Edward III (Plantagenet), King of England

1312 - 1377  (64 years)

• Name	Edward III (Plantagenet)  [1, 2]
  Suffix	King of England
  Born	13 Nov. 1312	Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	7 Jan. 1327  [2]
  	King of England
  Coronation	1 Feb. 1327	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Regnal Name	Edward III  [2]
  Died	21 June 1377	Palace of Sheen, Sheen, Richmond, Surrey, England   [4]
  Buried	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [4]
  Person ID	I444	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	20 Aug. 2021

  
  

  Father	Edward II (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 25 April 1284, Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire, Wales ,   d. 21 Sept. 1327, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Isabella (Capet), of France,   b. 1292,   d. 22 Aug. 1358, Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 66 years)
  Married	28 Jan. 1308	Boulogne, France   [2]
  Family ID	F278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philippa (Avesnes), of Hainault,   d. 15 Aug. 1369, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Papal dispensation	30 Aug. 1327  [5]
  Married by Proxy	28 Oct. 1327	Valenciennes, France   [5]
  Married	24 Jan. 1328	York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Edward (Plantagenet), The Black Prince, Prince of Wales,   b. 15 June 1330, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 8 June 1376, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 45 years) + 2. Isabel (Plantagenet),   b. 1332,   d. 1382  (Age 50 years)   3. Joan (Plantagenet),   b. 1335,   d. 2 Sept. 1348  (Age 13 years)   4. William (Plantagenet), of Hatfield,   b. 1336 + 5. Lionel (Plantagenet), of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence,   b. 29 Nov. 1338,   d. 17 Oct. 1368  (Age 29 years) + 6. John (Plantagenet), of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster,   b. March 1340, St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium ,   d. 3 Feb. 1398/99, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 58 years) + 7. Edmund (Plantagenet), of Langley, 1st Duke of York,   b. 5 June 1341, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 1 Aug. 1402, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 61 years)   8. Blanche (Plantagenet),   b. 1342   9. Mary (Plantagenet),   b. 10 Oct. 1344,   d. 1362  (Age 17 years)   10. Margaret (Plantagenet),   b. 20 July 1346,   d. 1361  (Age 14 years) + 11. Thomas (Plantagenet), of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester,   b. 7 Jan. 1355/56,   d. 8 Sept. 1397, Calais, France  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	20 Aug. 2021
  Family ID	F228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry		Arms of Plantagenet quartering France Ancient: Royal Arms of England (1340–c.1400) "England was borne alone until 1340, when Edward III, adopting the new practice of quartering, took the arms of France, Azure, semé-de-lis or, termed France Ancient, and bore Quarterly France Ancient and England." Source: Boutell's Heraldry, rev. J. P. Brooke-Little (1970), p. 207.
  		Arms of Plantagenet: Royal Arms of England (c.1198–1340, 1360–9) "In 1198 (and perhaps rather earlier) [Richard I's] arms were Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. This coat is referred to briefly as England. It was borne by all the later Plantagenet kings. England was borne alone until 1340." Source: Boutell's Heraldry, rev. J. P. Brooke-Little (1970), p. 207.

  
  

• Sources

  [S116] Medieval Lands, Charles Cawley, (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), British Isles, England Kings post-1066, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm. "The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbrook records the birth "die sancti Bricii confessoris apud Wyndesore" 1312 of "ex Isabella regina...tercius Edwardus." The Continuatio of the Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis records the birth "circa Natale Domini" in 1312 of "Eduardo regi Angliæ ex conjuge Izabella...filius...Eduardus."" Citing Chronicon Galfridi le Baker, page 6; Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France XX, Continuatio Chronici Guillelmi de Nangiaco, page 607. [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page liii. [S116] Medieval Lands, Charles Cawley, (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), British Isles, England Kings post-1066, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm. Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbrook records the coronation 1 Feb, 1327 from the context, "apud Westmonasterium" of "Edwardum Edwardi primogenitum quindecim circiter annorum adolescentem." Citing Chronicon Galfridi le Baker, page 34. [S116] Medieval Lands, Charles Cawley, (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), British Isles, England Kings post-1066, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm. "A contemporary memorandum records the death 21 Jun 1377 "in manerio suo de Shene" of "dominus Edwardus [rege Angliæ et Franciæ]." The Annals of Bermondsey record the death "1377…21 Jun" of "rex Edwardus tertius" and his burial "apud Westmonasterium."" Citing Rymer (1740), Tome III, Pars III, page 60; Annales de Bermundeseia, page 479. [S116] Medieval Lands, Charles Cawley, (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), British Isles, England Kings post-1066, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm.