ENGLAND, Prince Edmund^[1]

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• Name	ENGLAND, Edmund
  Prefix	Prince
  Nickname	"Crouchback"
  Birth	16 Jan 1244	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jun 1296	Bayonne, Pyrennes, France
  Burial	15 Jul 1296	Westminster, Middlesex, England
  WAC	1 Mar 1933	ARIZO
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  Father	ENGLAND, King Henry III ,   b. 1 Oct 1206, Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester, Hampshire, Englandd. 16 Nov 1272, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 66 years)
  Mother	ENGLAND, Eleonore ,   b. Abt 1219, Aix, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France Aix, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Franced. 25 Jun 1291, Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1236	Canterbury, Kent, England
  Family ID	F16602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	FORTIBUS, Aveline de ,   b. 20 Jan 1258/20 Jan 1259, , Burstwick, Yorkshire, England Burstwick, Yorkshire, Englandd. 10 Nov 1274, Stockwell, Surrey, England (Age 15 years)
  Marriage	Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F23152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	ARTIOS, Queen Blanche d' ,   b. 1248, Arras, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France Arras, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, Franced. 2 May 1302, Paris, Seine, France (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	Bef 29 Oct 1275	Paris, France
  Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
  1. PLANTAGENET, Earl Thomas ,   b. 22 Mar 1278, Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, England Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Englandd. 22 Mar 1322, Pontefract, North Yorkshire, England (Age 44 years)   2. PLANTAGENET, John ,   b. Bef May 1286, Monmouth, Gloucestershire, England Monmouth, Gloucestershire, Englandd. Bef 1327, France (Age < 40 years)   3. PLANTAGENET, Mary ,   b. Abt 1288, Monmouth, Gloucestershire, England Monmouth, Gloucestershire, Englandd. Abt 1295, France (Age 7 years) + 4. PLANTAGENET, Earl Henry I ,   b. 1281, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Lancaster, Lancashire, Englandd. 22 Sep 1345, Leicestershire, England (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F18719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  (Proofed) DEATH PLACE, Bayonne, Pyrennes-Atlantiques, France MARR PLACE Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England Sources: 1. Plantagenet Ancestry 2. Dictionary of National Biography 3. Heritage in Wales Places to see: 1. Grosmont Castle, Grosmont, on B4347, 10 miles NW of Monwouth, 9 miles NE of Abergavenny, Gwent, Wales. The castle passed from Henry III to his son Edmund "Crouchback." It was a favorite residence of his son Henry of Lancaster, and his grandson Henry of Grosmont who was born in the castle. 2. Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly, Dyfed, Wales. The Duke of Lancaster inherited the castle after his marriage to the heiress of the Chaworth family. He did much of the remodeling including the residential gatehouse located on the south side of the outer ward. 3. Ogmore Castle, 2-1/2 miles southwest of Bridgend, on B4524, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. The castle passed to the Duke of Lancaster after his marriage to the heiress of Chaworth. EDMUND "Crouchback", King of Sicily (GEOFFREY 1, GEOFFREY 2, FULK 3, FULK 4, GEOFFREY 5, HENRY 6, JOHN 7, HENRY 8) b. 16 Jan. 1244/5 London m.1. 8 Apr. 1269, Lady Aveline de Forz, d.s.p. 2. 3 Feb. 1276 Paris, BLANCHE of Artois (m.1. Enrique, King of Navarre, d. 2 May 1302 Paris), d. of Robert, Comte d'Artois and Maud of Brabant d. 5 June 1295 Bayonne, Aquitaine bur. 15 July 1296 Westminster Abbey Edmund "Crouchback" was made King of Sicily. by Pope Innocent IV in 1253, however, Conrad IV of Germany was in reality the King of Sicily. He was also made Earl of Chester at this time, however, this was transferred to his brother Edward. After the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort, the Earl of Leicester, in 1265, Edmund was granted the earldoms of Leicester and Lancaster as well as the Stewardshire of England and the lands of Nicholas de Segrave. By 1267 he held the lorship of Builth Wells, Skenfrith, Grosmont, White Castle and Monmouth and was also Sheriff of Lancashire. In 1271 Edmund and his brother Edward participated in the Ninth Crusade and this is how he received his nickname "Crouchback" or "Crossback" as he was entitled to wear a cross on his back as a crusader. After returning from the Crusade he spent most of his time at Grosmont Castle. Edmund died while besieging Bordeaux in June 1296 and died in Bayonne on 5 June. Issue- • I. Thomas- m. Alice de Lacy, executed 22 Mar. 1321/2 Pontefract • II. HENRY- b. 1281, m. 1298 MAUD De CHAWORTH (living in 1345), d. 22 Sept. 1345 • III. John- Lord of Beaufort • IV. Mary- d.c.1289 Ref: New Complete Peerage- Vol. VII, pp. 378-87 "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants"- Vol.II, p.286 Edmund soon obtained, however, important possessions and dignities, for soon after the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester on 25 October 1265, Edmund received the Earldom of Leicester[2] and later that of Lancaster. He was granted the honour of the Stewardship of England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave. He also acquired the titles and estates of Lord Ferrers, that included the earldom of Derby, and the Honour of Hinckley Castle. In 1267 he was granted the lordship of Builth Wells in opposition to the then holder, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (the last prince of an independent Wales). To help him conquer the land he was also granted his elder brother's lordships of the Trilateral of Skenfrith, Grosmont and White Castle together with Monmouth. After the civil war in 1267, he was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire. Henry III created his second son Earl of Leicester in 1267, granting the honour and privileges of that city. The following year, he was made Constable of Leicester Castle, a royal possession in the king's name. By now Crouchback had a reputation for being a ruthless and ferocious warrior, but he was not in England fighting de Montfort.[4] 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 garments. Edmund remained loyal to his brother, Edward I, who confirmed the Charter grants of 1265, 1267, and 1268-9, in a document of Inspeximus in 1284, and by parliament in the Great Charter of Leicester.[5] He fequently acted as an ambassador abroad. In 1291, he was sent as Governor of Ponthieu, on behalf of his second wife, Blanche of Artois. On his return from the Crusade of 1271-2 he seems to have made Grosmont Castle his favoured home and undertook much rebuilding there. His son Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster was apparently born there in 1281. Edmund's duty to the church included the foundation of the Nuns of Clara, Minories, at St Aldate's. In 1291, his estate paid for the establishment for the Chapel of Savoy, in memory of his mother, at St Clement Danes. Filial piety was part of the chivalric code of an honourable knight. He was a generous benefactor to the monastery of Grace Dieu in Leicestershire, and the nuns at Tarrant Crawford. He also helped establish a major Grey friars monastery at Preston in the duchy of Lancaster. In 1281 he supervised the construction of Aberystwyth Castle for King Edward I to subjugate the Welsh. The next year he accompanied Roger Mortimer on campaign against Llywelyn, defeating and capturing the prince. He took an army to Bordeaux for his brother. Amongst the nobles[6] was the Earl of Lincoln and 26 banneret knights. During the siege of Bayonne the English ran out of money, so the army melted into the countryside. Broken-hearted the warrior-prince Edmund Crouchback died on 5 June. His body was carried to England and was interred on 15 July 1296 at Westminster Abbey, London

  
  

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  [S20] State of California - Department of Health, California, Los Angeles, ; Certified Abstract of Birth - 1977 - Larson, Tricia D, (Tricia D Larson certified abstract of birth, state file no. 19-0732955, local registration district no. O102898).