Edward III Plantagenet King of England and Lord of Ireland  ‎(I1268)‎
Given Names: Edward III
Surname: Plantagenet
Suffix: King of England and Lord of Ireland
   
Note: aka ‎[before becoming King]‎: Edward of Windsor


Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 13 November 1312 28 17 Windsor Castle, Berkshire
Death: 21 June 1377 ‎(Age 64)‎ Sheen Palace, Richmond

Personal Facts and Details
Birth 13 November 1312 28 17 Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Occupation between 25 January 1327 and 21 June 1377 ‎(Age 14)‎ King of England

Marriage Philippa of Hainault - 24 January 1328 ‎(Age 15)‎ York Minster


Note: They had 14 children
Occupation 29 November 1330 ‎(Age 18)‎ Had Roger de Mortimer, his mother's lover and his own erstwhile regent, hanged at Tyburn

Occupation 1340 ‎(Age 27)‎ Claimed the right to the throne of France, starting the Hundred Years' War


Note: The claim was founded on the idea that Edward III was the only living male descendant of his deceased maternal grandfather, Philip IV ‎[I2638]‎
Occupation 1348 ‎(Age 35)‎ Created the Order of the Garter to instil a sense of shared chivalric purpose and suffering in his nobles

Occupation 19 September 1356 ‎(Age 43)‎ English victory, led by the Black Prince, at the Battle of Poitiers

Event Philippa of Hainault - 1368 ‎(Age 55)‎ Outbreak of bubonic plague ‎(the Black Death)‎ -- as much as a third of the English population may have been killed by the disease

Death 21 June 1377 ‎(Age 64)‎ Sheen Palace, Richmond

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Parents Family  (F558)
Edward II Plantagenet King of England and Lord of Ireland
1284 - 1327
Isabella of France ‎[House of Capet]‎ Queen Consort of England
1295 - 1358
Edward III Plantagenet King of England and Lord of Ireland
1312 - 1377

Immediate Family  (F555)
Philippa of Hainault
1314 - 1369
Edward Plantagenet of Woodstock Prince of Wales KG
1330 - 1376
Lionel Plantagenet of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence
1338 - 1368
John Plantagenet of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster
1340 - 1399
Edmund Plantagenet of Langley 1st Duke of York
1341 - 1402
Thomas Plantagenet of Woodstock 1st and last Duke of Gloucester
1356 - 1397


Notes
Marriage They had 14 children
Marriage They had 14 children
Occupation The claim was founded on the idea that Edward III was the only living male descendant of his deceased maternal grandfather, Philip IV ‎[I2638]‎

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Family with Parents
Father
Edward II Plantagenet King of England and Lord of Ireland ‎(I1276)‎
Birth 25 April 1284 44 43 Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd
Death 21 September 1327 ‎(Age 43)‎ Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
11 years
Mother
 
Isabella of France ‎[House of Capet]‎ Queen Consort of England ‎(I1285)‎
Birth about 1295 26 23 Paris
Death 22 August 1358 ‎(Age 63)‎ Hertford Castle, Hertford

Marriage: 25 January 1308 -- Boulogne Cathedral, Boulogne-sur-Mer
5 years
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Edward III Plantagenet King of England and Lord of Ireland ‎(I1268)‎
Birth 13 November 1312 28 17 Windsor Castle, Berkshire
Death 21 June 1377 ‎(Age 64)‎ Sheen Palace, Richmond
Family with Philippa of Hainault
Edward III Plantagenet King of England and Lord of Ireland ‎(I1268)‎
Birth 13 November 1312 28 17 Windsor Castle, Berkshire
Death 21 June 1377 ‎(Age 64)‎ Sheen Palace, Richmond
14 months
Wife
 
Philippa of Hainault ‎(I1270)‎
Birth about 1314 Valenciennes
Death 15 August 1369 ‎(Age 55)‎ Windsor Castle

Marriage: 24 January 1328 -- York Minster
2 years
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Son
Edward Plantagenet of Woodstock Prince of Wales KG ‎(I2266)‎
Birth 15 June 1330 17 16 Woodstock Palace
Death 8 June 1376 ‎(Age 45)‎
8 years
#2
Son (Birth)
Lionel Plantagenet of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence ‎(I2305)‎
Birth 29 November 1338 26 24
Death 7 October 1368 ‎(Age 29)‎
15 months
#3
Son
John Plantagenet of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster ‎(I1269)‎
Birth 6 March 1340 27 26
Death 3 February 1399 ‎(Age 58)‎
15 months
#4
Son
Edmund Plantagenet of Langley 1st Duke of York ‎(I2307)‎
Birth 5 June 1341 28 27 Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
Death 1 August 1402 ‎(Age 61)‎ Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
15 years
#5
Son
Thomas Plantagenet of Woodstock 1st and last Duke of Gloucester ‎(I1267)‎
Birth 7 January 1356 43 42
Death 8 September 1397 ‎(Age 41)‎ Calais