Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEdmund (Crouchback) Earl Of Leister & Lancaster, 22G Grandfather
Birth16 Jan 1245, London, Middlesex, England
Death5 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Aquitaine
Burial15 Jul 1296, Westminster Abbey, London, England
FatherHenry III King Of England (1207-1272)
MotherEleanor Of Provence Queen of England (~1223-1291)
Spouses
1Blanche Of Artois, 22G Grandmother
Birth1248
Death2 May 1302, Paris, France
BurialMinoresses Convent, Aldgate, London
FatherRobert I Count Of Artois (1216-1250)
MotherMatilda Of Brabant (1224-1288)
Marriagebef 3 Feb 1276, Paris, France
ChildrenHenry (1281-1345)
Notes for Edmund (Crouchback) Earl Of Leister & Lancaster
Crouchback is by some thought to mean cross-back which means he was entitled to wear a cross stictched into the back of his garments. He participated in the Ninth Crusade to Palestine led by his brother Prince Edward later King Edward I.
In 1253 he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sicily and Apulia, at about this time he was also made Earl of Chester. These were of little value as the real King of Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was transfered to his elder brother Edward. He soon obtained, however, both possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort by the King of the Earldom of Leicester and also the honour of the Stewardship of England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave. CP,vol.VII,pp.378-387,pp.547.
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In 1253 he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sicily and Apulia, at about this time he was also made Earl of Chester. These were of little value as the real King of Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was transfered to his elder brother Edward. He soon obtained, however, both possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort by the King of the Earldom of Leicester and also the honour of the Stewardship of England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave. CP,vol.VII,pp.378-387,pp.547.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Crouchback
Notes for Blanche Of Artois (Spouse 1)
First Husband was Henry I King of Navarre
Second husband was Edmund Couchback
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Second husband was Edmund Couchback
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Artois