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Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster (16 January 1245 – 5 June 1296), also known as 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.
Apr 26, 2022 · About Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster. "Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (16 January 1245 – 5 June 1296), was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. In his childhood he had a claim on the Kingdom of Sicily.
Edmund’s nickname “Crouchback” (meaning “Crossback,” or crusader) was misinterpreted, probably intentionally, by his direct descendant, King Henry IV, who, in claiming the throne (1399), asserted that Edmund had really been Henry III’s eldest son but had been disinherited as a hunchback.
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Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster. After the defeat and death of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, Edmund's father created him Earl of Leicester and Lancaster. He was further granted the lordship of Builth Wells, a title taken from Llywelyn the Last of Gwynedd.
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The monument
Edmund has a large monument with his effigy in mail armour with crossed legs. His long surcoat has traces of the arms of the earldom, the head is supported by two angels and his feet rest on a lion. Traces of flesh coloured paint can be seen around his face. Traces of paint under his foot show that the tomb slab was painted green and his surcoat was red. On the edge of the slab on which the effigy lies is the remains of an inscription which can be translated "Here lies Edmund...". The monumen...
His life
Edmund was born in London on 16th January 1245, second son of Henry III and his queen Eleanor of Provence. His brother became Edward I. He was created Earl of Leicester and in 1267 Earl of Lancaster. Pope Innocent IV in 1252 nominated him as King of Sicily but he never took possession of that kingdom. He left on crusade to the Holy Land in 1271 and his nickname of Crouchback (or cross back) probably originated from the surcoat with a cross on the back worn by Crusaders. After Aveline's death...
The monument
Her monument, which seems to have been erected about twenty years after her death, is separated from Edmund's by that of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. It was probably not erected until after her mother's death when Edward I acquired the vast de Forz estates. Her recumbent effigy is dressed in a long mantle and she wears a close coif and wimple. Her head is supported by two angels and two small dogs (denoting loyalty) lie at her feet. The tomb is possibly by one of the same sculptors who...
Her life
Aveline was the daughter and heiress of William de Forz, Count of Aumale in Normandy, Lord of Holderness in Yorkshire and of much land elsewhere in the north of England. On her mother's side she was heiress presumptive to the Earldom of Devon and Lordship of the Isle of Wight. She died childless in 1274. It is now thought she may be buried under a slab with Cosmati work in St Edward the Confessor's chapel but the inscription is mostly obscured by Henry V's chantry. This is the northern slab w...
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 "Alexander of Abingdon" by M.J.H. Liversidge in Abingdon Essays, Studies in Local History, 1989. "A study of the materials and techniques of...the tomb of Aveline, Countess of Lancaster..." by Sarah Houlbrooke, Courtauld Institute of Art 2004. Publication with same title in The Conservator vol. 29 2005-6...
Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, was the first royal to marry in the new Abbey in 1269. He and his wife Aveline de Forz have elaborate tombs with effigies, angels, weepers and shields of arms.
Feb 25, 2015 · Learn about the life and achievements of Edmund Crouchback, the fourth son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence, and the brother of Edward I. Find out how he fought in the Barons’ War, the Crusades, and the Welsh campaigns, and how he brokered a peace with France.
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Jan 6, 2018 · Edmund Crouchback was the younger brother of Edward I and a potential claimant to the Sicilian throne. He became Earl of Leicester and Lancaster, but his ambitions were thwarted by his mother, his wife and his brother's heir.
