Edward I of England

King Edward I of England (June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307), popularly known as "Longshanks" because of his 6 foot 2 inch frame and the "Hammer of the Scots" (his tombstone, in Latin, read, Hic est Edwardvs Primus Scottorum Malleus, "Here lies Edward I, Hammer of the Scots"), achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who kept Scotland under English domination. He reigned from 1272 to 1307, ascending the throne of England on November 21, 1272 after the death of his father, King Henry III of England. His mother was Queen consort Eleanor of Provence.

Issue

Children of Edward and Eleanor:

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• Daughter, stillborn in May 1255 in Bordeaux, France.
• Katherine, living June 17 1264, died September 5 1264 and buried at Westminster Abbey.
• Eleanor, born 18 June 1264 and died 12 October 1297. She married (1) Alfonso III of Aragon, (2) Count Henry III of Bar.
• Joan, born January 1265, buried at Westminster Abbey before September 7 1265.
• John, born July 13 1266, died August 3 1271 at Wallingford, in the custody of his granduncle, Richard, Earl of Cornwall. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
• Henry, born before May 6 1268, died October 16 1274.
• Daughter, born May 1271 in Palestine and died before September 1271.
• Joan of Acre born May 1271 and died April 7 1307. She married (1) Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, (2) Ralph Morthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer.
• Alphonso, Earl of Chester, born 24 November 1273, died 19 August 1284, buried in Westminster Abbey.
• Margaret, born March 15 1275 and died after 1333. She married John II, Duke of Brabant.
• Berengaria, born 1 May 1276 and died before June 27 1278, buried in Westminster Abbey.
• Daughter, died shortly after birth, January 1278.
• Mary, born 11 March 1279 and died 29 May 1332, a nun in Amesbury, Wiltshire (England).
• Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, born August 1281 at Rhuddlan, died 5 May 1316. She married (1) John I, Count of Holland, (2) Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford & 3rd Earl of Essex.
• Edward of Caernavon, born 25 April 1284 at Caernarvon, died 21 September 1327. He married Isabella of France.

Children of Edward and Marguerite:

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• Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (1300–1338), married firstly, Alice Hayles and had issue. He married secondly, Mary Brewes and had issue.
• Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, married Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake of Liddell and had issue.
• Eleanor (1306–1311), died young.