William VI of Angoulême

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• Alternate death: 7 Aug 1179

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Count of Angoulême. Also called William Taillefer IV.

William married Marguerite de Turenne about 1147. Marguerite (daughter of Raymond I and Mathilde du Perche) died after 1201. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 16 Jun 1202, Limoges, Haut-Vienne, France
• Alternate death: 1218, Limoges, Haut-Vienne, France

Notes:

Count of Angoulême.

Also called Aymer; Adhemar; Adomar. Also called "Taillefer."

Adémar married Alix de Courtenay before 1191. Alix (daughter of Pierre of France and Elisabeth de Courtenay) was born about 1160; died about 1218. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 3 Jun 1246
• Alternate death: 4 Jun 1246, Fontévrault Abbey, near Chinon, Anjou, France

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Countess of Angoulême. Crowned Queen of England on 8 Oct 1200.

Isabel married John, King of England on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. John (son of Henry II, King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of France; Queen Consort of England) was born about 27 Dec 1166 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Hugh X de Lusignan between 10 Mar 1220 and 22 Apr 1220 in Angoulême, Aquitaine, France. Hugh (son of Hugh "le Brun" de Lusignan) was born about 1183; died after 15 Jan 1249. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Eleanor of Provence, Queen Consort of England on 14 Jan 1236 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England. Eleanor (daughter of Raymond Berenger and Beatrice of Savoy) died on 24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury Priory, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Amesbury Priory, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Richard of England.

Count of Poitou; Earl of Cornwall; elected king of Germany ("King of the Romans") in 1256, but never wielded actual power in that role.

"Constable of Wallingford Castle, 1216; knighted 2 Feb. 1224/5 by his br., Henry III, who a few days afterwards, 13 Feb. 1224/5, granted him, as Richard the King's brother, the county of Cornwall during pleasure. This grant, which resembles that to Henry FitzCount above, can hardly be held to have conferred the Earldom; nevertheless, not long after, viz. 30 May 1227, he is officially styled Earl of Cornwall, and must be assumed to have been invested with the Earldom in or shortly before that year. He was Count of Poitou before 18 Aug. 1225. Lieut. of Guienne, 1226-27; Chief Commissioner for making a truce with France, 1230; Keeper of the Honour of Wallingford, 1230-31; of the Honour of Knaresborough, 1235; took the Cross, 1236; was on an Embassy to the Emperor Friedrich, 1237; Lord of the forest of Dartmoor 1239; Com. in Chief of the Crusaders, 1240-41, when he entered a truce with the Soldan of Babylon. Joint Plenipoteniary to France, and Ambassador to Pope Innocent IV, 1250; Privy Councillor 1253; Joint Guardian of England, 1253-54. He acquired vast estates and great wealth by farming the Mint, the Jews, &c., and doubtless in consequence thereof, was elected, at Frankfort, 13 Jan. 1256/7, by the Princes of the Empire, King of the Romans, being crowned 17 May 1257, at Aachen. In Oct. 1259 he was Ambassador to Pope Alexander IV. He was a faithful adherent of the King, his br., against the rebellious Barons, and both were taken prisoners at the battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264. He m., 1stly, 30 Mar. 1231, at Fawley, near Marlow, Bucks, Isabel, widow of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, da. of William (Marshal), Earl of Pembroke, by Isabel suo jure Countess of Pembroke, da. and h. of Richard (de Clare), also Earl of Pembroke. She d. 17 Jan 1239/40, in childbed, at Berkhampstead, of jaundice, and was bur. at Beaulieu, Hants, her heart being sent to Tewkesbury Abbey. He m., 2ndly, 23 Nov. 1243, at Westm. Abbey, Sancha, 3rd da. and coh. of Raymond Berengar, Count of Provence, by Beatrice, da. of Tomaso, Count of Savoy. She, who was crowned Queen (with her husband) 1257, d. 9 Nov. 1261, and was bur. at Hailes Abbey, co. Gloucester, which her husband had in 1251, founded. He m., 3rdly, 16 June 1269, Beatrice, da. of Walram de Fauquemont, Seigneur de Montjoye, by Jutta, da. of Otto, Count of Ravensburg in Wesphalia. He d. at Berkhamstead Castle, Herts, having been bled for ague, 2 Apr. 1272, and was bur. in Hailes Abbey afsd., aged 63, his heart being sent to Rewley Abbey, Oxon, of which, also he was the founder. His widow d. s.p. on the Vigil of St. Luke, 17 Oct. 1277, and was bur. at the Friars Minors, Oxford." [Complete Peerage]

Family/Spouse: Joan. Joan died before 1 Jul 1285. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Unknown mistress of Richard of Cornwall). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Isabel Marshal on 30 Mar 1231 in Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England. Isabel (daughter of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare) was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Sancie of Provence on 23 Nov 1243 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Sancie (daughter of Raymond Berenger and Beatrice of Savoy) died on 9 Nov 1261 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 15 Nov 1262 in Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Beatrice de Falkenburg on 16 Jun 1269 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Beatrice (daughter of Dietrich II de Falkenburg and Berta of Limburg) died on 17 Oct 1277; was buried in Church Of The Grey Friars, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Alexander II, King of Scotland on 19 Jun 1221 in York, Yorkshire, England. Alexander (son of William I "The Lion", King of Scotland and Ermengarde de Beaumont) was born on 24 Aug 1198 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland; died on 8 Jul 1249 in Kerrera, Argyll, Scotland; was buried in Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabella married Friedrich II, Holy Roman Emperor on 20 Jul 1235 in Worms, Germany. Friedrich (son of Heinrich VI, Holy Roman Emperor and Constance of Sicily) was born on 26 Dec 1194; died on 13 Dec 1250. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her second husband Simon de Montfort was killed at Evesham, she became a nun.

Eleanor married William Marshal on 23 Apr 1224. William (son of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare) was born about 1190; died on 24 Apr 1231; was buried in New Temple Church, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Simon VI de Montfort on 7 Jan 1238 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. Simon (son of Simon V de Montfort and Alix de Montmorency) was born between 1208 and 1209; died on 4 Aug 1265 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 2 Feb 1266, Warren, Sussex, England

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Also called Alfais, Alix de Lusignan.

Alice married John de Warenne in Aug 1247. John (son of William de Warenne and Maud Marshal, Marshal Of England) was born after Jul 1231; died about 29 Sep 1304 in Kennington, near London, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Count of La Marche, (as Hugues III) Lord of Lusignan and Fougeres, and (as Hugues II) Count of Angoulême, 1246-1250. He agreed to serve Alphonso, Count of Poitiers, in the Seventh Crusade for one year and died in Egypt, most probably at the battle of El Mansûra, 7 Feb 1250, or else during the retreat to Damietta, 6 Apr 1250." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz]

Hugh married Yolande of Brittany in 1236. Yolande (daughter of Pierre de Braine and Alix de Thouars) was born in 1218 in Dreux, France; died on 16 Oct 1272 in Château Bouteville, Angoumois, France; was buried in Villeneuve near Nantes, Brittany, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1226
• Alternate birth: Aft 1225, Valence, Couhé-Vérac, Vienne, Poitou, France
• Alternate death: Bef 18 May 1296

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Also called Guillaume de Lusignan; Guillaume de Valence.

Seigneur of Valence; Constable of Goodrich and Pembroke Castles 1247; Warden of the Town and the Castle of Hertford 1247, 1251; Steward of the Manors of Stamford and Grantham, Lincolnshire 1258; Privy Councillor; Constable of Kilgarren Castle 1275; Seneschal of the Agenois 1279; Constable and Keeper of Bergevenny Castle 1281; Constable of Kilgaren Castle 1282; Guardian and Lieutenant of England 1285; and, in right of his wife, Lord (sometimes styled Earl) of Pembroke, and Lord of the Towns of Ross, Carnbothe, and Clumene, co. Wexford, Ireland.

From Wikipedia:

"William de Valence (died 18 May 1296), born Guillaume de Lusignan, was a French nobleman and knight who became important in English politics due to his relationship to Henry III. He was heavily involved in the Second Barons' War, supporting the King and Prince Edward against the rebels led by Simon de Montfort. [...]

"He was the fourth son of Isabella of Angoulême, widow of king John of England, and her second husband, Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, and was thus a half-brother to Henry III of England, and uncle to Edward I. William was born in the Cistercian abbey in Valence, Couhé-Vérac, Vienne, Poitou, near Lusignan, sometime in the late 1220s (his elder sister Alice was born in 1224).

"The French conquest of Poitou in 1246 created great difficulties for William's family, and so he and his brothers, Guy de Lusignan and Aymer, accepted Henry III's invitation to come to England in 1247. The king found important positions for all of them; William was soon married to a great heiress, Joan de Munchensi or Munchensy [...]

"This favouritism to royal relatives was unpopular with many of the English nobility, a discontent which would culminate in the Second Barons' War. It did not take long for William to make enemies in England. From his new lands in South Wales, he tried to regain the palatine rights which had been attached to the Earldom of Pembroke, but his energies were not confined to this. The King heaped lands and honours upon him, and he was soon thoroughly hated as one of the most prominent of the rapacious foreigners. Moreover, some trouble in Wales led to a quarrel between him and Simon de Montfort, who was to become the figurehead for the rebels. He refused to comply with the provisions imposed on the King at Oxford in 1258, and took refuge in Wolvesey Castle at Winchester, where he was besieged and compelled to surrender and leave the country.

"However, in 1259 William and de Montfort were formally reconciled in Paris, and in 1261 Valence was again in England and once more enjoying the royal favour. He fought for Henry at the disastrous Battle of Lewes, and after the defeat again fled to France, while de Montfort ruled England. However, by 1265 he was back, landing in Pembrokeshire, and taking part in the Siege of Gloucester and the final royalist victory at Evesham. After the battle he was restored to his estates and accompanied Prince Edward, afterwards Edward I, to Palestine.

"From his base in Pembrokeshire he was a mainstay of the English campaigns against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and later Dafydd ap Gruffudd; in the war of 1282-3 that led to the conquest of Wales he negotiated the surrender of one of Dafydd's last remaining castles, Castell-y-Bere, with its custodian, Cynfrig ap Madog. He also went several times to France on public business and he was one of Edward's representatives in the famous suit over the succession to the crown of Scotland in 1291 and 1292."

William married Joan de Munchensy on 13 Aug 1247. Joan (daughter of Warin de Munchensy and Joan Marshal) died before 30 Sep 1307. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 18 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• Alternate death: 8 Jul 1307, Burgh-by-Sands, Carlisle, Cumberland, England

Notes:

Edward Longshanks, Hammer of the Scots, conqueror of Wales. Although he is acclaimed for his many administrative accomplishments and for establishing Parliament as a permanent institution, he also expelled the Jews from England; significant numbers of them returned only 350 years later. He was tall (6' 4"), personally intimidating, and rigid in personal morality, in marked contrast to most earlier post-Conquest English rulers.

Edward married Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England on 18 Oct 1254 in Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of St. Fernando III, King Of Castile, León, Galicia, Toledo, Córdoba, Jaén, and Seville and Jeanne de Dammartin) was born in 1240; died on 28 Nov 1290 in Hardby, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Marguerite of France, Queen Consort of England on 8 Sep 1299 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Marguerite (daughter of Philippe III, King of France and Marie of Brabant, Queen Consort of France) was born in 1279; died on 14 Feb 1317 in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, Engand; was buried in Christ Church Greyfriars, Newgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beatrice married Jean II on 22 Jan 1260 in St.-Denis, Paris, France. Jean (son of Jean I and Blanche de Champagne) was born on 4 Jan 1239; died on 18 Nov 1309 in Lyons, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Earl of Leicester; Earl of Lancaster; Earl of Derby. Steward of England 1265; Keeper of the Isle of Lundy 1266; Warden of Sherborne Castle 1267; Lieutenant of Pothieu 1291; Lieutenant of Gascony 1296.

Nearly King of Sicily.

Summoned to Parliament by writ 24 Jun 1295; definitely far from the most interesting thing that ever happened to him.

From Wikipedia (as of 5 Dec 2023):

Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster (16 January 1245 – 5 June 1296), also known by his epithet Edmund Crouchback, was a member of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty and the founder of the first House of Lancaster. He was Earl of Leicester (1265–1296), Lancaster (1267–1296) and Derby (1269–1296) in England, and Count Palatine of Champagne (1276–1284) in France.

Named after the 9th-century saint, Edmund was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence and the younger brother of King Edward I of England, to whom he was loyal as a diplomat and warrior. In 1254, the 9-year-old Edmund became involved in the "Sicilian business", in which his father accepted a papal offer granting the Kingdom of Sicily to Edmund, who made preparations to become king. However, Henry III could not provide funds for the operation, prompting the Papacy to withdraw the grant and give it to Edmund's uncle, Charles I of Anjou. The "Sicilian business" outraged the barons led by the Earl of Leicester and Edmund's uncle, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and was cited as one of the reasons for limiting Henry's power. Deterioration of relations between the barons and the king resulted in the Second Barons' War, in which the royal government, supported by Edmund, triumphed over the baronage following the death of Montfort in the Battle of Evesham in 1265.

Edmund received the lands and titles of Montfort and the defeated barons Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave and Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby, and became Earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Derby. Primarily known as the earl of the first county, he eventually became the most powerful baron of England. Later, Edmund accompanied his elder brother Edward on his crusade in the Holy Land, where his epithet "Crouchback" originated from a corruption of 'cross back', referring to him wearing a stitched cross on his garments. Following the death of his first wife, Aveline de Forz, Edmund's aunt and Dowager Queen of France Margaret of Provence arranged his second marriage to Blanche of Artois, the recently widowed Queen Dowager of Navarre and the Countess of Champagne. With his second wife Blanche, Edmund governed Champagne as count palatine in the name of his stepdaughter Joan until she came of age. Edmund was active in supporting his family members, such as assisting Edward in conquering Wales, advocating for the claims of his aunt Margaret against his uncle Charles I of Anjou in his mother and aunt's homeland of Provence and managing Ponthieu on behalf of his sister-in-law, Eleanor of Castile.

When Edmund's stepson-in-law, King Philip IV of France, demanded Edward, who was also his vassal through Gascony, to come to Paris to answer charges of damages caused by English mariners in 1293, Edward sent Edmund to mediate the crisis to avert war. Edmund negotiated an agreement with Philip where France would occupy Gascony for 40 days, and Edward would marry Philip's half-sister, Margaret. When the 40 days were over, Philip tricked Edward and Edmund by refusing to relinquish control over Gascony, calling Edward to again answer for his charges. Edmund and Edward then renounced their homages to Philip and prepared for war against France. Edmund sailed for Gascony with his army and besieged the city of Bordeaux. Unable to pay his troops, Edmund was deserted by his army and retreated to Bayonne, where he died from illness in 1296. Edmund's body was brought back to England, where he was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1301.

Edmund married Blanche of Artois on 18 Jan 1276 in Paris, France. Blanche (daughter of Robert of France and Mahaut of Brabant) was born about 1248; died on 2 May 1302 in Paris, France; was buried in Church of the Cordeliers, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1315
• Alternate death: Bef 1319

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"[A]lias Joan Okeston, legally the daughter and heiress of Sir Alexander Okeston of Modbury, Devon." [Wikipedia]

Joan married Richard de Champernoun before 1281. Richard (son of Henry de Campo Arnulphi and Dionisia English) was born in of Inceworth, Cornwall, England; died between 1287 and 1290. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was killed by an arrow at the siege of Berwick.

Richard married Joan before 1280. Joan died after 10 Oct 1321; was buried in Asthall, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margarethe married Albrecht II of Meissen in 1254. Albrecht (son of Heinrich von Meissen and Constance of Austria) was born in 1240; died on 20 Nov 1315. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Count of Nola.

From Wikipedia (accessed 14 Jun 2020):

He participated in the Battle of Evesham against the royalist forces of his uncle, King Henry III of England, and his cousin, Prince Edward. Both his father and elder brother were traumatically killed during the disastrous battle. Guy de Montfort was seriously wounded and captured.

He was held at Windsor Castle until spring 1266, when he bribed his captors and escaped to France to rejoin his exiled family. Guy and his brother, Simon the Younger, wandered across Europe for several years, eventually making their way to Italy.

Guy took service with Charles of Anjou, serving as his Vicar-General in Tuscany. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Tagliacozzo and was given Nola by Charles of Anjou.

In 1271, Guy and Simon discovered that their cousin Henry of Almain (son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall) was in Viterbo at the church of San Silvestro. In revenge for the deaths of their father and brother at Evesham, on 13 March 1271, Guy and Simon murdered Henry while he clutched the altar, begging for mercy. "You had no mercy for my father and brothers", was Guy's reply. This murder was carried out in the presence of the Cardinals (who were conducting a papal Election), of King Philip III of France, and of King Charles of Sicily. For this crime the Montfort brothers were excommunicated, and Dante banished Guy to the river of boiling blood in the seventh circle of his Inferno (Canto XII).

The news reached England, and King Edward I dispatched a clerk of the royal household to inform the northern counties and Scotland about the excommunication. Pope Gregory X wrote a letter (29 November 1273) to King Edward from Lyons, where he was preparing for an ecumenical council, that Cardinal Riccardo Annibaldi and Cardinal Giovanni Orsini were still in Rome and had been ordered to find a secure place of imprisonment in the territories of the Church for Guy de Montfort.

Simon died later that year at Siena, "cursed by God, a wanderer and a fugitive". Guy was stripped of his titles and took service with Charles of Anjou again, but was captured off the coast of Sicily in 1287 by the Aragonese at the Battle of the Counts. He died in a Sicilian prison.

Family/Spouse: Margherita Aldobranderschi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 15 Jan 1256, of Bromfield, Denbighshire, Wales
• Alternate death: 15 Dec 1286, Croydon, Surrey, England

Notes:

Killed at a tournament; said to have been ambushed and slain by rivals.

William married Joan de Vere in 1284. Joan (daughter of Robert de Vere and Alice de Sanford) died about 23 Nov 1293; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1251

Eleanor married Henry de Percy on 8 Sep 1268 in York, Yorkshire, England. Henry (son of William de Percy and Ellen de Balliol) was born about 1235 in of Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Aug 1272; was buried in Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Robert de Ferrers after 26 Jul 1249. Robert (son of William de Ferrers and Margaret de Quincy) was born about 1239; died about 1279; was buried in St. Thomas Priory, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count of la Marche and Angoulême. In July 1270, he accompanied Louis IX of France on the Eighth Crusade, but he died shortly thereafter on the expedition to Tunis.

Hugh married Jeanne de Fougères on 29 Jan 1254 in Fougères, Brittany, France. Jeanne (daughter of Raoul de Fougères and Isabel de Craon) died after 18 Jun 1273; was buried in Sauvigny, Meuse, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Alice de la Marche.

Alice married Gilbert de Clare in 1253. Gilbert (son of Richard de Clare and Maud de Lacy) was born on 2 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 5 Oct 1305

Isabel married John de Hastings after 15 Jul 1275. John (son of Henry de Hastings and Joan de Cantelowe) was born in of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 10 Feb 1313; was buried in Grey Friars, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married John Comyn before 3 Sep 1296. John (son of John Comyn and Eleanor de Balliol) was born in of Badenoch, Scotland; died on 10 Feb 1306 in Dumfries, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 7 Apr 1307
• Alternate death: 28 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Also called Joan of England.

"The agreement for Joan's marriage to Gilbert de Clare, earl of Hertford and Gloucester, was made in 1283. Gilbert and his first wife, Alice de la Marche, had had only two daughters; this marriage was dissolved in 1285, and a papal dispensation for the marriage to Joan was obtained four years later. Gilbert surrendered all his lands to the king, and they were settled jointly on Gilbert and Joan for their lives, and were then to pass to their children; if however the marriage was childless, the lands were to pass to Joan's children by any later marriage. The wedding took place at Westminster in early May 1290." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Because of this agreement, Joan remained in control of the estates following Gilbert's death in 1295. Her father intended for her to marry Amadeus V of Savoy, but instead she secretly married Ralph de Monthermer, a squire of Earl Gilbert's household whom she had previously persuaded her father to knight. "She is reputed to have said 'It is not ignominious or shameful for a great and powerful earl to marry a poor and weak woman; in the reverse case it is neither reprehensible or difficult for a countess to promote a vigorous young man.'" [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] Her enraged father slapped de Monthermer into prison and seized all of Joan's lands, but through the mediation of Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham, father and daughter were reconciled and her estates restored to her. Subsequently the king "became much attached to his new son-in-law, who was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Gloucester and Hertford during the minority of his step-son Gilbert de Clare." [Royal Ancestry] De Monthermer went on to serve in a variety of offices and military roles.

Joan married Gilbert de Clare in May 1290 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Gilbert (son of Richard de Clare and Maud de Lacy) was born on 2 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Ralph de Monthermer about 1296. Ralph died on 5 Apr 1325; was buried in Church of the Grey Friars, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Jan II of Brabant on 9 Jul 1290 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Jan (son of Jan I of Brabant and Margarethe of Flanders) was born on 27 Sep 1275; died on 27 Oct 1312. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Johann I. Johann died on 10 Nov 1299 in Haarlem, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Humphrey de Bohun on 14 Nov 1302 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Humphrey (son of Humphrey de Bohun and Maud de Fiennes) was born about 1276; died on 16 Mar 1322 in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Church of the Dominican Friars, York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 4 Aug 1338
• Alternate death: 23 Aug 1338, Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk, England

Notes:

Earl of Norfolk. Marshal of England. Warden of St. John's Town of Perth.

"In 1310 Edward II assigned to his brothers Thomas and Edmund jointly the estates of Roger Bigod, late Earl of Norfolk; and on 16 Dec. 1312 Thomas was cr. Earl of Norfolk, and sum. to Parl. as such 8 Jan 1312/3. On 10 Feb. 1315/6 he was cr. Marshal of England." [Complete Peerage]

"Brotherton, Yorkshire, a small village twenty-two miles outside of the city of York, was part of the honour of Pontefract. Prior to 1300, it had never been a royal residence, or the site of a royal birth, nor has it been one since. It was not even expected to have been one in 1300. Edward I, his new young wife Margaret, who turned twenty-one that year and was pregnant with their first child, and the royal household, set out north from St Albans on 15 April 1300. The army had been summoned to Carlisle for mid-summer, for a new Scottish campaign. Queen Margaret parted company with the main household at Stamford on 5 May, and continued her own journey northward. Preparations had been made for her to use Cawood Castle, a residence of the Archbishop of York, for her confinement. She stopped in the village of Brotherton to hunt late that month, and went into labour, early and unexpectedly. Margaret had married Edward I on 10 September 1299 and, if conception occurred immediately, she was in her 38th week, but as she was apparently hunting and had not yet reached Cawood, she may have been a week or two earlier in her pregnancy. The labour was difficult, and Margaret reportedly called on St Thomas of Canterbury for assistance. The baby was delivered on 1 June, and named for the saint. Edward I rushed over to the village as soon as he was given the news, and stayed there until 9 June (Waugh, 2004; Johnstone, 1946). Thomas was likely baptised in Brotherton's church of St Edward the Confessor, which lay very close to the original manor house." ["Love Matches and Contracted Misery: Thomas of Brotherton and His Daughters (Part 1)," by Brad Verity. Foundations, journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 2, number 2, July 2006.]

"Many sources relay a date of September 1338, for Thomas's death, using testimony from the Proof of Age of his granddaughter Elizabeth de Segrave as a source (see CIPM 1352-1361, p.115). But Watson's date of 23 August appears to be correct, for the king ordered the seizure of Thomas's goods and chattels on 28 August (see Archer, 1987, p.205 n.9)." ["Love Matches and Contracted Misery: Thomas of Brotherton and His Daughters (Part 1)," by Brad Verity. Foundations, journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 2, number 2, July 2006.] ?

Thomas married Alice de Hales after Jun 1321. Alice (daughter of Roger de Hales and Alice) was born after 1303 in Norfolk, England; died between 8 May 1326 and 12 Oct 1330. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1st Earl of Kent. "[S]erved his brother Edward II in his war against the barons, turned against him in 1326, granted Arundel Castle (1327) by Edward III, opposed the ascendancy of the queen and Roger Mortimer, who lured him into a conspiracy, and then had him condemned and beheaded as a traitor." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Edmund married Margaret Wake about 25 Dec 1325. Margaret (daughter of John Wake and Joan de Fiennes) was born about 1299; died on 29 Sep 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Guy III de Châtillon on 22 Jul 1292. Guy (son of Guy II de Châtillon and Mahaut of Brabant) was born in 1265; died on 6 Apr 1317; was buried in Abbey of Cercamp, Artois, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Blanche married Philippe d'Artois after Nov 1281. Philippe (son of Robert II and Amicie de Courtenay) was born about 1269; died on 11 Sep 1298; was buried in St. Jacques, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Beheaded in his own manor for rebelling against Edward II.

Family/Spouse: Alice Lacy. Alice (daughter of Henry Lacy and Margaret de Longespée) was born on 25 Dec 1281; died on 1 Oct 1348. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1284, of Modbury, Devon, England

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Devon, Oct 1324 and Sep 1331. He fought at Boroughbridge.

Douglas Richardson, 22 Mar 2021, post to SGM (citation details below):

Pole in his book, Collections towards a Description of Devon (1791): 309–310 states in error that Sir Richard de Champernoun, Knt., of Modbury, Devon [died 1338] married "Elisabeth, da. & on [of] the heires of Hugh de Valletort, of Tawton."

Contemporary records prove that Richard actually married after 25 Dec. 1312 (date of presentation) and before 1317 (date of assize) Lucy le Bret, widow of Hugh de Valletort (Hugh was living 10 February 1309/10).

Moreover, it appears that Elizabeth de Valletort may not even have existed. Recent research shows that by a deed dated 1316, Hugh de Courtenay granted Lady Margaret de Dynham the wardship of Beatrix and Gilda, daughters and heiresses of Hugh de Valletort, together with their marriage. Reference: Oliver, Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon (1840): Addenda, 19.

Elsewhere I've shown that Hugh de Valletort and Lucy le Bret were married before Hillary term 1301 (date of lawsuit). As such, I presume that Lucy le Bret was the mother of Hugh's two surviving minor daughters and coheirs, Beatrix and Gilda de Valletort.

Richard married Lucia le Bret between 25 Dec 1312 and 1317. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft Apr 1314

Margaret married James Peverell about 14 Dec 1307. James (son of Hugh Peverell) was born in of Hamatethy in St. Breward, Cornwall, England; died before 30 Apr 1314; was buried in Church of the Grey Friars, Bodmin, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 25 Sep 1342

Joan married John Howard about 1309. John (son of William Howard) was born in of Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England; died before 23 Jul 1331; was buried in East Winch, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Geoffrey married Margaret de Mortimer before 1308. Margaret (daughter of Hugh de Mortimer and Maud) was born about 14 Sep 1295; died before 25 Dec 1345. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Quarrelsome." Margrave of Meissen. Count Palatine of Saxony, 1281-91. Landgrave of Thuringia, 1307.

"[O]ften at war or in rebellion, his lands in Thuringia were seized by the German king, Adolf, who forced him into exile, which he spent with relatives in Tirol, he later opposed the German kings, Albrecht I and his successor, Henry VII, finally giving his support to Ludwig IV." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Friedrich married Elisabeth von Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk on 24 Aug 1300. Elisabeth (daughter of Hartmann IX von Lobdeburg and Elisabeth von Orlamünde) was born in 1286; died on 22 Aug 1359 in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany; was buried in Dominican Cloister, Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Landgrave of Thuringia.

Agnes married Heinrich I of Brunswick in 1282. Heinrich (son of Albrecht I and Alessina de Monferrato) was born in Aug 1267; died on 7 Sep 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Contessa di Nola, Dame de Chailly et de Longjumeau.

Anastasia married Romano Orsini on 8 Jun 1293. Romano (son of Gentile II Orsini) was born about 1273; died in 1326. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Edmund Fitz Alan after 30 Dec 1304. Edmund (son of Richard Fitz Alan and Alice di Saluzzo) was born on 1 May 1285 in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, Engand; died on 17 Nov 1326 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; was buried in Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Warden of Galloway and Ayrshire 1296; Justiciar in Dumfries and joint Justiciar in Lancaster, Cumberland, and Westmorland 1297; constable of Scarborough Castle 1308; Justice of the Forest Beyond Trent 1311; Keeper of Bamburgh Castle 1313; Keeper of the Marches.

M.P. 1299-1314, according to Ancestral Roots.

Fought at Bannockburn.

Family/Spouse: Eleanor de Arundel. Eleanor (daughter of Richard Fitz Alan and Alice di Saluzzo) was born about 1284 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died in 1328; was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Joan of Lusignan, Joan d'Angouleme.

Joan married Peter de Geneville before 11 Oct 1283. Peter (son of Geoffrey de Geneville and Maud de Lacy) was born in of Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died before 8 Jun 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Roger de Grey before 1311. Roger (son of John de Grey and Maud de Verdun) was born in of Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 6 Mar 1353. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Killed at the battle of Bannockburn.

John married Margaret Wake about 1312. Margaret (daughter of John Wake and Joan de Fiennes) was born about 1299; died on 29 Sep 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

During the reign of the Despensers, she was imprisoned by them for at least a year, and possibly two, in order to press her into granting them her property. After their fall in 1326, she successfully petitioned Edward III for the restitution of her lands.

Elizabeth married Richard Talbot about 10 Jul 1326. Richard (son of Gilbert Talbot and Anne le Boteler) was born in of Eccleswall in Linton, Herefordshire, England; died on 23 Oct 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1293
• Alternate birth: Between Aug 1293 and Nov 1294
• Alternate death: 13 Apr 1342, France

Margaret married Piers de Gaveston on 1 Nov 1307 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Piers (son of Arnaud de Gaveston and Claramonde de Marsan) was born before Sep 1283 in Gabaston, Bearn, Gascony, France; died on 19 Jun 1312 in Blacklow Hill near Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Hugh de Audley on 28 Apr 1317 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Hugh (son of Hugh de Audley and Isolde le Rous) was born about 1289 in of Great Marcle, Herefordshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1347; was buried in Tonbridge Priory, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 23 Nov 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales

Notes:

"She was imprisoned in the Tower of London, 17 Nov 1326, later released, and had her lands restored to her, 22 Apr 1328. Before 26 Jan 1329 she was abducted from Hanley Castle by Sir William la Zouche who subsequently married her. She was imprisoned again in the Tower, shortly after 5 Feb 1329, and then in Devizes Castle, until after 6 Jan 1330 as a result of accompanying her husband in his siege of her castle of Caerphilly." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Eleanor married Hugh le Despenser after 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. Hugh (son of Hugh le Despenser and Isabel de Beauchamp) was born in of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England; died on 24 Nov 1326 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married William la Zouche before 26 Jan 1329. William (son of Robert de Mortimer and Joyce la Zouche) was born in of Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England; died on 28 Feb 1337; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married John de Burgh on 30 Sep 1308 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. John (son of Richard de Burgh and Margaret) died on 18 Jun 1313 in Galway, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Thebaud de Verdun on 4 Feb 1316 in near Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Thebaud (son of Thebaud de Verdun and Margery de Bohun) was born on 8 Sep 1278 in of Alton, Staffordshire, England; died on 27 Jul 1316 in Alton, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Roger Damory before 3 May 1317. Roger (son of Robert Damory) was born in of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, England; died on 13 Mar 1322 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England; was buried in St. Mary's, Ware, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret de Brewes. Margaret (daughter of Peter de Brewes and Agnes) was born about 1303; died in 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Duke of Brabant and Limburg.

Jan married Marie d'Evreux about 19 Jul 1311. Marie (daughter of Louis and Marguerite d'Artois) was born about 1303; died on 31 Oct 1335. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married James le Boteler in 1327. James (son of Edmund le Boteler and Joan fitz John) was born about 1305 in of Knocktopher, Kilkenney, Ireland; died between Jan 1338 and Feb 1338; was buried in Gowran, Kilkenney, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Hugh de Courtenay on 11 Aug 1325. Hugh (son of Hugh de Courtenay and Agnes de St. John) was born on 12 Jul 1303 in of Okehampton, Devon, England; died on 2 May 1377 in Tiverton, Devon, England; was buried in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Earl of Northampton. Fought at Crecy and at the siege of Calais. One of those who asisted at the arrest of Roger Mortimer. A trsuted friend and counselor of Edward III.

William married Elizabeth de Badlesmere on 13 Nov 1335. Elizabeth (daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare) was born about 1313; died on 8 Jun 1356 in Rochford, Essex, England; was buried in Black Friars, Holborn, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

Also called "Joan of the Tower."

Joan married David II, King of Scotland on 17 Jul 1328 in Berwick, Northumberland, England. David (son of Robert de Brus, King of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh) was born on 5 Mar 1324 in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland; died on 22 Feb 1371 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1322
• Alternate death: 24 Mar 1400

Notes:

Also called Margaret of Norfolk. She was Countess of Norfolk by right. In 1338 she succeeded to the earldom of Norfolk as well, acquiring, by right of that title, the office of Earl Marshal of England. On 29 Sep 1397 she was created Duchess of Norfolk for life.

Sometimes called "Lady Manny", presumably after her second husband. Also sometimes (albeit inaccurately) called "Margaret Plantagenet."

Margaret married John de Segrave after 3 Mar 1327. John (son of Stephen de Segrave and Alice de Arundel) was born on 4 May 1315; died on 1 Apr 1353 in Bretby, Repton, Derbyshire, England; was buried in Chacombe Priory, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Walter de Mauny before 30 May 1354. Walter (son of Jean le Borgne de Mauny and Jeanne de Jenlain) was born about 1310; died in Jan 1372; was buried in Charterhouse, Smithfield, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The "Fair Maid of Kent."

Family/Spouse: Edward of Woodstock. Edward (son of Edward III, King of England and Philippa of Hainault, Queen Consort of England) was born on 15 Jun 1330 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on 8 Jun 1376 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Thomas de Holand in 1340. Thomas (son of Robert de Holand and Maud la Zouche) died on 26 Dec 1360 in Normandy, France; was buried in Church of the Grey Friars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1344

Notes:

Count of St. Pol.

Jean married Jeanne de Fiennes in Dec 1329. Jeanne (daughter of Jean de Fiennes and Isabelle de Dampierre) died after 7 Jun 1353. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mahaut married Charles of France in Jun 1308 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. Charles (son of Philippe III, King of France and Isabella of Aragon, Queen Consort of France) was born on 12 Mar 1270 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France; died on 16 Dec 1325 in Le Perray-en-Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Eglise de Jacobins, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Heiress of Brie-Comte-Robert.

Marguerite married Louis in 1300. Louis (son of Philippe III, King of France and Marie of Brabant, Queen Consort of France) was born in May 1276; died on 19 May 1319 in Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Jean I de Dampierre on 6 May 1309 in Paris, France. Jean (son of Guy de Dampierre and Isabelle of Luxembourg) was born about Oct 1267; died in Jan 1330. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married William de Burgh before 16 Nov 1327. William (son of John de Burgh and Elizabeth de Clare) was born on 17 Sep 1312; died on 6 Jun 1333 in Le Ford (now Belfast), Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1345
• Alternate death: 7 Jul 1349

Notes:

Also called Joan Plantagenet.

Died of the plague.

Joan married John de Mowbray between 28 Feb 1327 and 4 Jun 1328. John (son of John de Mowbray and Aline de Brewes) was born on 29 Nov 1310 in Hovingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 4 Oct 1361 in York, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Friars Minor, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 23 Mar 1361

Notes:

He succeeded to the titles of Earl of Lancaster and of Leicester. "[C]reated Earl of Derby (1337), Earl of Lincoln (1349), Duke of Lancaster (1351), England's foremost military commander during the early stages of the Hundred Years War, the richest and most powerful man in the kingdom after Edward III, and his most trusted cousnelor, he was esteemed by his contemporaries as a perfect knight." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

He died of the plague.

Henry married Isabel de Beaumont about 1337. Isabel (daughter of Henry de Beaumont and Alice Comyn) died after 24 Mar 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1341 she was granted £100 yearly for life in consideration of her long attendance on Queen Philippe. She was also granted license to have one course with greyhounds any time she passed through the King's English forests, parks, and warrens, and to carry away any deer taken at that course.

Eleanor married John de Beaumont before Jun 1337. John (son of Henry de Beaumont and Alice Comyn) was born about 1318; died on 14 Apr 1342 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Richard Fitz Alan on 5 Apr 1345. Richard (son of Edmund Fitz Alan and Alice de Warenne) was born about 1313 in of Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1376 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Henry de Percy before 5 Sep 1334. Henry (son of Henry de Percy and Idoine de Clifford) was born between 1322 and 1325 in of Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died about 18 May 1368 in Warkworth, Northumberland, England; was buried in Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 12 Nov 1387

Notes:

Sheriff of Devon in 1362-63 and 1367-68. Escheator for Devon, 1369-71.

Family/Spouse: Eleanor Rohaut. Eleanor (daughter of Roger Rohaut and Eleanor Lovel) died before Apr 1369 in year only.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Sandford Peverell, Devon, England

Family/Spouse: Margaret de Cobham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1388

Notes:

Admiral of the Fleet North of the Thames. Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1344-45.

John married Alice de Bois before 11 Oct 1338. Alice (daughter of Robert de Bois and Christian Latimer) was born in 1306; died on 6 Sep 1372. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Sybil de Bodrugan before 1328. Sybil died on 23 May 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elisabeth married Heinrich II von Hessen before 25 Sep 1320. Heinrich (son of Otto I von Hessen and Adelheid von Ravensberg) was born before 1302; died on 3 Jun 1376. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Der Ernsthafte" (the Serious). Margrave of Meissen. Landgrave of Thuringia.

Friedrich married Mechtild of Bavaria in May 1323 in Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany. Mechtild (daughter of Ludwig IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Beatrix von Schlesien-Glogau) was born after 21 Jun 1313; died on 3 Jul 1346 in Meissen, Saxony, Germany; was buried in Kloster Altzella, near Nossen, Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen in Osterode.

Ernst married Adelheid of Everstein about 1335. Adelheid (daughter of Hermann II of Everstein and Adelheid zur Lippe) died after 1376. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Count of Nola.

Roberto married Sueva des Baux about 1330. Sueva (daughter of Hugues des Baux and Jacopa della Marra) died after 1332. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Mary Fitz Alan.

Mary married John le Strange before 1354. John (son of John le Strange and Ankaret le Boteler) was born about 19 Apr 1332 in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died on 12 May 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aline married Roger le Strange before Jul 1351. Roger (son of Roger le Strange and Maud) was born between 1326 and 1327 in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died on 23 Aug 1382 in Kenwick's Wood in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William le Latimer before 10 Aug 1353. William (son of William le Latimer and Elizabeth Botetourt) was born on 24 Mar 1330 in Scampston, Yorkshire, England; died on 28 May 1381; was buried in Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Gerard de Lisle after 3 Dec 1329. Gerard (son of Warin de Lisle and Alice le Tyeys) was born about 1304 in of Stowe, Northamptonshire, England; died on 9 Jun 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Steward of Scotland, 1326-1336; Justice of North Wales, 1334-1376; Sheriff of Carnarvonshire 1339-1343, 1346-1347; Admiral of the West, 1340-1341 and 1345-1347; Sheriff of Shropshire, 1345-1376; commanded the 2nd division at the battle of Crécy, 26 Aug 1346, and was at the fall of Calais, 1347; assumed the title of Earl of Surrey, 1361, upon the death of his maternal aunt, Joan, widow of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Called "Copped Hat."

A pair of memorial effigies depicting Richard Fitz Alan and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster can be seen at Chichester Cathedral. They lie side by side, a lion at his feet and a dog at hers. In a note of tenderness that makes one wonder if the sculptor knew the couple, he has his right hand ungloved, and her right hand rests lightly upon his.

These effigies were celebrated in 1956 by Philip Larkin in his poem "An Arundel Tomb," the last lines of which are quoted on Larkin's own Poet's Corner memorial stone in Westminster Abbey.

Richard married Isabel le Despenser on 9 Feb 1321 in Havering-atte-Bower, Middlesex, England. Isabel (daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Eleanor de Clare) was born between 1312 and 1313. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Eleanor of Lancaster on 5 Apr 1345. Eleanor (daughter of Henry of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth) was born about 1318; died on 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 2 Feb 1300, Leconfield, Yorkshire, England
• Alternate birth: 6 Feb 1301, Leconfield, Yorkshire, England
• Alternate death: 27 Feb 1352, Warkworth, Northumberland, England

Notes:

Keeper of Berwick Castle; Keeper of the Coast of Yorkshire and Northumberland; Keeper of Bamburgh and Skipton Castles; Warden of the Scottish Marches; Justiciar of the East March.

M.P. 1322-52, according to Ancestral Roots.

Great-grandfather of Henry "Hotspur" Percy.

"A powerful border lord, he was a justiciar and warden of the Scottish marches, participated frequently in raids, skirmishes, battles and sieges against the Scots, including the battle of Neville's Cross, where he commanded a division." [The Ancestry of Charles II]

Henry married Idoine de Clifford about 1318. Idoine (daughter of Robert de Clifford and Maud de Clare) was born in of Appleby, Westmorland, England; died on 24 Aug 1365; was buried in Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also spelled Joinville.

Joan married Roger de Mortimer on 20 Sep 1301 in Pembridge, Herefordshire, England. Roger (son of Edmund de Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes) was born on 3 May 1286 in of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1330 in Tyburn, Middlesex, England; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1 Dec 1361

Juliane married John Talbot before 29 Nov 1329. John (son of Richard Talbot and Joan de Mortimer) was born on 29 Sep 1317 in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died on 20 Sep 1355. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1319
• Alternate death: 4 Aug 1388

Notes:

Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 15 Mar 1354 to 20 Mar 1388.

Reynold married Eleanor le Strange before 31 Oct 1353. Eleanor (daughter of John le Strange and Ankaret le Boteler) died on 20 Apr 1396. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1332, of Eccleswall in Linton, Herefordshire, England

Notes:

He accompanied Edmund of Langley to Portugal, 1381-82, and John of Gaunt on his 1386-87 expedition to Spain, where he died of the pestilence.

Gilbert married Pernel le Boteler before 8 Sep 1352. Pernel (daughter of James le Boteler and Eleanor de Bohun) died in 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Between 1318 and 1322
• Alternate birth: Bef 1325
• Alternate death: 7 Sep 1349
• Alternate death: Bef 1 Mar 1351

Margaret married Ralph de Stafford before 6 Jul 1336. Ralph (son of Edmund de Stafford and Margaret Basset) was born on 24 Sep 1301 in Amington in Tamworth, Warwickshire, England; was christened in St. Edith's, Tamworth, Warwickshire, England; died on 31 Aug 1372 in Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England; was buried in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Slain at the Battle of Morlaix.

Edward married Anne de Ferrers on 20 Apr 1335 in Groby in Ratby, Leicestershire, England. Anne (daughter of William de Ferrers and (Unknown) de Segrave) died on 8 Aug 1367. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Maurice de Berkeley about 1340. Maurice (son of Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer) was born about 1330; died on 3 Jun 1368 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Richard Fitz Alan on 9 Feb 1321 in Havering-atte-Bower, Middlesex, England. Richard (son of Edmund Fitz Alan and Alice de Warenne) was born about 1313 in of Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1376 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

Given the date of her death and her relative youth at the time, it's likely that she died of the plague.

Isabel married Henry de Ferrers before 20 Feb 1331. Henry (son of William de Ferrers and (Unknown) de Segrave) was born about 1303; died on 15 Sep 1343 in Groby in Ratby, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Ulverscroft Priory, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 23 May 1318

Elizabeth married John Bardolf before 25 Dec 1327. John (son of Thomas Bardolf and Agnes) was born on 13 Jan 1314 in of Wormegay, Norfolk, England; died on 29 Jul 1363 in Assisi, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John de Montagu. John (son of William de Montagu and Katherine de Grandison) was born about 1329 in of Wark-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England; died on 25 Feb 1390; was buried in Lady Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaretha married Louis III on 6 Jun 1347 in St. Quentin, Aisne, Picardie, France. Louis (son of Louis II and Marguerite of France) was born on 25 Nov 1330 in Male, near Bruges, Belgium; died on 30 Jan 1384 in St.-Omer, Rosières-En-Santerre, Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in St.-Pierre, Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Perina; or Butler.

Pernel married Gilbert Talbot before 8 Sep 1352. Gilbert (son of Richard Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn) was born about 1332 in of Archenfield, Herefordshire, England; died on 24 Apr 1387 in Roales, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 6 Nov 1382, Knocktopher, Kilkenny, Ireland

Notes:

2nd Earl of Ormond. Chief Governor of Ireland 1359-61, 1377-79. Constable of Dublin Castle.

James married Elizabeth Darcy on 15 May 1346. Elizabeth (daughter of John Darcy and Joan de Burgh) died on 24 Mar 1390. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1383-86. Knight of the shire for Devon, 1383, 1386, 1388, 1390, 1393, 1395, 1399, 1401.

"Courtenay's career reveals a man of energy and ability in national and local affairs whose predilection for violence and thuggery was extreme even by medieval standards. Even so, and perhaps because of this unsavory reputation, he provided the house of Lancaster with important support at a critical time." [History of Parliament]

Philip married Anne Wake about 1378. Anne (daughter of Thomas Wake and Alice de Pateshulle) died after 30 Mar 1404. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Andrew Luttrell after 28 Jun 1359. Andrew (son of John Luttrell and Joan) was born before 1331 in of Chilton in Thorverton, Devon, England; died before 20 Nov 1377. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emeline Dauney. Emeline (daughter of John Dauney and Sibyl de Treverbyn) died on 28 Feb 1371. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Richard de Arundel on 17 Oct 1359. Richard (son of Richard Fitz Alan and Eleanor of Lancaster) was born in 1346; died on 21 Sep 1397 in Cheapside, London, England; was buried in Church of the Austin Friars, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Earl of Hereford and Essex. Earl of Northampton. Knight of the Garter (ca. 1365).

Family/Spouse: Joan Fitz Alan. Joan (daughter of Richard Fitz Alan and Eleanor of Lancaster) died on 17 Apr 1419. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan of Kent. Joan (daughter of Edmund of Woodstock and Margaret Wake) was born about 1328; died on 8 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England; was buried in Church of the Grey Friars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England

Notes:

Duke of Lancaster. 527 other titles. Richest European individual of his day.

By his first wife, he was a great-great grandfather to Isabelle of Castile; by his second wife, he was a great-grandfather to her. And the parents of the Spanish wife of his retainer Walter Blount were GX3-grandparents to Ferdinand I.

"John [was] born in Ghent during the king's absence in March (Edward had left for England in February). The birth happened at the abbey of St Bavo because that is where the pregnant queen lodged from her arrival. The precise date 6 March is not certain." [Peter Stewart, 21 Nov 2021]

"John's baptism presumably took place in Ghent shortly after the sea battle on 24 June 1340 -- Edward landed at Sluys and rode on to Ghent after sending news of the victory to his allies including Jean III of Brabant and supporters including Jacob van Artevelde at Thun-l'Évêque near Cambrai. Jean of Brabant was the godfather after whom John of Gaunt was named, and he held him at the font according to Froissart. An early-15th-century chronicle written at Saint-Denis claims that Jakob van Artevelde was the boy's godfather and held him at the font, but it is scarcely plausible that a burgess of Ghent was chosen as godfather to an English prince, or that if this actually happened it would not have been widely reported as a very extraordinary incident." [Peter Stewart, 21 Nov 2021]

John married Blanche of Lancaster in May 1359 in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England. Blanche (daughter of Henry of Grosmont and Isabel de Beaumont) was born on 25 Mar 1342; died on 12 Sep 1368; was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Constance of Castile on 21 Sep 1371 in Roquefort, near Bordeaux, Guienne, France. Constance (daughter of Pedro I, King of Castile and Maria García de Padilla) was born in 1354; died on 24 Mar 1394. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Catherine de Roet in Jan 1396 in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Catherine (daughter of Payne de Roet) was born about 1350; died on 10 May 1403 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Angel Choir, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Earl of Cambridge. 1st Duke of York.

"[C]ampaigned in France and Spain during the Hundred Years War, sharing in the sack of Limoges in 1370, king's lieutenant of Brittany, where his siege of St. Malon was frustrated by du Guesclin, served as regent during Richard II's absences." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Family/Spouse: Joan Holand. Joan (daughter of Thomas de Holland and Alice Fitz Alan) died on 12 Apr 1434. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Isabella of Castile between 1 Jan 1372 and 30 Apr 1372 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. Isabella (daughter of Pedro I, King of Castile and Maria García de Padilla) was born in 1355; died on 23 Dec 1392; was buried in Church of the Dominicans, Langley, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 9 Sep 1397, Calais, France

Notes:

Fifth surviving son and youngest child of Edward III, he is most remembered for having been the leader of the Lords Appellant, the alliance of nobles that, in 1388, succeeded in wresting power from Richard II. In 1397, with help from his uncle John of Gaunt, Richard succeeded in overthrowing the Lords Appellant. Thomas was imprisoned in Calais, where he was murdered, probably by a group led by Thomas de Mowbray, first duke of Norfolk.

Family/Spouse: Eleanor de Bohun. Eleanor (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Joan Fitz Alan) was born about 1366; died on 3 Oct 1399 in Minoresses Convent, Aldgate, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1368
• Alternate death: 21 Sep 1368
• Alternate death: 9 Oct 1368
• Alternate death: Abt 1375

Notes:

Suo jure Lady Segrave.

Elizabeth married John Mowbray after 25 Mar 1349. John (son of John de Mowbray and Joan of Lancaster) was born on 25 Jun 1340 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England; died on 17 Jun 1368 in Thrace, near Constantinople; was buried in Church and Convent of St. Mary Draperis of Pera, Constantinople. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Anne of Bohemia on 20 Jan 1382. Anne (daughter of Karl IV of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor and Elizabeth of Poland) was born on 11 May 1366 in Prague, Bohemia; died on 7 Jun 1394 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Isabella of France in Oct 1396 in Calais, France. Isabella (daughter of Charles VI, King of France and Isabeau of Bavaria) was born on 9 Nov 1389 in The Louvre, Paris, France; died on 14 Sep 1409; was buried in Abbey of St. Laumer, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 10 Jan 1400, Pleshey Castle, Essex, England

Notes:

1st Duke of Exeter. 1st Earl of Huntingdon. "[A] a half-brother of King Richard II (1377–1399), to whom he remained strongly loyal. He is primarily remembered for being suspected of assisting in the downfall of King Richard's uncle Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355–1397) (youngest son of King Edward III) and then for conspiring against King Richard's first cousin and eventual deposer, Henry Bolingbroke, later King Henry IV (1399–1413)." [Wikipedia]

He was beheaded following the failure of the Epiphany Rising conspiracy against the newly-crowned Henry IV.

John married Elizabeth of Lancaster on 24 Jun 1386 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster) was born before 21 Feb 1363. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Earl of Kent. “[F]ought in Spain with the Black Prince and in France and Scotland, Marshal of England 1379-85, ambassador for Richard II, over whom he is said to have exerted an evil influence for his personal gain, had custody of the castles of Calais and of the Tower, hereditary Constable of Corfe Castle.” [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Thomas married Alice Fitz Alan after 10 Apr 1364. Alice (daughter of Richard Fitz Alan and Eleanor of Lancaster) died on 17 Mar 1416. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Countess of St. Pol.

Mahaud married Guy de Luxembourg in Dec 1350. Guy (son of Jean de Luxembourg and Alix of Flanders) died on 22 Aug 1371 in Baesweiler, Aachen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Pierre I de Bourbon on 25 Jan 1337. Pierre (son of Louis I de Bourbon and Marie of Hainault and Holland) was born in 1311; died on 19 Sep 1356 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Jan III of Brabant about 19 Jul 1311. Jan (son of Jan II of Brabant and Margaret of England) was born in 1300; died on 5 Dec 1355 in Brussels, Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thibaut de Bar. Thibaut (son of Erard de Bar and Isabella de Lorraine) died in 1354. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Elizabeth married Lionel of Antwerp on 15 Aug 1342 in Tower of London, London, England. Lionel (son of Edward III, King of England and Philippa of Hainault, Queen Consort of England) was born on 29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Brabant, Flanders; died on 17 Oct 1368 in Alba, Piedmont, Italy; was buried in Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Roger la Warre before 23 Jul 1358. Roger (son of John la Warre and Margaret de Holand) was born on 30 Nov 1326 in of Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England; died on 27 Aug 1370 in Gascony, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 13 Sep 1340, Bretby, Repton, Derbyshire, England
• Alternate death: 21 Sep 1368, near Constantinople
• Alternate death: 9 Oct 1368, near Constantinople

Notes:

Summoned to Parliament by writ, 14 Aug 1362 to 20 Jan 1366.

Killed in battle with the Turks.

John Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave were Gx4-grandparents of Anne Boleyn (d. 1536):

John de Mowbray = Elizabeth de Segrave
Thomas de Mowbray = Elizabeth Fitz Alan
Margaret de Mowbray = Thomas Howard
John Howard = Katherine de Moleyns
Thomas Howard = Elizabeth Tilney
Elizabeth Howard = Thomas Boleyn
Anne Boleyn = Henry VIII
Elizabeth I

Making TNH a sixth cousin to Elizabeth I, fifteen times removed.

John married Elizabeth de Segrave after 25 Mar 1349. Elizabeth (daughter of John de Segrave and Margaret Marshal) was born on 25 Oct 1338 in Croxton Abbey, Melton Mobray, Leicestershire, England; was christened on 25 Oct 1338 in Croxton Abbey, Melton Mobray, Leicestershire, England; died between 1364 and 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles M. Hansen noted in 2023 (citation details below) that she was born on the feast of the Annunciation, which was on 25 March in 1342, not 23 March as erroneously reported in his and Neil D. Thompson's Ancestry of Charles II (citation details below).

Blanche married John of Gaunt in May 1359 in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England. John (son of Edward III, King of England and Philippa of Hainault, Queen Consort of England) was born in Mar 1340 in Abbey of St. Bavo, Ghent, Flanders; was christened after 24 Jun 1340 in Ghent, Flanders; died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

3rd Lord Beaumont. He was born in Brabant during his mother's attendance on Queen Philippe. He was naturalized by an act of Parliament in 1351.

Henry married Margaret de Vere before 15 Feb 1363. Margaret (daughter of John de Vere and Maud de Badlesmere) died on 15 Jun 1398; was buried in Grey Friars, Smithfield, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Humphrey de Bohun. Humphrey (son of William de Bohun and Elizabeth de Badlesmere) was born on 25 Mar 1342; died on 16 Jan 1372. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Alice Arundel. Constable of Corfe Castle, along with her husband.

Alice married Thomas de Holland after 10 Apr 1364. Thomas (son of Thomas de Holand and Joan of Kent) was born between 1350 and 1351; died on 25 Apr 1397; was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 16 Dec 1379

Notes:

Also called John Fitz Alan. Summoned to Parliament 4 Aug 1377. Drowned when his ship was wrecked by a tempest in the Irish Sea.

John married Eleanor Mautravers on 17 Feb 1359. Eleanor (daughter of John Mautravers and Gwenthlian) was born about 1345; died on 12 Jan 1405; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Richard Fitz Alan. 11th Earl of Arundel. 10th Earl of Surrey. Chief Butler of England. Member of the council of the regency, 1377. An accomplished naval commander, he was Admiral and/or Captain-General of the fleet at various times with various titles. He was an ally of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, uncle of Richard II, and gradually incurred Richard's enmity. Ultimately he was arrested, accused of plotting with Gloucester to imprison the king, put to trial at Westminster, attainted, and beheaded.

Richard married Elizabeth de Bohun on 17 Oct 1359. Elizabeth (daughter of William de Bohun and Elizabeth de Badlesmere) died on 3 Apr 1385; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Earl of Northumberland. From Wikipedia:

Henry Percy was originally a follower of Edward III of England, for whom he held high offices in the administration of northern England. At a young age he was made Warden of the Marches towards Scotland in 1362, with the authority to negotiate with the Scottish government. In February 1367 he was entrusted with the supervision of all castles and fortified places in the Scottish marches. He went on to support King Richard II and was created an Earl and briefly given the title of Marshal of England. Between 1383 and 1384 he was appointed Admiral of the Northern Seas. After Richard elevated his rival Ralph Neville to the position of Earl of Westmorland in 1397, Percy supported the rebellion of Henry Bolingbroke, who became King as Henry IV.

On King Henry IV's coronation he was appointed Constable of England and granted the lordship of the Isle of Man. Percy and his son, Henry Percy, known as "Hotspur", were given the task of subduing the rebellion of Owain Glynd?r, but their attempts to make peace with the Welsh rebels did not meet with the king's approval.

In 1403 the Percys turned against Henry IV in favour of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, and then conspired with Owain Glynd?r against King Henry. The Tripartite Indenture was signed by all three parties, which divided England up between them. Glynd?r was to be given Wales, and a substantial part of the west of England, Northumberland was to have received the north of England, as well as Northamptonshire, Norfolk, Warwickshire, and Leicestershire. The Mortimers were to have received the rest of southern England, below the river Trent.

The Percy rebellion failed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, where Hotspur was killed. Since the earl did not directly participate in the rebellion, he was not convicted of treason. However, he lost his office as Constable. In 1405 Percy supported Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York, in another rebellion, after which Percy fled to Scotland, and his estates were confiscated by the king.

In 1408 Percy invaded England in rebellion once more and was killed at the Battle of Bramham Moor. Percy's severed head was subsequently put on display at London Bridge.

Henry married Margaret de Neville on 12 Jul 1358 in Brancepeth, Durham, England. Margaret (daughter of Ralph de Neville and Alice de Audley) died on 11 May 1372; was buried in North Allerton, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Modbury, Devon, England
• Alternate death: Aft 26 Feb 1419

Notes:

"On the Sunday following his baptism, his great-grandfather and godfather, Sir Richard Lovel, held a feast at la Mersh, by Wyncaulton for all who attended to bear witness to this event. He was a knight by 27 May 1379 and served as Sheriff of Devonshire 1368-69, 1381-82, and 1387-88." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below]

Richard Champernoun was the direct ancestor of several well-known adventurer-explorers.

Ancestor of Sir Walter Ralegh:

Richard Champernoun (d. 1419) = Alice Astley
Joan Champernoun (d. 1419) = John Courtenay (d. <1406)
Philip Courtenay (1404-1476) = Elizabeth Hungerford (d. 1476)
Philip Courtenay (1430-1489) = Elizabeth Wonwell (1432-1482)
Margaret Courtenay (d. 1527) = John Champernowne (1458-1503)
Philip Champernowne (d. 1545) = Catherine Carew (d. 1546)
Katherine Champernowne (d. 1594) = Walter Ralegh (1505-1581)
Sir Walter Ralegh (1554-1618)

And of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, a man loathsome even by the standards of imperialist chancers:

Richard Champernoun (d. 1419) = Alice Astley
Joan Champernoun (d. 1419) = John Courtenay (d. <1406)
Philip Courtenay (1404-1476) = Elizabeth Hungerford (d. 1476)
Philip Courtenay (1430-1489) = Elizabeth Wonwell (1432-1482)
Margaret Courtenay (d. 1527) = John Champernowne (1458-1503)
Philip Champernowne (d. 1545) = Catherine Carew (d. 1546)
Katherine Champernowne (d. 1594) = Otho Gilbert (d. 1547)
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1537-1583)

And ancestor of Francis Champernowne and his father Arthur Champernowne, both of whom were associates of Sir Ferdinando Gorges in his early efforts to settle and develop the coasts of what are now Massachusetts and Maine. Gorges was married to Mary Fulford, sister of Arthur Champernowne's wife Bridget Fulford. Francis settled permanently in Massachusetts in 1637.

Richard Champernoun (d. 1419) = Alice Astley
Joan Champernoun (d. 1419) = John Courtenay (d. <1406)
Philip Courtenay (1404-1476) = Elizabeth Hungerford (d. 1476)
Philip Courtenay (1430-1489) = Elizabeth Wonwell (1432-1482)
Margaret Courtenay (d. 1527) = John Champernowne (1458-1503)
Philip Champernowne (d. 1545) = Catherine Carew (d. 1546)
Arthur Champernowne (1524-1578) = Mary Norreys (d. 1570)
Gawen Champernowne (1554-1591) = Roberta d'Orge
Arthur Champernowne (1580-1650) = Bridget Fulford
Francis Champernowne (1614-1687)

It's notable that the Champernoun family was rich, and rich for a long time. In the direct male line, the earliest known individual, Jordan de Cambernon (d. >1172), married a granddaughter of Henry I. His 3XG-grandson Richard de Champernoun married a granddaughter of King John. So why did Arthur Champernowne and his son Francis involve themselves in the risky, high-stakes business of financing fishing colonies in Newfoundland and on the coast of Maine? The answer is, because their line of Champernowns had lost all their money.

Arthur's maternal grandfather, remarkably, was Gabriel d'Orge, count of Montgomery, who at a joust in 1559 accidentally killed Henri II, king of France. Despite the dying king's forgiveness, so traumatized was the count by this -- and so immediate and complete was his exclusion from French courtly society -- that in due course he converted to Protestantism and became a leader of the Huguenots. He was one of the few Huguenots to escape the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, from which he fled to England. The queen mother, Catherine de Medici, demanded his extradition, which Elizabeth I refused. In 1573, d'Orge raised a fleet in an unsuccessful attempt to relieve the siege of La Rochelle. The next year, he tried to raise an insurrection in Normandy but was captured and executed. Just before his execution he was told that all his property and that of his children would be confiscated and all their titles stripped.

(All of which sounds remarkably like a Dumas novel, and in fact a novel about Gabriel, The Two Dianas (1846-47) was published with Dumas' name on it, albeit mostly or entirely written by his friend and collaborator Paul Meurice.)

The count's daughter Roberta had married the Devon squire Gawen Champernowne, father of Arthur, and Gawen had become a close ally of the count. Now their branch of the family was substantially penniless. It's little wonder that Arthur and Francis looked to the potential riches of the New World, despite the risks involved.

Richard married Alice Astley about 25 Apr 1369. Alice (daughter of Thomas de Astley and Elizabeth de Beauchamp) died before 1394. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Katherine Daubeney before 13 Aug 1394. Katherine (daughter of Giles Daubeney and Eleanor de Wilington) was born in of South Ingleby, Lincolnshire, England; died before 1419; was buried in Dodbrooke, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Cornwall. Sheriff of Cornwall, 1389-90.

Thomas married Margaret Courtenay before 1372. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Courtenay and Muriel de Moels) was born in 1352; died on 14 Aug 1422. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1342

Robert married Margaret de Scales before 10 Mar 1363. Margaret (daughter of Robert de Scales and Katherine de Ufford) died after 8 May 1416; was buried in East Winch, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Peter de Brewes about 1359. Peter (son of Peter de Brewes and Agnes) was born in of Wiston, Sussex, England; died before 4 Oct 1378. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Geoffrey married Cecily before 1355. Cecily died on 26 Jul 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Ernst of Brunswick in 1339. Ernst (son of Albrecht II of Brunswick and Richza of Werle) was born in 1305; died on 24 Apr 1367. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elisabeth married Friedrich V of Nürnberg on 7 Sep 1350. Friedrich (son of Johann I of Nürnberg and Elizabeth of Henneberg) was born before 3 Mar 1333; died on 21 Jan 1398 in Plassenburg, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Heilsbronn, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Duke of Brunswick in Salzderhelden.

Albrecht married Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg before 17 Aug 1372. Agnes (daughter of Magnus II of Brunswick and Katharina of Anhalt) died on 21 Mar 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called "des Ursins." Count of Nola.

"[A] great Roman baron as well as a major feudal lord in the kingdom of Naples, Senator of Rome for the first half of 1356 along with Sciarra Colonna, gonfaloniere (chief magistrate) of the Church 1365, Governor of the Patrimony of St. Peter 1371, served Queen Joanna I of Naples, later joined in her overthrow, councilor of her successors, Charles III and Ladislao, a friend of the later canonized Saint Bridget of Sweden, corresponded with Petrarch." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Niccoló married Giovanna de Sabran about 1332 in Naples, Campania, Italy. Giovanna (daughter of Gugliemo de Sabran and Francesca di Celano) died after 1379. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Between 1361 and 1362
• Alternate death: 23 May 1413

Ankaret married Richard Talbot before 23 Aug 1383. Richard (son of Gilbert Talbot and Pernel le Boteler) was born about 1361 in of Eccleswall in Linton, Herefordshire, England; died on 7 Sep 1396. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ankaret married Thomas Neville before 4 Jul 1401. Thomas (son of John de Neville and Maud Percy) died on 14 Mar 1407; was buried in Worksop Priory, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Thomas Poynings before 1376. Thomas (son of Luke de Poynings and Isabel de St. John) was born in of Basing, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Mar 1429. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1402

Lucy married William Willoughby after 3 Jan 1383 in Middle, Shropshire, England. William (son of Robert de Willoughby and Margery la Zouche) was born about 1370 in of Eresby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 4 Dec 1409 in Edgefield, Norfolk, England; was buried in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John de Neville. John (son of Ralph de Neville and Alice de Audley) was born about 1330; died on 17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England; was buried in Durham Cathedral, Durham, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Robert de Willoughby before 9 Oct 1381. Robert (son of John de Willoughby and Cecily de Ufford) was born between 1348 and 1350 in of Eresby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 9 Aug 1396; was buried in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Pipard. Margaret (daughter of William Pipard and Margery) died on 3 Aug 1375. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Sybil Montagu before 16 Jul 1347. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married William de Aton before Jan 1327. William (son of Gilbert de Aton) was born about 1299; died on 10 Feb 1388; was buried in Old Malton Priory, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Fitz Walter. John (son of Robert Fitz Walter and Joan de Multon) was born about 1315; died on 18 Oct 1361; was buried in Dunmow Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keeper of Berwick Castle, joint Warden of the Marches, Sheriff of Roxburghshire. Fought at Crécy and was present at the siege of Calais.

Henry married Mary of Lancaster before 5 Sep 1334. Mary (daughter of Henry of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth) was born about 1320; died on 1 Sep 1362; was buried in Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 18 Feb 1379

Notes:

Richardson's RA has them married "before 1362." The Ancestry of Charles II says their marriage contract was dated July 1344.

Katherine married Thomas de Beauchamp after 22 Feb 1325. Thomas (son of Guy de Beauchamp and Alice de Tony) was born on 14 Feb 1314 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England; died on 13 Nov 1369 in Calais, France; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married James de Audley before 13 Jun 1330. James (son of Nicholas de Audley and Joan Martin) was born on 7 Jan 1314 in Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 1 Apr 1386 in Heleigh in Audley, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married John de Cherlton before 13 Apr 1319. John (son of John de Cherleton and Hawise de la Pole) was born about 1316 in of Pole, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died before 30 Aug 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Thomas de Berkeley between 10 May 1319 and 28 Aug 1329. Thomas (son of Maurice de Berkeley and Eve la Zouche) was born about 1296 in of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Oct 1361; was buried in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knighted at the coronation of Edward III, 1 Feb 1327. Summoned to Parliament by writ, 20 Nov 1331. Also in 1331, the king restored to him certain of his father's lands, but as the attainder of his father was not reversed in his lifetime, he was never Earl of March.

Edmund married Elizabeth de Badlesmere on 27 Jun 1316 in Ernwood in Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare) was born about 1313; died on 8 Jun 1356 in Rochford, Essex, England; was buried in Black Friars, Holborn, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Katherine. Katherine died on 9 Apr 1381. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married John Cokayne before 1394. John (son of John Cokayne and Cecily de Vernon) was born in of Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England; died on 22 May 1429; was buried in Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 18 Oct 1440

Notes:

Governor in Ireland; Privy Councillor to Henry IV.

Summoned to Parliament by writs, 6 Dec 1389 to 26 Sep 1439.

Reynold Grey (d. 1440) = Joan Astley
Robert Grey (d. 1460) = Eleanor Lowe
Humphrey Grey (d. 1499) = Anne Fielding (d. 1507)
Marjory Grey (d. >1525) = Richard de St. Barbe (d. 1530)
Thomas St. Barbe (d. 1563) = Joan (d. 1573)
George St. Barbe = Mary Warburton
Ursula St. Barbe = William Ussher (d. 1671)
Adam Ussher, Archdeacon of Clonfert (1650-1713) = Rebecca Wye (d. 1694)
William Ussher, Archdeacon of Clonfert (1680-1744) = Mary Jenney
Mary Jenney Ussher = Richard Molesworth (d. 1758)
Henrietta Molesworth = John Staples (1736-1820)
Elizabeth Staples = Rev. Hugh Hamilton
Rev. Thomas Hamilton (1826-1905) = Mary Warren (1826-1916)
Florence Augusta Hamilton (1862-1908) = Albert James Lewis (1863-1929)
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963)

Making TNH a half 13th cousin 6 times removed to C. S. Lewis.

Reynold married Margaret de Ros after 25 Nov 1378. Margaret (daughter of Thomas de Ros and Beatrice de Stafford) was born in of Helmsley, Yorkshire, England; died before 1415. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reynold married Joan Astley before 7 Feb 1415. Joan (daughter of William Astley and Joan de Willoughby) died on 3 Sep 1448. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Henry de Grey about 4 May 1370. Henry (son of Reynold de Grey and Maud Botetort) was born between 1340 and 1351 in of Wilton, Herefordshire, England; died on 22 Apr 1396. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1361, of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England
• Alternate death: 8 Sep 1396, London, England
• Alternate death: 9 Sep 1396, London, England

Notes:

"Knighted by Richard II at his coronation, 16 July 1377. Served in Ireland 1380/1, against the Scots 1385, and again in Ireland 1394/5." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 3 Mar 1384 to 17 Dec 1387.

Richard married Ankaret le Strange before 23 Aug 1383. Ankaret (daughter of John le Strange and Mary de Arundel) was born in 1361; died on 1 Jun 1413. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]