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Edmund Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Lancaster and Leicester (16 Jan 1245 – 5 Jun 1296)Edmund CrouchbackKing of SicilyEarl of LeicesterEarl of LancasterCount of AumaleEdmund Crouchback was born 16 January 1245, and was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England of the House of Plantagenet and Queen Eleanor of Provence (Eleanore Berenger). Edmund was born in London. He was a younger brother of Edward I of England, Margaret of England, and Beatrice of England, and an older brother of Katherine of Englan...
In his childhood he had a claim on the Kingdom of Sicily, but he never ruled there. In 1255 (at the age of 10) he was invested ruler of the Kingdom of Sicily and Apulia by the Bishop of Romania, on behalf of Pope Innocent IV. In return his father undertook to pay the papacy 135,541 marks and fight a war to dislodge Manfred of Sicily from the kingdo...
m.1 8 April 1269 Aveline de Forz dau of William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle and Isabel de Reviers, Countess of Aumale (also known as Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Devon). She died just 4 years after the marriage at 15, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. The couple had no children, though some sources believe she died in childbirth or short...
In 1271 he accompanied his elder brother Edward on the Ninth Crusade to Palestine. Some historians, including the authors of the Encyclopædia Britannica article on him, state that it was because of this that he received the nickname Crouchback (which means "cross back") indicating that he was entitled to wear a cross stitched into the back of his g...
He married (2nd) in Paris, on 3 February 1276 to Blanche of Artois, widow of Enrique (or Henri) I, King of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie, and daughter of Robert I of Artois and Matilda of Brabant.
With Blanche he had three children: 1. Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, (born 1278, executed 22 March 1322) 2. Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster(born 1281, died 22 September 1345) 3. John of Lancaster, seigneur of Beaufort (present day Montmorency, Aube, arrond. d’Arcis-sur-Aube, canton de Chavanges) and Nogent-l’Artaud (Aisne, arrond. de Château-Thierry,...
Between 1276 and 1284 he was also Count of Champagne and Brie, governing those counties in right of his second wife, Blanche of Artois, until her daughter from a previous marriage came of age. His nickname, "Crouchback" (meaning "crossed -back"), refers to his participation in the Ninth Crusade. Edmund's duty to the church included the foundation o...
He died 5 June 1296 Edmund died besieging Bordeaux for his brother on 5 June 1296 in Bayonne, and was interred on 15 July 1296 at Westminster Abbey. Additional note. (Royal Tombs of Medieval England) Edmund was buried first in the Minories church near Aldgate, London, a Franciscan nunnery founded by the earl and his second wife, Blanche of Champagn...
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Edmund “Crouchback” Plantagenet. English Royalty. Born in London, the fourth child and second son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. In January 1254, he was invested as King Edmund of Sicily in direct conflict with Conrad IV of Germany who also claimed the title.
Edmund 'Crouchback' 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.
Feb 25, 2015 · Edmund Crouchback, Edward I’s Loyal Brother. 25/02/201516/01/2022 Sharon Bennett Connolly. Arms of Edmund Crouchback. The fourth child and second son of Henry III and his Queen, Eleanor of Provence, and named to honour the Old English royal saint, Edmund was born in London on 16th January 1245.
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