Edward Longshanks (Edward I)(1272 - 1307)

Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306, he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly referred to as the Lord Edward. The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the political intrigues of his father's reign. In 1259, he briefly sided with a baronial reform movement, supporting the Provisions of Oxford. After reconciliation with his father, he remained loyal throughout the subsequent armed conflict, known as the Second Barons' War. After the Battle of Lewes, Edward was held hostage by the rebellious barons, but escaped after a few months and defeated the baronial leader Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Within two years the rebellion was extinguished and, with England pacified, Edward left to join the Ninth Crusade to the Holy Land in 1270. He was on his way home in 1272 when he was informed of his father's death. Making a slow return, he reached England in 1274 and was crowned at Westminster Abbey.

King of England
Reign: 20 November 1272 - 7 July 1307
Coronation: 19 August 1274
Predecessor: Henry III
Successor: Edward II

Born: 17/18 June 1239
Palace of Westminster,
London, England
Died: 7 July 1307 (aged 68)
Burgh by Sands, Cumberland,
England
Burial: 27 October 1307
Westminster Abbey, London,
England
Spouse: Eleanor of Castile (m. 1254; died 1290)
Margaret of France (m. 1299)
Issue: Katherine of England.
Joan of England.
John of England.
Henry of England.
Eleanor, Countess of Bar.
Joan, Countess of Hertford.
Alphonso, Earl of Chester.
Margaret, Duchess of Brabant.
Berengaria of England.
Mary of Woodstock.
Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford.
Edward II, King of England.
Thomas, 1st Earl of Norfolk.
Edmund, 1st Earl of Kent.
Eleanor of England.
House: Plantagenet
Father: Henry III, King of England
Mother: Eleanor of Provence
__________________________________
Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 28 November 1290) was Queen of England as the first wife of Edward I. She was well educated at the Castilian court. She also ruled as Countess of Ponthieu in her own right (suo jure) from 1279. After intense diplomatic manoevres to secure her marriage to affirm English sovereignty over Gascony, she was married to Prince Edward at the monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos, on 1 November 1254, at 13. She is believed to have had a child not long after.

Queen Consort of England
Tenure: 20 November 1272 - 28 November 1290
Coronation: 19 August 1274

Countess of Ponthieu
Reign: 16 March 1279 - 28 November 1290
Predecessor: Joan
Successor: Edward II
Alongside: Edward I

Born: 1241
           Burgos, Castile
Died: 28 November 1290 (aged 48-49)
           Harby, Nottinghamshire,
           England
Burial: 17 December 1290
              Westminster Abbey, London
              England
Spouse: Edward I of England (m. 1254)
Issue: Katherine of England.
            Joan of England.
            John of England.
            Henry of England.
            Eleanor, Countess of Bar.
            Joan, Countess of Hertford.
            Alphonso, Earl of Chester.
            Margaret, Duchess of Brabant.
            Berengaria of England.
            Mary of Woodstock.
            Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford.
            Edward II, King of England.
House: Ivrea
Father: Ferdinand III of Castile
Mother: Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
Religion: Roman Catholicism
__________________________________
Margaret of France (c. 1279 – 14 February 1318) was Queen of England as the second wife of King Edward I. She was a daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant.

Queen Consort of England
Tenure: 8 September 1299 - 7 July 1307

Born: c. 1279
            Paris, France
Died: 14 February 1318 (aged 38-39)
           Marlborough Castle,
           Wiltshire, England
Burial: Christ Church Greyfriars,
             Newgate, England
Spouse: Edward I of England
               (m. 1299; died 1307)
Issue: Thomas, 1st Earl of Norfolk.
            Edmund, 1st Earl of Kent.
            Eleanor of England.
House: Capet
Father: Philip III of France
Mother: Maria of Brabant
__________________________________

Comment