The British Monarchy Miscellany
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Mother of Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV.
4. King Richard I (1157-1199)
Married Berengaria of Navarre. No issue
5. Geoffrey (1158-1186), Duke of Brittany
Married Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Had issue.
Father of Arthur of Brittany, claimant of the throne in King John’s reign.
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6. Eleanor (1161-1214), Queen of Castile
Married King Alfonso VIII of Castile. Had issue.
Mother of four European queens.
Great-grandmother of Eleanor of Castile, queen of
Edward I.
7. Joan (1165-1199), Queen of Sicily, Countess of Toulouse
Married King William II of Sicily. Widowed. No issue.
Married Count Raymond VI of Toulouse. Had issue.
8. King John (1166-1216)
Married Isabella of Angouleme. Had issue. (See below)
John
(1166-1216)
By Isabella of Angouleme (c.1187-1246):
1. King Henry III (1207-1272)
Married Eleanor of Provence. Had issue. (See below)
2. Richard (1209-1272), Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (i.e. King of Germany)
Married Isabella Marshal. Widowed. Had issue.
Married Sanchia of Provence. Widowed. Had issue.
Married Beatrice of Falkenburg. No issue.
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3. Joan (1210-1238), Queen of Scotland
Married King Alexander II of Scotland. No issue.
4. Isabella (1214-1241), Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Sicily
Married Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily. Had issue.
5. Eleanor (1215-1275), Countess of Pembroke, Countess of Leicester
Married William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. Widowed.
No issue.
Married Simon de Montford, Earl of Leicester, leader of the baronial revolt against Henry III in the Second Barons War (see Henry III in Monarchs Fact Sheets). Had issue.
Henry III
(1207-1272)
By Eleanor of Provence (c.1223-1291):
1. King Edward I (1239-1307)
Married Eleanor of Castile. Had issue.
Married Margaret of France. Had issue.
(See below)
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2. Margaret (1240-1275), Queen of Scotland
Married King Alexander III of Scotland. Had issue.
3. Beatrice (1242-1275), Countess of Richmond
Married John, heir to the Dukedom of Brittany and Earl of Richmond. Had issue.
4. Edmund Crouchback (1245-1296), Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lancaster
Married Aveline de Forz. Widowed. No issue.
Married Blanche of Artois. Had issue.
First person to bear the title of Earl or Duke of Lancaster.
Father of Thomas of Lancaster, who was executed by King Edward II (see Edward II in Monarchs Facts Sheet).
5. Katherine (1253-1257)
Died in childhood.
Edward I
(1239-1307)
By Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290):
1. Eleanor (c.1264/69-1298), Countess of Bar Married Count Henry III of Bar. Had issue.
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2. Joan (1265)
Died in infancy.
3. John (1266-1271)
Died in childhood.
First heir to the throne of Edward I. Died before his father.
4. Henry (c.1267/68-1274)
Died in childhood.
Second heir to the throne of Edward I. Died before his father.
5. Juliana (1271)
Died in infancy.
6. Joan of Acre (1272-1307), Countess of Gloucester and Hertford
Married Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford.
Had issue.
Married Sir Ralph de Monthermer. Had issue
Two of her daughters from her first marriage married favourites of Edward II, Piers Gaveston and Hugh
Despenser the Younger (see Edward II in Monarchs Facts Sheets).
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7. Alfonso (1273- 1284), Earl of Chester
Died in childhood.
Third heir to the throne of Edward I. Died before his father.
8. Margaret (1275-1318), Duchess of Brabant
Married Duke John II of Brabant. Had issue.
9. Berengaria (1276-c.1276/79)
Died in childhood.
10. Mary (1278-c.1332)
Became a nun.
≠ . Isabella (c.1279)
Died in infancy.
11. Elizabeth (1282-1316), Countess of Hereford
Married Count John I of Holland. No issue.
Married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford. Had issue.
Great-grandmother of Mary de Bohun, first wife of King Henry IV.
12. King Edward II (1284-1327)
Married Isabella of France. Had issue. (See below)
Fourth and final heir to the throne of Edward I.
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By Margaret of France (c.1279-1317):
1. Thomas (1300-1338), Earl of Norfolk
Married Alice de Hales. Had issue.
Married Mary de Braose. No issue.
2. Edmund (1301-1330), Earl of Kent
Married Margaret Wake. Had issue.
Father of Joan, Countess of Kent, who married Edward the Black Prince (see below)
Grandfather of King Richard II.
Executed by Roger Mortimer during the minority of
Edward III (See Edward III in Monarchs Fact Sheets)
3. Eleanor (1306-1311)
Died in childhood.
Edward II
(1284-1327)
By Isabella of France (c.1295-1358):
1. King Edward III (1312-1377)
Married Philippa of Hainault. Had issue. (See below)
2. John of Eltham (1316-1336), Earl of Cornwall
Died unmarried.
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3. Eleanor (1318-1355), Countess of Guelders
Married Duke Reginald II of Guelders. Had issue.
4. Joan of the Tower (1321-1362), Queen of Scotland Married King David II of Scotland. No issue.
At 33 years and three months she was the longest serving Queen Consort in Scottish history before the crowns of England and Scotland were united in 1707.
Edward III
(1312-1377)
By Philippa of Hainault (c.1311/15-1369):
1. Edward, the Black Prince (1330-1376), Prince of Wales Married Joan, Countess of Kent. Had issue.
Heir to the throne, died before his father.
Hero of the Hundred Years War.
Father of King Richard II.
2. Isabella (1332-c.1382), Countess of Bedford
Married Enguerrand de Coucy, Earl of Bedford. Had issue.
3. Joan (c.1333/35-1348)
Died unmarried in the Black Plague.
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4. William (c.1336/37-1337)
Died in childhood.
5. Lionel of Antwerp (1338-1368), Duke of Clarence, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Married Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster.
Widowed. Had issue.
Married Violante Visconti of Milan. No issue.
First person to bear the title of Duke of Clarence.
Ancestor of the House of York.
6. John of Gaunt (1340-1399), Duke of Lancaster Married Blanche of Lancaster. Had issue (the Lancaster line).
Married Constance of Castile. Had issue (the Castile line).
Married Katherine Swynford (his former mistress). Had issue (the Beaufort line).
Father of King Henry IV.
Progenitor of the House of Lancaster.
Ancestor of House of Tudor.
7. Edmund of Langley (1341- 1402), Duke of York
Married Isabella of Castile. Had issue.
Married Joan Holland, granddaughter of Joan, Countess of Kent (see above) from a previous marriage. No issue.
First person to bear the
title of Duke of York.
Ancestor of the House of York.
Great-grandfather of King Edward IV.
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8. Blanche (1342)
Died in infancy.
9. Mary (1344-1361), Duchess of Brittany
Married Duke John IV of Brittany. No issue.
10. Margaret (1346-1361), Countess of Pembroke Married John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
11. Thomas (c.1347-1348)
Died in childhood.
12. William (1348)
Died in infancy.
13. Thomas of Woodstock (1355-1397), Duke of Gloucester
Married Eleanor de Bohun, sister of Mary de Bohun, first wife of King Henry IV (see below). Had issue.
First person to bear the title of Duke of Gloucester.
One of the Lords Appellants during Richard II’s reign (see Richard II in Monarchs Fact Sheets).
Murdered on the orders of Richard II.
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Henry IV
(1367-1413)
By Mary de Bohun (c.1369-1394):
1. King Henry V (1386-1422)
Married Catherine of Valois. Had issue. (See below)
2. Thomas (1387- 1421), Duke of Clarence
Married Margaret Holland, granddaughter of Joan,
Countess of Kent (see above) from a previous marriage.
No issue.
Died in battle during the Hundred Years War.
3. John (1389-1435), Duke of Bedford
Married Anne of Burgundy. Widowed. No issue.
Married Jacquetta of Luxembourg. No issue.
(Jacquetta of Luxembourg later re-married and became the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV) Regent of France in 1422-1435 for the English territories gained in the Hundred Years War.
4. Humphrey (1390-1447), Duke of Gloucester
Married Jacqueline, Countess of Hainault and Holland.
Marriage annulled. No issue.
Married Eleanor Cobham. No issue.
Lord Protector of England during the minority of King Henry VI.
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5. Blanche (1392-1409), Countess Palatine of the Rhine
Married Louis III, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Had issue.
6. Philippa (1394-1430), Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Married Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. No issue.
Henry V
(1386-1422)
By Catherine of Valois (1401-1437):
1. King Henry VI (1421-1471)
Married Margaret of Anjou. Had issue. (See below)
Henry VI
(1421-1471)
By Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482):
1. Edward of Westminster (1453-1471), Prince of Wales Married Anne Neville. No issue.
Killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury during the Wars of the Roses.
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Edward IV
(1442-1483)
By Elizabeth Woodville (c.1437-1492):
1. Elizabeth (1466-1503), Queen Consort of England Married King Henry VII. Had issue. (See below)
2. Mary (1467-1482)
Died unmarried.
3. Cecily (1469-1507), Viscountess Welles
Married John, Viscount Welles. Had issue.
Married Thomas Kyme. Had issue.
4. King Edward V (1470-1483)
Died unmarried.
Assumed to have been murdered in the Tower of London.
5. Margaret (1472)
Died in childhood
6. Richard (1473-1483), Duke of York
Married Anne de Mowbray, Countess of Norfolk.
Marriage was unconsummated. Widowed.
Assumed to have been murdered in the Tower of London.
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7. Anne (1475- 1511)
Married Thomas Howard, later Duke of Norfolk. Had
issue.
8. George (1477-1479), Duke of Bedford
Died in childhood.
9. Katherine (1479-1527), Countess of Devon
Married William Courtenay, Earl of Devon. Had issue.
10. Bridget (1480-c.1513/17)
Became a nun.
Richard III
(1452-1485)
By Anne Neville (1456-1485):
1. Edward of Middleham (c.1473/76-1484), Prince of Wales
Died in childhood.
Heir to the throne, died before his father.
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Henry VII
(1457-1509)
By Elizabeth of York (1466-1503):
1. Arthur (1486-1502), Prince of Wales
Married Catherine of Aragon. No issue. Marriage said to be unconsummated. Catherine of Aragon’s first marriage to Arthur later became the main issue affecting the validity of Henry VIII’s own marriage to Catherine.
Heir to the throne, died before his father.
2. Margaret (1489-1541), Queen of Scotland
Married King James IV of Scotland. Widowed. Had issue.
Married Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus. Divorced. Had issue.
Married Henry Stewart, Lord Methven. No issue.
Grandmother of both Mary Queen of Scots, via her first marriage, and of Mary’s husband Henry Stuart, Lord
Darnley, via her second marriage.
Link of succession line to the English Crown from the House of Tudor to the House of Stuart.
3. King Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Married Catherine of Aragon. Had issue.
Married Anne Boleyn. Had issue.
Married Jane Seymour. Had issue.
Married Anne of Cleves. No issue.
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Married Catherine Howard. No issue.
Married Catherine Parr. No issue.
(See below)
4. Elizabeth (1492-1495)
Died in childhood.
5. Mary (1496-1533), Queen of France, Duchess of Suffolk
Married King Louis XII of France. Widowed. No issue.
Married Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Had issue.
Grandmother of Lady Jane Grey.
6. Edmund (1499-1500), Duke of Somerset
Died in childhood.
≠ . Edward (c.1498/99-c.1499/1501)
Died in childhood.
7. Katherine (1503)
Died shortly after birth.
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Henry VIII
(1491-1547)
By Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536):
1. Henry (1511), Duke of Cornwall
Died in infancy.
2. Queen Mary I (1516-1558)
Married Philip of Spain. No issue.
By Anne Boleyn (c.1500/01-1536):
1. Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Died unmarried.
By Jane Seymour (c.1507/09-1537):
1. King Edward VI (1537-1553)
Died unmarried.
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James I
(1566-1625)
By Anne of Denmark (1574-1619):
1. Henry Frederick (1594-1612), Prince of Wales Died unmarried.
Heir to the throne, died before his father.
2. Elizabeth (1596-1662), Electress Palatine, Queen of Bohemia
Married Frederick V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia.
Had issue.
Mother of Prince Rupert, famous Royalist Commander in the English Civil War.
Grandmother of King George I.
Link of succession line to the English/British Crown from the House of Stuart to the House of Hanover.
3. Margaret (1598-1600)
Died in childhood.
4. King Charles I (1600-1649)
Married Henrietta Maria of France. Had issue. (See
below)
5. Robert (1602), Duke of Kintyre
Died in infancy.
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6. Mary (1605-1607)
Died in childhood.
7. Sophia (1606)
Died shortly after birth.
Charles I
(1600-1649)
By Henrietta
Maria of France (1609-1669):
1. Charles (1629), Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay
Died on the same day of his birth.
2. King Charles II (1630-1685)
Married Catherine of Braganza. No issue.
3. Mary (1631-1660), Princess Royal, Princess of Orange
Married William II, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands. Had issue.
Mother of King William III.
First woman to hold the title of Princess Royal.