Tenth Generation  

41. Princess Eleanor of CASTILE & LEON [35175] (Fernando III Alfonsez King of Castille & Leon³⁴, Queen Berenguela Alfonsez d'IVREA of Castille²⁶, King Alfonso VIII d'IVREA of Castile & Leon²³, King Sancho III d'IVREA of Castile¹⁶, Queen Consort Berenguela d'BARCELONA of Castile and Leon¹², Comtesse Douce I de GAVAUDAN de Provence⁶, Gilbert I de Millau et Gévaudan (Vicomte)³, Berenger de Millau et Gavaudan (Comte)², Richard II de Millau et Gavaudan (Viscomte)¹) was born in 1244 and died in 1290 at age 46.

Eleanor married King Edward I PLANTAGENET Of England [35170] in Oct 1254 in Castille Spain. Edward was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Palace of Westminster London Middlesex England and died on 7 Jul 1307 in Burgh by Sands Cumberland England at age 68.

General Notes: Wikipedia says, along with much, much more,
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 \endash 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Latin: Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly referred to as The Lord Edward.[1] The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons. In 1259 he briefly sided with a baronial reform movement, supporting the Provisions of Oxford. After reconciliation with his father, however, he remained loyal throughout the subsequent armed conflict, known as the Second Barons' War. After the Battle of Lewes, Edward was hostage to the rebellious barons, but escaped after a few months and defeated the baronial leader Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Within two years the rebellion was extinguished and, with England pacified, Edward joined the Ninth Crusade to the Holy Land. He was on his way home in 1272 when he was informed that his father had died. Making a slow return, he reached England in 1274 and was crowned at Westminster Abbey.

Edward spent much of his reign reforming royal administration and common law. Through an extensive legal inquiry, he investigated the tenure of various feudal liberties, while the law was reformed through a series of statutes regulating criminal and property law. Increasingly, however, Edward's attention was drawn towards military affairs. After suppressing a minor rebellion in Wales in 1276\endash 77, Edward responded to a second rebellion in 1282\endash 83 with a full-scale war of conquest. After a successful campaign, he subjected Wales to English rule, built a series of castles and towns in the countryside and settled them with English people. Next, his efforts were directed towards the Kingdom of Scotland. Initially invited to arbitrate a succession dispute, Edward claimed feudal suzerainty over Scotland. The war that followed continued after Edward's death, even though the English seemed victorious at several points. Simultaneously, Edward found himself at war with France (a Scottish ally) after King Philip IV of France had confiscated the Duchy of Gascony, which until then had been held in personal union with the Kingdom of England. Although Edward recovered his duchy, this conflict relieved English military pressure against Scotland. At the same time there were problems at home. In the mid-1290s, extensive military campaigns required high levels of taxation, and Edward met with both lay and ecclesiastical opposition. These crises were initially averted, but issues remained unsettled. When the King died in 1307, he left to his son Edward II an ongoing war with Scotland and many financial and political problems.

Edward I was a tall man for his era, at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), hence the nickname "Longshanks". He was temperamental, and this, along with his height, made him an intimidating man, and he often instilled fear in his contemporaries. Nevertheless, he held the respect of his subjects for the way he embodied the medieval ideal of kingship, as a soldier, an administrator and a man of faith. Modern historians are divided on their assessment of Edward: while some have praised him for his contribution to the law and administration, others have criticised him for his uncompromising attitude towards his nobility. Currently, Edward I is credited with many accomplishments during his reign, including restoring royal authority after the reign of Henry III, establishing Parliament as a permanent institution and thereby also a functional system for raising taxes, and reforming the law through statutes. At the same time, he is also often criticised for other actions, such as his brutal conduct towards the Welsh and Scots, and issuing the Edict of Expulsion in 1290, by which the Jews were expelled from England. The Edict remained in effect for the rest of the Middle Ages, and it was over 350 years until it was formally overturned under Oliver Cromwell in 1657.

Children from this marriage were:

   53    i. Katherine PLANTAGENET [122141] was born in Jun 1264 and died on 5 Sep 1264.

   54    ii. Joanna PLANTAGENET [122142] was born in Jan 1265 and died on 7 Sep 1265.

   55    iii. John PLANTAGENET [122143] was born on 13 Jul 1266 and died on 3 Aug 1271 in Wallingford Berkshire England at age 5.

   56    iv. Henry PLANTAGENET [122144] was born on 6 May 1268 and died on 14 Oct 1274 at age 6.

   57    v. Eleanor PLANTAGENET [122145] was born on 18 Jun 1269 and died on 19 Aug 1298 at age 29.

Eleanor married Count Henry III of Bar [122152].

   58    vi. Juliana PLANTAGENET [122146] was born about May 1271 and died on 5 Sep 1271.

+ 59    vii. Countess Joan PLANTAGENET of Gloucester & Hertford [122147] was born in Apr 1272 in Acre Kingom of Jerusalem Palestine and died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare Suffolk England at age 35.

   60    viii. Earl Alphonso PLANTAGENET of Chester [122148] was born on 24 Nov 1273 and died on 19 Aug 1284 at age 10.

   61    ix. Margaret PLANTAGENET [122149] was born on 15 Mar 1275 and died after 11 Mar 1333.

Margaret married John II of Brabant [122155].

   62    x. Berengaria PLANTAGENET [122150] was born in May 1276 and died about 1277-1278 aged about 1.

   63    xi. Mary PLANTAGENET of Woodstock [122151] was born on 11 Mar 1278 and died before 8 Jul 1332.

+ 64    xii. Princess Elizabeth PLANTAGENET of Rhuddlan [81792] was born on 7 Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle Flintshire Wales, died on 5 May 1316 in Quendon Essex England at age 33, and was buried on 23 May 1316 in Waltham Abbey Essex England.

+ 65    xiii. King Edward II PLANTAGENET Of England [35176] was born on 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarton Castle Gwynedd Wales and died on 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle Gloucestershire England at age 43.

44. King Phillip III CAPET of France [122515] (King Louis IX [the Saint] CAPET of France³⁵, Princess Blanca d'IVREA of Castile²⁹, King Alfonso VIII d'IVREA of Castile & Leon²³, King Sancho III d'IVREA of Castile¹⁶, Queen Consort Berenguela d'BARCELONA of Castile and Leon¹², Comtesse Douce I de GAVAUDAN de Provence⁶, Gilbert I de Millau et Gévaudan (Vicomte)³, Berenger de Millau et Gavaudan (Comte)², Richard II de Millau et Gavaudan (Viscomte)¹) was born on 1 May 1245 in Poissy Isle-de-France France and died on 5 Oct 1285 in Perpignan France at age 40.

General Notes: Wikipedia says, amongst other Things,
Philip III (1 May 1245 \endash 5 October 1285), called the Bold[a][b] (French: le Hardi), was king of France from 1270 until his death in 1285. His father, Louis IX, died in Tunis during the Eighth Crusade. Philip, who was accompanying him, returned to France and was anointed king at Reims in 1271.

Philip inherited numerous territorial lands during his reign, the most notable being the County of Toulouse, which was returned to the royal domain in 1271. With the Treaty of Orléans, he expanded French influence into the Kingdom of Navarre and following the death of his brother Peter during the Sicilian Vespers, the County of Alençon was returned to the crown lands.

Following the Sicilian Vespers, Philip led the Aragonese Crusade in support of his uncle. Initially successful, Philip, his army racked with sickness, was forced to retreat and died from dysentery in Perpignan in 1285. He was succeeded by his son Philip IV.

Phillip married Queen Isabella [of Aragon] BARCELONA of France [122719]. Isabella was born in 1248 in Montpellier Hérault Languedoc-Roussillon France, died on 28 Jan 1271 in Cosenza Cosenza Calabria Italy at age 23, and was buried in Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France France.

General Notes: Wikipedia says:
Isabella was the eighth child and youngest daughter of King James I of Aragon[3] and his second wife, Violant of Hungary.[4] Her exact date of birth was not recorded, but she certainly was born in late 1247 or early 1248 since her father, who financially supported the Monastery of Santa María de Sigena, stipulated in his will in January 1248 that if he had another son, he should become a knight Templar and if the child was a daughter, she should enter Santa María de Sigena as a nun. The will was certainly abandoned before Isabella's birth because she was married.[5][6]

On 11 May 1258, the Treaty of Corbeil was concluded between Isabella's father and King Louis IX of France. As part of the agreement a betrothal was arranged between Louis's second son, Philip, and Isabella, the youngest daughter of James I.[7] The formal wedding took place on 28 May 1262 at the city of Clairmont (currently Clermont-Ferrand); by that time, Philip was already the heir apparent to the French throne due to the death of his older brother, Louis, in 1260. The union produced four sons:

Louis (1264 \endash 1276), heir apparent to the French throne from 1270 until his death
Philip IV (1268 \endash 1314), King of France
Robert (1269 \endash 1271).
Charles, Count of Valois (1270 \endash 1325).
Having accompanied her husband and father-in-law to the Eighth Crusade against Tunis in July 1270, Isabella became queen of France the following month on the death of King Louis IX. On their way home, while crossing the Savuto river near Martirano in Calabria, on 11 January 1271 she suffered a fall from her horse: six months pregnant with her fifth child, she gave birth prematurely a son, who died soon after. First transported to Martirano Castle and then to Cosenza, exhausted and feverish, Isabella died there on 28 January 1271 aged 24. Her death was a devastating emotional blow to her husband, especially since she had been pregnant.

Because she died far from her homeland, the funeral technique of Mos Teutonicus was practiced upon Isabella.[8] Firstly, she was buried at Cosenza Cathedral alongside her newborn son,[9] and then in the royal necropolis in the Basilica of St Denis.[8] Isabella's tomb, like many others, was desecrated during the French Revolution in August 1793.

The tragic end of Isabella is recalled in the Laudi of the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio.

Children from this marriage were:

   66    i. Louis CAPET de France [122720] was born in 1264 and died about May 1276 in Château du Bois Vincennes Val-de-Marne Île-de-France France aged about 12.

   67    ii. King Philippe IV CAPET of France [122721] was born on 8 Apr 1268 in Fontainebleau Seine-et-Marne Île-de-France France, died on 29 Nov 1314 in Fontainebleau Seine-et-Marne Île-de-France France at age 46, and was buried in Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France France.

   68    iii. Robert CAPET de France [122722] was born in 1269, died about 1276 aged about 7, and was buried in Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France France.

   69    iv. Count Charles CAPET of Valois [122723] was born on 12 Mar 1270 in Vincennes Île-de-France France and died on 16 Dec 1325 in Le Perray-en-Yvelines Île-de-France France at age 55.

Phillip next married Maria de REGINAR of Brabant [122516]. Maria was born on 13 May 1254 in Leuven Brabant Belgium and died on 12 Jan 1322 in Les Mureaux Isle-de-France France at age 67.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 70    i. Princess Marguerite CAPET of France [122156] was born in 1275 in Paris Isle-de-France France and died on 14 Feb 1318 in Marlborough Wiltshire England at age 43.

   71    ii. Comte Louis CAPET d’Evreux, de Meulan, de Gien et de Longueville [122724] was born on 3 May 1276 in Fontainebleau Seine-et-Marne Île-de-France France and died on 19 May 1319 in Paris Isle-de-France France at age 43.

   72    iii. Blanche CAPET de France [122725] was born in 1278 in Fontainebleau Seine-et-Marne Île-de-France France and died on 16 Mar 1306 in Praha Praha Czechoslovakia at age 28.

52. Princess Blanche d'ARTOIS [49531] (Comte Robert I d'ARTOIS³⁶, Princess Blanca d'IVREA of Castile²⁹, King Alfonso VIII d'IVREA of Castile & Leon²³, King Sancho III d'IVREA of Castile¹⁶, Queen Consort Berenguela d'BARCELONA of Castile and Leon¹², Comtesse Douce I de GAVAUDAN de Provence⁶, Gilbert I de Millau et Gévaudan (Vicomte)³, Berenger de Millau et Gavaudan (Comte)², Richard II de Millau et Gavaudan (Viscomte)¹) was born in 1245 and died in 1302 at age 57.

Blanche married Edmund PLANTAGENET 1st Earl of Lancaster [49530]. Edmund was born in 1243 and died in 1296 at age 53.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 73    i. Henry PLANTAGENET 3rd Earl of Lancaster [49532] was born in 1281 and died in 1345 at age 64.