Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, Princess of England

Female 1282 - 1316  (33 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Plantagenet 
    Title Lady 
    Suffix Princess of England 
    Birth 7 Aug 1282  Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Rhuddlan Castle (Welsh: Castell Rhuddlan) is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It was erected by Edward I in 1277 following the First Welsh War.

      View images, map & history ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhuddlan_Castle
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 May 1316  Quendon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • shortly after childbirth...
    Burial 23 May 1316  Waltham Abbey, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Waltham Abbey is a market town of about 20,400 people in Epping Forest District in the southwest of the county of Essex, 24 km (15 mi) NNE of central London on the Greenwich Meridian, between the River Lea in the west and Epping Forest in the east.

      Waltham Abbey takes its name from the Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross, a scheduled ancient monument that was prominent in the town's early history.

      more ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham_Abbey_(town)
    Person ID I43569  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2016 

    Father Edward I, King of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh by Sands, Carlisle, Cumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Eleanor de Castile, Queen of England,   b. 0___ 1241, Burgos, Segovia, Castile, Spain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1290, Hardby, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1254  Burgos, Segovia, Castile, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Family ID F13822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sir Humphrey de Bohun, VII, 4th Earl of Hereford,   b. ~ 1276, Pleshey Castle, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1322, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1302  Westminster Abbey, 20 Deans Yd, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 8
    • Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Between 1540 and 1556 the abbey had the status of a cathedral. Since 1560, however, the building is no longer an abbey nor a cathedral, having instead the status of a Church of England "Royal Peculiar"—a church responsible directly to the sovereign. The building itself is the original abbey church.

      According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as Thorn Ey (Thorn Island)) in the 7th century, at the time of Mellitus, a Bishop of London. Construction of the present church began in 1245, on the orders of King Henry III.

      Since 1066, when Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror were crowned, the coronations of English and British monarchs have been held there. There have been at least 16 royal weddings at the abbey since 1100. Two were of reigning monarchs (Henry I and Richard II), although, before 1919, there had been none for some 500 years.

      more ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey
    Children 
     1. Lady Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde,   b. 17 Oct 1304, Knaresborough Castle, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1363 (Age 58 years)
     2. Lady Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon,   b. 3 Apr 1311   d. 16 Dec 1391 (Age 80 years)
     3. Sir William de Bohun, Knight, 1st Earl of Northampton,   b. 0___ 1312, Caldecot, Rutland, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1360, (England) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)
     4. Lady Agnes (Margaret) de Bohun, Baroness Ferrers of Chartley,   b. 0___ 1313, Caldecot, Rutland, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F15824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Aug 1282 - Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Nov 1302 - Westminster Abbey, 20 Deans Yd, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 May 1316 - Quendon, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 23 May 1316 - Waltham Abbey, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (7 August 1282 - 5 May 1316) was the eighth and youngest daughter of King Edward I and Queen Eleanor of Castile. Of all of her siblings, she was closest to her younger brother King Edward II, as they were only two years apart in age.

      First marriage

      In April 1285 there were negotiations with Floris V for Elizabeth's betrothal to his son John I, Count of Holland. The offer was accepted and John was sent to England to be educated. On 8 January 1297 Elizabeth was married to John at Ipswich. In attendance at the marriage were Elizabeth's sister Margaret, her father, Edward I of England, her brother Edward, and Humphrey de Bohun. After the wedding Elizabeth was expected to go to Holland with her husband, but did not wish to go, leaving her husband to go alone.

      After some time travelling England, it was decided Elizabeth should follow her husband. Her father accompanied her, travelling through the Southern Netherlands between Antwerp, Mechelen, Leuven and Brussels, before ending up in Ghent. There they remained for a few months, spending Christmas with her two sisters Eleanor and Margaret. On 10 November 1299, John died of dysentery, though there were rumours of his murder. No children had been born from the marriage.

      Second marriage

      On her return trip to England, Elizabeth went through Brabant to see her sister Margaret. When she arrived in England, she met her stepmother Margaret, whom Edward had married while she was in Holland. On 14 November 1302 Elizabeth was married to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, 3rd of Essex, also Constable of England, at Westminster Abbey.[citation needed]

      Offspring

      The children of Elizabeth and Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford were:

      Hugh de Bohun (September 1303 – 1305)
      Lady Eleanor de Bohun (17 October 1304 – 1363)
      Humphrey de Bohun (b&d 1305) (buried with Mary or Margaret)
      Mary or Margaret de Bohun (b&d 1305) (buried with Humphrey)
      John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (23 November 1306 – 1335)
      Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford (6 December c. 1309 – 1361)
      Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon (3 April 1311 – 1391)
      William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (1312–1360).
      Edward de Bohun (1312–1334), twin of William
      Eneas de Bohun, (1314 - after 1322); he is mentioned in his father's will
      Isabel de Bohun (b&d 5 May 1316)

      Later life

      During Christmas 1315, Elizabeth, who was pregnant with her eleventh child, was visited by her sister-in-law, Queen Isabella of France. This was a great honour, but the stress of it may have caused unknown health problems that later contributed to Elizabeth's death in childbirth.[citation needed] On 5 May 1316 she went into labour, giving birth to her daughter Isabella. Both Elizabeth and her daughter Isabella died shortly after the birth, and were buried together in Waltham Abbey. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7510] "William Brereton (1506- ?)" Pedigree & 9-Generation Ahnentafel, cited on "Our Family Histories", August 24, 2015, http:.

    2. [S8964] "Lady Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (7 August 1282 - 5 May 1316)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Rhuddlan.

    3. [S51609] http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/ahnentafel.php?personID=I7340&tree=00&parentset=0&generations=5.

    4. [S7809] "Edward I of England (1239-1307)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England.

    5. [S7975] "Ferdinand III King of Castile and Leon" biography, http://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-III-king-of-Castile-a.

    6. [S9233] "Eleanor of Provence" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Provence, retrieved March 17, 2016 by David A.

    7. [S7511] "Humphrey (VII) de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276 - 16 March 1322)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey.

    8. [S9922] "A Registry of Henry de Bohun (~ 1177-1220)", accessed & downloaded November 12th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, http://ww.