege of Carlaverock in 1300, among the barons forcing restrictions on Edward II's powers, joined the queen's party in 1326 and captured the king later that year, knighted Edward III at his coronation, became blind in about 1330, but continued to participate in public affairs and as a counselor of the king." [Ancestry of Charles II, citation details below.]

Henry of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth were great-grandparents of both Henry IV and his queen, Mary de Bohun.

Henry married Maud de Chaworth before 2 Mar 1297. Maud (daughter of Patrick de Chaworth and Isabel de Beauchamp) was born on 2 Feb 1282; died before 3 Dec 1322; was buried in Mottisfont Priory, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Maud de Chaorces.