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Count Geoffrey V "le Bon" - "The Handsome" Plantagenet - also known as: Count of Anjou - was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France and died on 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau, France and was buried in Mans, St. Julian's Church .
He was the son of Count Fouiques V of Anjou and Ermengarde Du Maine.
Count Geoffrey married Concubine Plantagent. Concubine was born about 1112 in Normandy, France. Then Count Geoffrey married Queen Matilda on 22 May 1128 in Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou. Queen Matilda was born in 1104 in Middlesex, England. She was the daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" of England and Princess Matilda of Scotland. She died on 10 Sep 1169 in Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen and was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France . Queen Matilda - - King Henry I, in 1127, when a new alliance was made at Rouen, bethrothed his daughter Maud (or Maltilda) to Goeffrey Plantagenet. She was the widow of Emperor Henry V., Emporer of the Roman Empire. She was known as "The Empress" of England. Count Geoffrey - was Count of Anjou Count of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine in 1129. Was the first to assume the name Plantagenet. Usually wore on his helmet a sprig of the broom and the French words for this (plante and genet) became the English name Plantagenet. From the first Geoffrey tried to profit by his amrriage and after the death of Henry I, laid the foundation for the conquest of Normandy.
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Hamelin Plantagenet - was born in 1130 in Normandy, France and died on 2 Apr 1202 in England .
He was the son of Count Geoffrey V "le Bon" - "The Handsome" Plantagenet and Concubine Plantagent.
Hamelin married Isabel de Warenne Apr 1164 in E. Surrey, England. Isabel was born in 1137 in Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Earl William de Warenne III and Adela Talvas. She died on 13 Jul 1199 in Lewes, Sussex, England and was buried in Chapter House, Lewes, Sussex, England . Hamelin - seems to have spent more time at his Yorkshire castle than any of the previous earls; he held the earldom for close on forty years, from 1163 until his death in 1202. It was this period that saw the construction of the great stone keep of the castle and its development as a place suitable for royalty - King John, nephew of Hamelin, did actually stay here in 1201. The cylindrical keep probably dates from around 1180, Hamelin seems to have ordered its construction to his own design, there being no other example of this type of keep anywhere in the country.
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King Henry II "Curtmantle" Plantagenet - was born on 5 Mar 1132 in Sarthe, France and died on 3 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France and was buried on 19 Dec 1154 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
He was the son of Count Geoffrey V "le Bon" - "The Handsome" Plantagenet.
King Henry married Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Queen Eleanor was born in 1123 in Chateau De Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine. She was the daughter of Duke Guillaume X of Aquitaine and Eleanor de Chatellerault. She died on 31 Mar 1204 in Poitiers, Poitou, Aquitaine . Queen Eleanor - In an age known largely for the exploits of kings, princes, dukes, and their warriors, Eleanor of Aquitaine stood out as one of the most remarkable of women. She was the wife and mother of kings and a dominant political force in the Europe of her time. When her fagther died in 1137 she inherited his domain, which was larger than that ruled by the king of France. The same year she married the heir to the French throne, who became King Louis Vii a month afterward. During their 15-year marriage, she exerted considerable influence upon the running of the country and even accompanied him on the Second Crusade from 1147 to 1149. His jealousy led to separation, and the marriage was annulled; but she regained possession of Aquitaine. In 1152 she married Henry Plantagenet, who became Henry Ii of England two years later. Together they had eight children, among whom were Richard I the Lion-Hearted and John, both of whom later became kings of England. This union brought together England, Aquitaine, Anjou, and Normandy under one rule. Two centuries later England's various French possessions became an underlying cause of the Hundred Years' War. After the revolt of her sons against Henry Ii, Eleanor was kept in semi-confinement from 1174 to 1189, when Henry died. She then became active in affairs of state under her son Richard I and, after his death without an heir in 1199, under John. She worked for peace between France and England and helped preserve John's French domains. Eleanor died on April 1, 1204, in the monastery at Fontevrault in Anjou. (Sources: - 1) Then King Henry married Rosamond de Clifford. Rosamond was born about 1136 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England. She was the daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret de Toni. She died about 1176 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England . King Henry - was King of England from 1154 to 1189. He succeeded Stephan after invading England in 1153 to promote his claim after Stephen elbowed Henry's mother. Matilda, from the throne. In 1164 Henry became involved in a quarrel with Thomas a Becket whom he had appointed archbishop of canterbury. The controversy ended in 1160 with Becket's murder by four of Henry's knights. From the beginning of his reign, Henry was involved in conflict with Louis Vii, King of France, and later with Louis's successor Philip Ii, over the French provinces that Henry claimed. A succession of rebellions against Henry, headed by his sons and furthered by Philip II and by Eleanor of Aquitane began in 1173 and continued until his death in 1189. During his mother's conflict with Stephen for the English throne he was brought to England. Stephen eventually recognized his claim, and Henry became king of England in 1154 after Stephen's death. Henry II held England and Normandy by his mother's right. From his father he inherited, as French fiefs, the important counties of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine. By his marriage with Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage with the French king Louis VII had been annulled, he acquired Poitou, Guyenne, and Gascony, so that he held most of the British Isles and about half of France. Henry II reestablished law and order after the anarchy of Stephen's reign. He improved the military service by permitting the barons to pay "shield money," or scutage, in place of serving in the army. With this he hired soldiers who would fight whenever and wherever he wished--an important means of maintaining control over the powerful nobles of the land. His greatest work was the reform of the law courts. He brought the Curia Regis (King's Court) into every part of England by sending learned judges on circuit through the land to administer the "king's justice." Thus gradually one system of law took the place of the many local customs that had been in use. He also established the grand jury. Now accusations could be brought by a body of representatives of the community against evildoers who were so powerful that no single individual dared accuse them. The petit jury, also called petty or trial jury, substituted the weighing of evidence and testimony by sworn men for the old superstitious trial by combat or by ordeal. Henry even attempted to bring churchmen who committed crimes under the jurisdiction of the king's courts, but the scandal caused by the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in the course of this quarrel forced him to give up this reform. Henry's last years were embittered by the rebellion of his sons, aided by Philip Augustus of France and by their mother, the unscrupulous Eleanor. The king--old, sick, and discouraged--had to consent to the terms demanded of him. When he saw the name of John, his favorite son, among those of his enemies, he exclaimed, "Now let all things go as they will; I care no more for myself, nor for the world." Two days later he died, muttering, "Shame, shame on a conquered king." He was succeeded by his son Richard I, called Richard the Lion-Hearted. After Richard's death, in 1199, John came to the throne. In 1151, Henry burned the town of Nottingham and Nottingham Castle. William Peveril, constable and grandson of the original builder, fled from the Castle to his monastery at Lenton disguised as a monk before going abroad. Henry Ii provided the wherewithal to repair the town and fortify the Castle more in keeping with a royal residence. Several new buildings were constructed including the 'King's bed chamber', a 'house for the King's falcons', and a great hall with aisles in the centre of the Middle Bailey which would hold parliaments and entertainments. At times Henry II held his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine in confinement at Nottingham Castle amongst other castles
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Jeffery de Warenne - was born about 1160 and died after 1199 .
He was the son of Hamelin Plantagenet and Isabel de Warenne.
Jeffery married Isabella of Lightfield. Isabella was born about 1160. Jeffery - - Earl of Surrey and Norfolk
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Earl William Plantagenet de Warenne - also known as: Warren - was born in 1166 in Surry, England and died on 27 May 1240 in London, England and was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England .
He was the son of Hamelin Plantagenet and Isabel de Warenne.
Earl William married Countess Maud Marshall. Countess Maud was born in 1190, lived in Pembroke, Wales. She was the daughter of Earl William Marshall and Isabel Fitzgilbert de Clare. She died on 27 Mar 1248 and was buried in Tintern Abbey, Chapel Hill, Monmouthshire, England . Countess Maud - Countess of Norfolk. Earl William - 5th Earl of Warren
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King John Lackland of England - was born on 24 Dec 1167 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England and died on 19 Oct 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England .
He was the son of King Henry II "Curtmantle" Plantagenet and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
King John married Queen Isabella of Angoulême Taillefer on 26 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Queen Isabella was born in 1188, lived in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. She was the daughter of William V Taillefer and Alex de Courrtenay. She died on 31 Mar 1245 in Fontevrault,Fontevrault l'Ab,Maine-et-Loire,France . Queen Isabella - - Queen of England Then King John married Agatha de Ferrers. Agatha was born about 1168, lived in Chartley, Staffordshire, England. Then King John married Hawise Fitzwarin. Hawise was born about 1167. She is the daughter of Fulke II Fitzwarin and Hawise de Dinan. King John - JOHN OF ENGLAND (1167-1216). Vicious, shameless, and ungrateful, King John has been called the worst king ever to rule England. Yet the very excesses of his reign proved positive in that they provoked such a violent reaction that his subjects revolted and forced him to put his seal on the Magna Carta. This document became the safeguard of English liberty. John's nickname was Lackland because at first he owned no land. Later his father, King Henry II, gave him castles, lands, and revenues in both England and France. John plotted against his father, however, and the discovery of this conspiracy was a factor in the king's death. John's brother, Richard the Lion-Hearted, became king and added to John's possessions. While Richard was absent from England on the Third Crusade, John conspired against him also. When Richard died in 1199, the barons selected John to be their king. This denied the royal claim of Arthur, son of another brother, Geoffrey. Two French provinces fought for young Arthur, but the boy fell into the hands of John and died soon after. During the war John lost all his French possessions except Aquitaine. John then quarreled with Pope Innocent III about the appointment of Stephen Langton as archbishop of Canterbury. John was excommunicated, and England was forbidden all religious services except baptism and extreme unction. The growing discontent of his subjects finally forced John to recognize the new archbishop. When John went to France seeking to regain his lands in Normandy, the barons marched against the king and demanded a charter of liberties. All but a handful of followers deserted John. He was forced to meet the barons at Runnymede on June 15, 1215, and to sign the Great Charter. John had no intention of supporting the charter, however. He recruited a new army and destroyed the estates of the barons. The barons then offered the English crown to Louis, a French prince. In the midst of a war for the throne, John died of a fever. The task of restoring the torn kingdom fell to his nine-year-old son, Henry III. John was on the list of those who had plotted against his father, Henry I, but was not successful in plotting against his brother, Richard. Richard gave him lands in Normandy and England, but these were not enough. While Richard was imprisoned, John unsuccessfully rebelled several times. Upon Richard's return, he was reprimanded and kept out of trouble for the last five years of his brother's reign and earned the succession to the throne. John was respected as successor in England, but in Anjou, Maine, and Touraine Arthur, son of Geoffrey of Brittany, was recognized as sovereign. John persuaded Philip II to oust the twelve-year-old Arthur and became Lord of the Angevin Empire. He then annulled his marriage to Isabella of Gloucester, whom Richard had betrothed to him, and, in an effort to unite the two halves of his empire, married Isabella of Angouleme. Unfortunately, John's bride's former fiance appealed to Philip II, and Philip declared all of John's recent acquisitions forfeit. John captured Arthur shortly after his possessions were forfeited. Arthur disappeared and the murder has never been proven. Determined to get his territory back, John levied high taxes on his nobles. This also came at the time of a conflict with Pope Innocent III. John refused to accept the papal appointment to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury. The pope punished John by placing England and Wales under an interdict and excommunicating John a year later John, however, needed papal support to win his invasion of France. John made England a papal fief and invaded. In 1214, John lost the Battle of Bovines and the English barons had enough. In 1215, the barons seized London and forced John to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymead. John had no intention of living up to the document, and the barons looked to Louis of France, Philip's son, for aid. Louis invaded England in 1216. John died that year in October with a nine-year old son as his successor. John (reigned 1199-1216) was an able administrator interested in law and government but he neither trusted others nor was trusted by them. Heavy taxation, disputes with the Church (John was excommunicated by the Pope in 1209) and unsuccessful attempts to recover his French possessions made him unpopular. Many of his barons rebelled and in June 1215 they forced the King to sign a peace treaty accepting their reforms. This treaty, later known as Magna Carta, limited royal powers, defined feudal obligations between the King and the barons, and guaranteed a number of rights. The most influential clauses concerned the freedom of the Church; the redress of grievances of owners and tenants of land; the need to consult the Great Council of the Realm so as to prevent unjust taxation; mercantile and trading relationships; regulation of the machinery of justice so that justice be denied to no one; and the requirement to control the behavior of royal officials. The most important clauses established the basis of habeas corpus ('you have the body'), i.e. that no one shall be imprisoned except by due process of law, and that 'to no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice'. The Charter also established a council of barons who were to ensure that the Sovereign observed the Charter, with the right to wage war on him if he did not. Magna Carta was the first formal document insisting that the Sovereign was as much under the rule of law as his people, and that the rights of individuals were to be upheld even against the wishes of the sovereign. As a source of fundamental constitutional principles, Magna Carta came to be seen as an important definition of aspects of English law, and in later centuries as the basis of the liberties of the English people. A peace treaty Magna Carta was a failure and the rebels invited Louis of France to become their king. When John died in 1216 England was in the grip of civil war.
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John Warren - was born about 1200 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England and died after 1239 .
He was the son of Jeffery de Warenne and Isabella of Lightfield.
John married Audella d'Albini. Audella was born about 1200. She was the daughter of Gruffith d'Albini and Audella Lightfield. She died after 1240 .
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Earl John Plantagenet de Warren - also known as: De Warenne - was born about 1231 in Warren, Sussex, England and died on 27 Sep 1305 in Surrey, England .
He was the son of Earl William Plantagenet de Warenne and Countess Maud Marshall.
Earl John married Alice de Lusignan in 1247 in Surrey, England. Alice was born about 1224, lived in LUSIGNAN, Vienne, France. She was the daughter of Hugh de Lusignan X and Queen Isabella of Angoulême Taillefer. She died on 9 Feb 1261 in Warren, Sussex, England . Earl John - - Earl of Surrey.
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King Henry III Plantagenet - was born on 10 Oct 1206 in Winchester, Hampshire, England and died on 16 Nov 1272 in London, England .
He was the son of King John Lackland of England and Queen Isabella of Angoulême Taillefer.
King Henry married Eleanor Berenger de Provence on 14 Jan 1236 in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England. Eleanor was born about 1217 in Aix-en-Provence, France. She was the daughter of Raymond Berenger and Beatrice de Savoie. She died on 24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury Monastery, Wiltshire, England . Eleanor - She was a vigorous and incisive woman and had much influence on her husband, as did her unpopular relatives and other foreign courtiers who followed her to England. During the ascendancy of Simon de Montfort in 1264-65, Eleanor raised mercenaries in France for her husband's cause. She was dispatched to a convent in 1286 but was sometimes consulted by her son, Edward I. (Sources: - 2 - 3) King Henry - Henry III, King John's son, was only nine when he became King and was crowned King of England on October 28, 1216.. By 1227, when he assumed power from his regent, order had been restored, based on his acceptance of Magna Carta. However, the King's failed campaigns in France (1230 and 1242), his choice of friends and advisers, together with the cost of his scheme to make one of his younger sons King of Sicily and help the Pope against the Holy Roman Emperor, led to further disputes with the barons and united opposition in Church and State. Although Henry was extravagant and his tax demands were resented, the King's accounts show a list of many charitable donations and payments for building works (including the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey which began in 1245). The ruins of Degannwy Castle visible today belong mainly to Henry III's castle. The defences of the bailey - earth banks and ditches on the north side, the base of two D-shaped gatehouse towers, and the curtain wall hastily built by Edward I on the south - can still be recognized. The mass of fallen masonry near the base of the gatehouse is a relic of the demolition of 1263. Henry III built a Dyserth Castle, the ruins of which were destroyed by quarrying around 1914. In 1246 he decided to strengthen the castle with a well, watch tower and large catapult. However, it was besieged by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and his brother, Dafydd, in 1356 in an attempt to sever its links with Chester. It was finally captured and then destroyed by Llywelyn in 1263.
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Rihard of Cromwell - was born on 5 Jan 1209 in Winchester,Southampton,England and died on 2 Apr 1272 in Berkhamstead,Hertfordshire,England .
He was the son of King John Lackland of England and Queen Isabella of Angoulême Taillefer.
Rihard married Beatrice de Faquemont. Beatrice was born about 1210. Then Rihard married Joan de Vallitort. Joan was born about 1211 in England.
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Richard Fitzroy - was born about 1186 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England and died on 6 Aug 1270 .
He was the son of King John Lackland of England and Hawise Fitzwarin.
Richard married Rohsia (Rose) de Dover about 1207 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England. Rohsia was born about 1188 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England.
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Griffith Warren - was born about 1240 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England.
He is the son of John Warren and Audella d'Albini.
Griffith married Wynifreda Broxton. Wynifreda was born about 1240 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England. She is the daughter of William Broxton.
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William de Warren - was born about 1260 in Warren, Sussex, England and died on 12 Dec 1285 in Croyden, Surrey, England .
He was the son of Earl John Plantagenet de Warren and Alice de Lusignan.
William married Joan de Vere in 1283 in Surrey, England. Joan was born about 1264 in Oxford, England. She was the daughter of Earl Robert de Vere and Alica de Sanford. She died on 21 Nov 1293 in Bur Lewes, Sussex, England .
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King Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet - was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, England and died on 8 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England .
He was the son of King Henry III Plantagenet and Eleanor Berenger de Provence.
King Edward married Princess Leonor of Castile and Leon on 18 Oct 1254 in Burgos, Burgos, Spain. Princess Leonor was born in 1244, lived in Burgos, Burgos, Spain. She was the daughter of King Fernando III "The Saint" of Castile and Leon and Jeanne de Dammartin. She died on 29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England . Then King Edward married Marguerite of France. Marguerite was born in 1279 in Paris, France. She was the daughter of King Philip III "the Bold" of France and Mary of Brabant. She died on 14 Feb 1317 in Malborough Castle and was buried in Grey Friars, Church, London, England . King Edward - - King of England (1272-1307) completed the conquest of Wales and temporarily subdued Scotland. In 1254 he was made duke of Gascony. In contrast to his father, Edward showed masterfulness in the disputes with the English barons following the governmental reforms instituted by the Provisions of Oxford (1258). He supported Simon de MONTFORT in 1259 but later changed sides. He fought for the king at the Battle of Lewes (1264) and himself defeated Montfort decisively at Evesham (1265), restoring royal power. In 1271-72 he was on crusade at Acre. During the years from 1272, when Edward succeeded his father, to 1290 striking achievements occurred. Edward conquered the Welsh principality of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in devastating campaigns in 1277 and 1282-83 and built massive castles to keep it secure. In England he held regular parliaments. A program of legislation strengthened royal control over the court system and reformed the tangled feudal land law. After 1294 wars in Scotland and France dominated Edward's reign. The death (1290) of Margaret, Maid of Norway, heiress to the Scottish crown, allowed Edward as suzerain to choose a successor, John de Baliol, and then to claim direct rule over Scotland, which he subdued in 1296. In France the conflict concerned the French king's overlordship over Edward's duchy of Gascony. In 1297, Edward attacked France to assert his rights, but the expedition was cut short by the rebellion in Scotland of Sir William Wallace (from the movie "Braveheart"). At the same time the English nobles rebelled, forcing Edward to grant Parliament control over taxes. By a treaty (1303) with PHILIP IV of France, Edward retained Gascony. He failed, however, to quell the risings of Wallace and Robert the Bruce (later ROBERT I), and Scotland remained only half- conquered at his death. He was succeeded by his son Edward II. Edward I (ruled 1272-1307) was one of England's greatest kings. He was a handsome man, with fair hair and ruddy cheeks, and so tall that he was nicknamed Longshanks. He delighted in tournaments and hunting, but he was also practical and hardworking. For seven years before he came to the throne, he was the real ruler for his weak father, Henry III. He was in the Holy Land involved in the crusades when his father died, but there was no question that he would take the throne. Edward has been called the "English Justinian" because, like the Roman emperor Justinian, he organized the laws. His laws were not restatements of existing customs but statutes in the modern sense. Many of them, particularly the land laws, had a long-lasting influence. A statute of 1285 limited church courts to strictly church matters--a change that Edward's great-grandfather, Henry II, had been unable to make because of the murder of Thomas a Becket. Edward also stopped paying a feudal tribute to the pope. Parliament grew in strength during Edward's reign because he continued the policy of Simon de Montfort in summoning to it representatives of the towns and lesser knights. His parliament of 1295 is known as the Model Parliament. In 1297 he reaffirmed the Magna Carta in the famous confirmation of the charters. All of Edward's moves were not fair and admirable ones, however; he forced Jews out of England in 1290. Soon after coming to the throne, Edward conquered Wales and gave to his infant son, Edward, the title prince of Wales. Until 1289 the care of his French possessions, principally Aquitaine, in Southern France, absorbed much of his attention. For the rest of his life, his main concern was Scotland. Edward I was a prolific castle builder. He built an "iron ring" of castles surrounding the coastal fringes of Snowdonia, eventually stretching from Flint around to Aberystwyth. Completed Flint Castle in 1284. Completed construction of Aberystwyth Castle in 1289. The c astle was attacked by the Welsh in 1282, largely burned and briefly captured. He started Harlich Castle in 1283. Caernarfon Castle was begun the same year. It was during his second campaign in Wales that King Edward gained control of the Conwy valley in March 1283. He began work on the new fortress, Conway Castle almost immediately. In 1295 work was begun on the last and largest of the castles to be built by King Edward I in Wales Beaumaris Castle. Raised on an entirely new site, without earlier buildings to fetter its designer's creative genius, it is possibly the most sophisticated example of medieval military architecture in Britain. He conquered the country in 1296; but in 1297 all Scotland rose in revolt against him under the popular leader, William Wallace. Edward defeated Wallace at Falkirk the next year, but the Scots still resisted. Near the end of Edward's reign Scotland found a new leader in Robert Bruce. In 1307 King Edward, then 70 years old, led an army toward Scotland but died before he reached the border.
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Walter de Cornwall - was born about 1254, lived in Cornwall,Cornwall,England.
He is the son of Rihard of Cromwell and Joan de Vallitort.
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John Warren - was born about 1280 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England.
He is the son of Griffith Warren and Wynifreda Broxton.
John married Ellena Charleton. Ellena was born about 1280 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England.
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King Edward II of England - was born on 25 Apr 1274 in Carnarvon Castle, Carnarvon , Wales and died on 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle,Gloucester,Gloucester,England .
He was the son of King Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet and Princess Leonor of Castile and Leon.
King Edward married Queen Isabella of France on 25 Jan 1307/1308 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Queen Isabella was born in 1292, lived in Paris, France. She was the daughter of King Philip IV "the Fair" of France and Jeanne of Navarre. She died on 22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, England and was buried in Grey Friars, Church, London, England . Queen Isabella - When Charles Iv of France seized Edward's territories in that country, the English king sent Charles' sister Isabella who after Gaveston's death had managed to bear Edward four children, including the future Edward Iii, who now accompanied her to effect an amicable arrangement. She despised her husband, hated the Despensers and now fell in love with Roger Mortimer who, condemned to life imprisonment for rebellion, had escaped from the Tower in 1324 and fled to the French court.
King Edward - lacked the royal dignity of his father and failed miserably as king. He inherited his father's war with Scotland and displayed his ineptitude as a soldier. Disgruntled barons, already wary of Edward as Prince of Wales, sought to check his power from the beginning of his reign. He raised the ire of the nobility by lavishing money and other rewards upon his male favorites. Such extreme unpopularity would eventually cost Edward his life. King Edward I's dying request was that his son should carry his bones with his army until Robert Bruce was defeated. Edward II as the new king had other ideas. He left Robert alone in the north and returned on London and his friends. It seems that Edward II had no time for his duties as King. He preferred to spend time with his friends and especially Piers Gaveston.
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Griffith Warren - was born about 1320 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England.
He is the son of John Warren and Ellena Charleton.
Griffith married Matilda Le Strange. Matilda was born about 1333. She is the daughter of John Le Strange and Ankaret Butler.
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King Edward III of England - was born on 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England and died on 21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace,Surrey,England .
He was the son of King Edward II of England and Queen Isabella of France.
King Edward married Queen Philippa of Hainault on 24 Jan 1327 in York, England. Queen Philippa was born about 1314, lived in Mons,Hainaut,Belgium. She was the daughter of Count Guillaume de Avesnes III and Countess Jeanne de Valois. She died on 14 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England . Queen Philippa - Philippa is remembered by history as a tender-hearted woman, who interceded with her husband and persuaded him to spare the lives of the six burghers of Calais, whom he had planned to execute as an example to the townspeople.
The Flemish master, Jean de Leige, worked in France and he influenced the English sculpture. Among his most important and representative tomb monuments is that of the queen of England, made in London in 1367. It can be seen, still in an excellent state of preservation, in the choir of the Westminster Abbey. It shows the recumbent figure of Philippa of Hainaut, wife of Edward Iii, who died in 1369. Her features as represented on the tomb give the impression of an individual likeness. The rather pudgy face with its thick neck and double chins suggests a basis in a life-mask. (Sources: - 1) King Edward - occupation: King of England - Edward's youth was spent in his mother's court and he was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed. After three years of domination by his mother and her lover, Roger Mortimer, Edward instigated a palace revolt in 1330 and assumed control of the government. Mortimer was executed and Isabella was exiled from court. War occupied the largest part of Edward's reign. He and Edward Baliol defeated David II of Scotland and drove David into exile in 1333.
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Griffith Warren - was born about 1340 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England.
He is the son of Griffith Warren and Matilda Le Strange.
Griffith married Margaret Corbet. Margaret was born about 1345, lived in Lightfield, Shropshire, England. She is the daughter of Peter Corbet.
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Duke John of Gaunt - was born Mar 1340 in Abbaye de St Bav, Gand, Flandre-Oriental, Belgium and died on 3 Feb 1398/1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England and was buried in St Paul's Cathed, London, Middlesex, England .
He was the son of King Edward III of England and Queen Philippa of Hainault.
Duke John married Catherine de Roet after 13 Jan 1396 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Catherine was born in 1350, lived in Picardy, Somme, France. She was the daughter of Payn de Roet. She died on 10 May 1403 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England . Then Duke John married Blanche Plantagenet in 1359. She died in 1369 . Duke John - - Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond, Titular King. John and Catherine had all of their children before they were married, but later the children were legitimated by the Pope. At the end of the 14th century, Dunstanburgh Castle passed into the hands of John of Gaunt. He carried out substantial alterations and closed up the entrance to the gatehouse. Having converted the original gatehouse into residential quarters, a second gatehouse was constructed further along the curtain wall, but almost nothing can be seen of this today, other than its foundations. John of Gaunt altered the original castle most obviously in the fact that he created an inner and outer bailey from the existing enclosure. Many of the buildings constructed at the time of the remodelling have long since disappeared, but some fragmentary remains can still be made out along the curtain wall.
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John Warren - was born in 1365, lived in Ightfield, Shropshire, England.
He is the son of Griffith Warren and Margaret Corbet.
John married Matilda Cheney. Matilda was born in 1369, lived in Willaston, Cheshire, England. She is the daughter of John Cheney and Maud de Capenhurst.
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Cardinal Henry de Beaufort - was born about 1376 in Chateau de Beauf, Meuse-et-Loire, France and died on 11 Apr 1447 in Winchester, Hampshire, England .
He was the son of Duke John of Gaunt and Catherine de Roet.
Cardinal Henry married Alice Fitzalan. Alice was born about 1378 in Arundel, Sussex, England. She was the daughter of Richard Fitzalan II and Elizabeth de Bohun. She died Oct 1415 .
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| Sources: |
| 1 The Queens of England and Their Times Francis Lancelott, Esq. c. 1894 New York, D. Appleton and Company (view detail...) |
| 2 Columbia Encyclopedia Web: http://www.slider.com/enc/17000/Eleanor_of_Provence.htm |
| 3 Comstock-Thomas ancestry of Richard Wilmot Comstock (view detail...) |
| 4 Lee Valley Online Web: http://www.leevalley-online.co.uk/towns/hertford/herthist1.htm |
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