1st earl of Lancaster
1st earl of Leicester
Events
Date of Birth: 16 January 1245.
Place of Birth: probably the royal palace of Westminster.
The date and place are given by Lloyd (ODNB).
Date of Death: 5 June 1296.
Place of Death: Bayonne.
The date and place are given by Lloyd (ODNB).
Place of Burial: Westminster Abbey.
The place is given by Lloyd (ODNB). [An image at Find a Grave.]
Relationships
Father: Henry III (1207 - 1272), king of England.
This relationship is given by Lloyd (ODNB).
Mother: Éléonore de Provence (died 1291).
This relationship is given by Lloyd (ODNB).
Spouse: Avelina de Forz (died 11 November 1274). Married 8 or 9 April 1269.
This relationship is given by Lloyd (ODNB). There were no children from this marriage.
Spouse: Blanche d’Artois (died 1302). Married between 18 December 1275 and 18 January 1276.
This relationship is given by Lloyd (ODNB).
Children (by Blanche):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas of Lancaster (died 22 March 1322), earl of Lancaster, married Alice de Lacy (later divorced).
Henry of Lancaster (about 1280 - 22 September 1345), earl of Lancaster, married Maud Chaworth.
John of Lancaster married Alix de Joinville.
References
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).
Lloyd, Simon. “Edmund, first earl of Lancaster and first earl of Leicester (1245 - 1296)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008).
Somerville, Robert. History of the Duchy of Lancaster. Volume One 1265-1603 (The Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1953).
Waugh, Scott L. “Henry of Lancaster, third earl of Lancaster and third earl of Leicester (c. 1280-1345)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn. May 2006).