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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.
- 24 March 1301, Westminster Abbey
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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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Apr 26, 2022 · "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 of Lancaster died at the age of fifty-one, on 5 June 1296 in Bayonne, during the siege of Bordeaux. His body remained in France six months before being returned to England when it was interred at Westminster Abbey on 24 March 1301, where his recumbent effigy, can still be seen, next to the tomb of his brother Edward I.
Crouchback was employed actively in England, Wales and France by his brother Edward. He died at Bayonne on 5th June 1296 during the siege of Bordeaux. His body was embalmed and kept at the church of the Friars Minor there for six months before being returned to England.
Feb 25, 2015 · By September the war was over, Edmund disbanded his army on the 20th – leaving a small contingent to garrison the castle – and returned to England. As a loyal and loving brother, in 1290 Edmund was involved in organising the funeral arrangements for his sister-in-law, Eleanor of Castile.
At the time of his death, Edmund was the Lieutenant of Aquitaine and was conducting a siege of Bordeaux, the capital of Aquitaine, which the French had occupied. He fell ill during the siege and died on June 5, 1296, at the age of 51.
