Princess Elizabeth (Isabel) Plantagenet
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Aug 1282 - Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales
Christening:
Death: 5 May 1316 - Quendon, Essex, England
Burial: 23 May 1316 - Walden Abbey, Essex, England
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Parents
Father: Edward I (Longshanks) , King of England (1239-1307)
Mother: Eleanor of Castile (1244-1290)
Spouses and Children
1. *John I of Holland (1281 - 10 Nov 1299)
Marriage: 18 Jan 1297 - Priory Church, Suffolk, England
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2. Humphrey de Bohun , 5th Earl of Hereford (1276 - 16 Mar 1321)
Marriage: 14 Nov 1302 - Westminster Abbey, London, England
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Children:
1. Eleanor de Bohun (1363- )
Dutchess Elizabeth of Lancaster Plantagenet
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1364 - Burford, Shropshire, England
Christening:
Death: 24 Nov 1425 - Burford Church, Shropshire, England
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Duke John of Gaunt Plantagenet (1340-1399)
Mother: Blanche of Lancaster Plantagenet (1345-1369)
Spouses and Children
1. *John Holland (1358 - 9 Jan 1399)
Marriage: 24 Jun 1386 - Plymouth, Devon, England
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Princess Elizabeth of York Plantagenet
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Feb 1466 - Westminster Palace, London, England
Christening:
Death: 11 Feb 1503 - Tower of London, London, England
Burial: in Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, England
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: King Edward IV Plantagenet , King of England (1442-1483)
Mother: Queen Elizabeth Woodville ,Consort (1437-1492)
Spouses and Children
1. *King Henry VII Tudor , King of England (28 Jan 1457 - 21 Apr 1509)
Marriage: 18 Jan 1486
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Children:
1. King Henry VIII Tudor , King of England (1491-1547)
2. Margaret Tudor ( -1541)
3. Arthur , Prince of Wales (1486-1502)
4. Elizabeth Tudor (1492-1495)
5. Mary Tudor Queen Consort of France (1496-1533)
6. Edmund Tudor Duke of Somerset (1499-1500)
7. Edward Tudor ( - )
8. Katherine Tudor (1503-1503)
Notes
General:
Elizabeth of York (February 11, 1466-February 11, 1503) was the Queen consort of King Henry VII of England, who she married in 1486, and the mother of King Henry VIII.
She was born at Westminster, the eldest child of King Edward IV and his own Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville (who both had children from earlier relationships). Following her father's death and the accession to the throne of his brother Richard III, scurrilous rumors circulated that Richard intended to marry her as soon as his wife, the ailing Anne Neville, was dead. There is no surviving evidence for such a plan, although Sir George Buck later claimed to have uncovered a letter from Elizabeth (now lost), which showed she was party to it. It has been suggested that the rumors were started by Elizabeth's mother Elizabeth Woodville as part of her campaign to put her daughter on the throne; if Richard had been able to obtain a dispensation from the church to marry his niece, it would have prevented her marrying the chief threat to his throne, Henry Tudor.
Elizabeth Woodville arranged to marry her daughter to Tudor if he could overthrow King Richard, which he did at the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485, becoming King Henry VII. But he was in no hurry to marry Elizabeth of York, although he had publicly taken a sacred oath to do so before he had left France to invade England. On October 30, Henry was crowned, but still delayed his wedding. Finally Parliament itself, on behalf of the people, petitioned him to carry out his promise, and on January 18, 1486, the marriage took place. It was not until November 25, 1487, more than a year after their first child, Arthur, was born on September 20, 1486, that Elizabeth was crowned queen.
It was a relatively successful marriage, all things considered. They had seven (or possibly eight, but only seven are shown in the commemorative picture painted in about 1509) children:
Arthur, Prince of Wales (September 20, 1486 - April 2, 1502).
Margaret Tudor (November 28, 1489 - October 18, 1541).
Henry VIII of England (June 28, 1491 - January 28, 1547).
Elizabeth Tudor (July 2, 1492 - September 14, 1495).
Mary Tudor (March 18, 1496 - June 25, 1533).
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (February 21, 1499 - June 19, 1500).
Edward Tudor. Unknown dates of birth and death. Suspected to be a mistaken name for Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset.
Katherine Tudor (February 2, 1503 - February 2, 1503).
The eldest son and heir to the throne, Arthur, Prince of Wales, died after marrying Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. This seems to have been the motive for Elizabeth to become pregnant the last time, in order to strengthen the succession. Elizabeth died, on her 37th birthday, a few days after giving birth to her last child, Katherine Tudor, who also died. Although Henry VII was known to be a very thrifty person, he threw his wife a splendid funeral. She is buried in Westminster Abbey in the Lady Chapel. Later, her husband Henry was buried beside her.
Elizabeth of York is the only English Queen to have been a wife, daughter, sister, niece and mother to an English King. Elizabeth is also the basis for the picture of queens in a deck of cards.
Her second son Henry followed his father as king, her eldest daughter Margaret married James IV of Scotland, and her youngest child Mary married Louis XII of France.
Elizabeth of York never recovered from the birth, her eighth pregnancy. Still in grief by the unexpected death of her oldest son, Arthur, Prince of Wales shortly before she became pregnant with Katherine, and grieving also for Katherine, Elizabeth died of an post-pregnancy infection on 11 February 1503, her thirty-seventh birthday.
Ellen Plantagenet
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Unknown
Christening:
Death: Unknown
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hamelin Plantagenet , Earl of Warren (1129-1202)
Mother: Isabel de Warren (Abt 1136-1203)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sir William Fitzwilliam Knt. (Unknown - Unknown)
Marriage: Unknown
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Children:
1. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam Knt. ( -1244)
Emma Plantagenet
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Unknown
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Death: Unknown
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Geoffrey V the Fair Plantagenet , Count of Anjou and Maine (1113-1151)
Mother:
Geoffrey Plantagenet , Duke of Brittany
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Sep 1158
Christening:
Death: 19 Aug 1186 - Paris, France
Burial:
Cause of Death: Trampled to death by his horse.
Parents
Father: King Henry II "Curtmantle" Plantagenet (1133-1189)
Mother: Eleanor (Alienore) Duchess of Aquitaine (Abt 1122-1204)
Spouses and Children
1. *Duchess Constance of Brittany (1161 - 5 Sep 1201)
Marriage: Jul 1181
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Children:
1. Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany" Plantagenet (1184-1241)
2. Arthur I Plantagenet , Duke of Brittany (1187-1203)
3. Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet (Abt 1185-Bef 1189)
Notes
General:
Geoffrey Plantagenet (September 23, 1158 - August 19, 1186) was Duke of Brittany between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage with the heiress Constance. Geoffrey was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
He was a younger maternal half-brother of Marie de Champagne and Alix of France. He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King, Matilda of England and Richard I of England. He was also an older brother of Leonora of Aquitaine, Joan of England and John of England.
King Henry, always anxious to enrich his sons at little cost to himself, arranged for Geoffrey to marry Constance, the heiress of Brittany. Geoffrey was invested with the duchy, and he and Constance were married in 1181. Geoffrey and Constance would have three children, one born posthumously:
Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1184-1241)
Maud of Brittany (1185-before May 1189)
Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187-1203)
Unsatisfied with his share of the vast Angevin empire, Geoffrey joined the Revolt of 1173-1174 alongside his brothers Young Henry and Richard and their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, against King Henry. The rebellion was quashed, the three brothers submitted to their father, and Queen Eleanor was imprisoned. In 1183 another conflict erupted between Young Henry and Richard when Richard refused to do homage to his elder brother. King Henry invited Young Henry to invade Aquitaine and subdue his brother Richard. Geoffrey allied with Young Henry, and they invaded Aquitaine from Gascony and Brittany. The mayhem got so out of control that King Henry was forced to intercede to try to stop his warring sons. Young Henry died suddenly that summer, which ended the war but not the quarreling between King Henry and his sons.
Geoffrey withdrew to Paris and the court of King Philip II of France, who became his friend and made him the suzerain of France, largely to annoy King Henry. According to Gerald of Wales, Geoffrey was "overflowing with words, soft as oil, possessed by his sweet and persuasive eloquence, to corrupt two kingdoms with his tongue; of tireless endeavor, a hypocrite in everything, a deceiver and a dissembler." Geoffrey was killed suddenly in Paris, stamped to death by his horse, after a fall during a tournament. He was buried in the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, and King Philip was so overcome with grief during the ceremony that he had be dragged away from Geoffrey's casket.
During his life, Geoffrey had been the presumptive heir of his older brother Richard, the Lion Heart, who remained single at the time. His premature death opened the way of John Lackland to the throne of England, which he occupied in 1199.
Geoffrey's widow Constance succeeded him and ruled Brittany until 1196, when she abdicated to their son Arthur. Arthur of Brittany fought his uncle, King John, for the throne and was subsequently murdered. Geoffrey's daughter Eleanor was imprisoned at Corfe and died in 1241, still a prisoner of the crown.
Research:
Everard, Judith. Charters of Duchess Constance of Brittany and her Family, 1171-1221, 1999
Reston, James. Warriors of God: Richard the Lion-Heart and Saladin in the Third Crusade, 2001
Geoffrey V the Fair Plantagenet , Count of Anjou and Maine
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Aug 1113
Christening:
Death: 7 Sep 1151 - Château-du-Loir, France
Burial: in St. Julian's Church, Le Mans, Anjou
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Fulk V the Younger of Anjou , Count of Anjou ( -1143)
Mother: Ermengard of Maine (Ermentrude) (Abt 1090-Abt 1126)
Spouses and Children
1. *Unknown
Children:
1. Emma Plantagenet ( - )
2. Mary of Shaftesbury Plantagenet , Abbess of Shaftesbury ( - )
2. Unknown
3. Adelaide of Angers (Unknown - Unknown)
Marriage: Unknown
Status:
Children:
1. Hamelin Plantagenet , Earl of Warren (1129-1202)
4. Matilda the Empress Queen (Feb 1102 - 10 Sep 1167)
Marriage: 22 May 1127 - Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou
Status:
Children:
1. King Henry II "Curtmantle" Plantagenet (1133-1189)
Notes
General:
Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 - September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called Le Bel ("The Fair") or "Geoffrey Plantagenet", was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings.
Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk, Count of Anjou and King-Consort of Jerusalem. Geoffrey's mother was Eremburge of La Flèche, heiress of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the sprig of broom (planta genista, in French) he wore in his hat as a badge. In 1127, at Le Mans, at the age of 15 he married Empress Maud, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England, by his first wife, Edith of Scotland and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, and their marriage was a stormy one, but she survived him.
The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. Chroniclers describe Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character. When King Henry I died in 1135, Maud at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Maud landed in England with 140 knights, where King Stephen besieged her at Arundel Castle. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Maud "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.
During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1444, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Maud conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year. Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Maud, should succeed him. At Château-du-Loir, Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151, still a young man. He was buried at St. Julien's in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Maud's children were:
Henry II of England (1133-1189)
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1134-1158)
William, Count of Poitou (1136-1164)
Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, (1181-1216) who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.
George of Clarence Plantagenet
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Oct 1449 - Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
Christening:
Death: 18 Feb 1478
Burial: in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England
Cause of Death: Executed - drowining in a butt of Madiera Wine
Spouses and Children
1. *Lady Isabel Neville (5 Sep 1451 - 22 Dec 1476)
Marriage: 11 Jul 1469 - Bath, Somerset, England
Status:
Children:
1. Anne Plantagenet (1470- )
2. Countess Margaret of Salisbury Plantagenet (1473-1541)
3. Edward Plantagenet (1474-1499)
4. Richard Plantagenet (1476- )
Notes
General:
Acceded: 29 June 1461
Charged with High Treason
George Plantagenet
"Executed; said to have drowned in a butt of Malmsey Wine as the method of his choice. The Madiera wine called "Duke of Clarence" is named after this event. Earl of Warwick, Earl of Salisbury." The Complete Peerage v. XIIpII, p394.
Says married at Church of Our Lady, Calais, France
"English nobleman who engaged in several major conspiracies against his brother King Edward IV (ruled 1461-70 and 1471-83). He was the youger son of Richard, duke of York (died 1460), whose struggle to gain power precipitated the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) between the houses of York and Lancaster."
Research:
1p. 155. "The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England edited by Antonia Fraser Published in 1975 by Book Club Associates."
2p. 152. "The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England edited by Antonia Fraser Published in 1975 by Book Club Associates."
Hamelin Plantagenet , Earl of Warren
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1129
Christening:
Death: 7 May 1202
Burial: in Chapter House, Lewes Priory, Sussex, England
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Geoffrey V the Fair Plantagenet , Count of Anjou and Maine (1113-1151)
Mother: Adelaide of Angers ( - )
Spouses and Children
1. *Isabel de Warren (Abt 1136 - 12 Jul 1203)
Marriage: Apr 1164
Status:
Children:
1. Ellen Plantagenet ( - )
2. William de Warren ( -1240)
Hamelin Plantagenet
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1155
Christening:
Death: Unknown
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Unknown
Children:
1. Ida Plantagenet (Abt 1175- )
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