Edward III PLANTAGENET, King Of England

1312 - 1377  (64 years)

• Name	Edward III PLANTAGENET
  Suffix	King Of England
  Birth	13 Nov 1312	Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Crowned	29 Jan 1327	London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Occupation	9 Feb 1327	at age 14, after his father was deposed by his mother and her lover Roger Mortimer   [1]
  	Coronation
  MilitaryService	1340  [1]
  	Battle of Sluys: Edward Present At Battle; French Fleet Destroyed
  MilitaryService	Oct 1346  [1]
  	Battle of Nevilles Cross: Won Captured David II
  Affiliation	1348	England   [1]
  	The Most Noble Order of the Garter (Founder)
  FamilySearch ID	93RN-C7J
  Occupation	[1]
  	King of England
  _UID	8CDCCFBDCE494B7BB7E08AD47E4BC391E3C3
  Death	21 Jun 1377	Sheen (Now Richmond)
  Person ID	I29117	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	King Edward II PLANTAGENET, King Of England,   b. 25 Apr 1284, Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Isabella Of FRANCE,   b. 1292, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France d. 22 Aug 1358, Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1307	Bologne, Champagne, France
  Family ID	F12761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen Philipa De HAINAULT,   b. 24 Jun 1313, Mons, Hainault, France d. 15 Aug 1369, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Oct 1327
  Children	1. Edward "The Black Prince" PLANTAGENET   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Isabel Of WOODSTOCK, Countess Of Bedford And Soissons,   b. 16 Jun 1332, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England d. Abt 1379 (Age 46 years)   3. William, Of England,   b. 16 Feb 1337, Hatfield, Yorkshire, England, d. 1337, Hatfield, Yorkshire, England,   4. Lionel PLANTAGENET, Duke Of Clarence,   b. 29 Nov 1338, Antwerp, Brabant, Belgium d. 17 Oct 1368, Alba, Piedmont, Italy (Age 29 years)   5. John "Of Gaunt" OF GAUNT, Prince Of England,   b. 6 Mar 1340, Gent, East Flanders, Belgium d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England (Age 58 years)   6. Sir Edmund Duke Of LANGLEY, 1st Duke of York,   b. 5 Jun 1341, King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England d. 1 Aug 1401, King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England (Age 60 years)   7. Blanche, of the Tower,   b. Mar 1342, Tower of London, Middlesex, England, d. Mar 1342, Tower of London, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Mary OF WALTHAM, Duchess Of Brittany,   b. 10 Oct 1344, Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England, d. Mar 1362 (Age 17 years)   9. John DE GAUNT,   b. 1346, Gaunt France d. Yes, date unknown   10. Margaret OF WINDSOR, Countess of Pembroke,   b. 20 Jul 1346, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. Between 1 Oct 1361 and 25 Dec 1361, Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England (Age 15 years)   11. Thomas OF WINDSOR,   b. 1347, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England d. Sep 1348 (Age 1 year)   12. William, of Winsdor,   b. Bef 24 Jun 1348, , Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England d. Bef 5 Sep 1348, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 0 years)   13. Thomas OF WOODSTOCK, 1st Duke of Gloucester,   b. 7 Jan 1355, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d. 9 Sep 1397, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F12765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2022

  
  

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  		King Edward III of England

  
  

• Notes

  Edward III (1312-1377), king of England (1327-1377), who initiated the long, drawn-out struggle with France called the Hundred Years' War. Edward was born at Windsor on November 13, 1312, the elder son of King Edward II, of the house of Plantagenet. Involved by his mother, Isabella of France, in her intrigues against his father, he was proclaimed king after the latter was forced to abdicate in 1327. During Edward's minority, England was nominally ruled by a council of regency, but the actual power was in the hands of Isabella and her paramour, Roger de Mortimer. In 1330, however, the young king staged a palace coup and took the power into his own hands. He had Mortimer hanged and confined his mother to her home. Edward began a series of wars almost directly after he had control of England. Taking advantage of civil war in Scotland in 1333, he invaded the country, defeated the Scots at Halidon Hill, England, and restored Edward de Baliol to the throne of Scotland. Baliol, however, was soon deposed, and later attempts by Edward to establish him permanently as king of Scotland were unsuccessful. In 1337 France came to the aid of Scotland. This action was the culminating point in a series of disagreements between France and England, and Edward declared war on Philip VI of France. In 1340 the English fleet destroyed a larger French fleet off Sluis, the Netherlands. The action resulted in a truce that, although occasionally disturbed, lasted for six years. War broke out again in 1346. Edward, accompanied by his eldest son, Edward the Black Prince, invaded Normandy (Normandie) and won a great victory over France in the Battle of Crécy. He captured Calais in 1347, and a truce was reestablished. Edward returned to England, where he maintained one of the most magnificent courts in Europe. The war with France was renewed in 1355, and again the English armies were successful. The Peace of Calais, in 1360, gave England all of Aquitaine, and Edward in return renounced his claim, first made in 1328, to the French throne. Edward continued to assert his will both domestically and abroad. In 1363 he concluded an agreement with his brother-in-law, David II of Scotland, uniting the two kingdoms in the event of David's death without male issue. Three years later Edward repudiated the papacy's feudal supremacy over England, held in fief since 1213. He renewed his war with France, disavowing the Peace of Calais. This time, however, the English armies were unsuccessful. After the truce of 1375, Edward retained few of his previously vast possessions in France. The king had, by this time, become senile. He was completely in the power of an avaricious mistress, Alice Perrers, who, along with his fourth son, John of Gaunt, dominated England. Perrers was banished by Parliament in 1376, and Edward himself died at Sheen (now Richmond) on June 21, 1377. He was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 11 Dec 2022), entry for Edward III PLANTAGENET, person ID 93RN-C7J. (Reliability: 3).