Philippa van Hainault Queen Consort of England (b. 24 June 1311, d. 14 August 1369)
Philippa van Hainault Queen Consort of England was born 24 June 1311 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium142, and died 14 August 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England142. She married Edward Plantagenet III of Woodstock on 24 January 1328 in York Minster, York, York, England143.
Notes for Philippa van Hainault Queen Consort of England: "Edward III's wife was Phllippa of Hainault, who had long been marked out as the bride of the young king. We have a description of her at the age of nine from Bishop Stapleton, who, according to the custom of the age, had been sent to the Low Countries by Edward II to make a detailed examination fo the future Queen of England. Bishop Stapleton was precise: 'The Lady whom we saw has not uncomely hair, between blue-black and brown. Her head is clean-shaped, her forehead high and broad and standing somewhat forward. Her face narrow between the eys, and the lower part of her face is still more narrow and slender than the forehead ... Her teeth, which have fallen and grown again, are white enough, but the rest are not so white ... Her neck, shoulders and all her body and lower limbs are reasonably well shaped; all her limbes are well set and unmaimed; and nothieng is amiss so far as a man can see. ...
Phillippa turned out to be the perfect partner for young Edward III. She tempered his occasional brusque outburst of Plantagent temper, and made a graceful centre-piece for the brilliant court he created around her. ... Mortimer was executed and his mother packed off to comfortable retirement in a convent. Edward and his young queen inaugurated a new age which was to be marked by military glory and remarkable flowering of the arts." -- Princes of Wales, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas.
Philippa van Hainault, Queen Consort of England was born circa 1314 and married 24 Jan 1328 in York County, England. She died 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor, Berkshire County, England. [Parents] BIOGRAPHY: Philippa was the queen consort of King Edward III of England (who ruled from 1327 to 1377); her popularity helped Edward maintain peace in England during his long reign. Philippa's father was William the Good, graaf van Hainaut (in modern Belgium) and Holland, and her mother, Jeanne de Valois, was the granddaughter of King Philip III of France. She was married to Edward in October 1327, nine months after he ascended the throne. Accompanying him on his expeditions to Scotland in 1333 and Flanders from 1338 to 1340, she won universal respect for her gentleness and compassion. In 1347 she interceded and saved the lives of six burghers of Calais, France, whom Edward had threatened to execute. Unlike earlier foreign queens of England, she did not alienate the English barons by bringing large numbers of her countrymen to the royal court. She was patron to the Hainauter chronicler Jean Froissart, who served as her secretary from 1361 until her death. Queen's College, Oxford University, was founded by her chaplain and named for her. Philippa bore Edward five daughters and seven sons; five of their sons were prominent in 14th century politics. Philippa of Hainaut. Encyclopędia Britannica. Retrieved June 25, 2003, from Encyclopędia Britannica Premium Service. http://www.boazfamilytree.com/gneville/aqwg04.htm#1642
More About Philippa van Hainault Queen Consort of England: Baptism (LDS): 26 August 1993, SEATT. Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Endowment (LDS): 09 December 1993, SEATT.144 Record Change: 06 July 2006 Sealed to parents (LDS): 17 December 1993, SEATT.144
More About Philippa van Hainault Queen Consort of England and Edward Plantagenet III of Woodstock: Marriage: 24 January 1328, York Minster, York, York, England.145 Sealed to spouse (LDS): 24 February 1940, LOGAN.146
Children of Philippa van Hainault Queen Consort of England and Edward Plantagenet III of Woodstock are:
+John Plantagenetof Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, b. 24 June 1340, Abbaye de St. Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium147, d. 03 February 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England147.
Philippa van Hainault Queen Consort of England (b. 24 June 1311, d. 14 August 1369)
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