Henry the Third, 1216 to 1272
| BORN: | 1 October 1207, Winchester Castle. |
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| PARENTS: | John (1167 - 1216), Isabelle of Angoulême (c. 1188 - 1246). |
| MARRIED: | Eleanor of Provence (c. 1217 -91), 14 January 1236, Canterbury Castle. |
| ACCEDED: | 18 October 1216 |
| CROWNED: | (1) 28 October 1216, Gloucester Cathedral. (2) 17 May 1220, Westminster Abbey. |
| DIED: | 16 November 1272, Westminster Palace, London. |
| INTERRED: | Westminster Abbey. |
| CHILDREN: | (1) Edward I (1239 - 1307) (2) Margaret (1240 - 75) (3) Beatrice (1242 - 75) (4) Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Leicester (1245 - 96) (5) Richard (c. 1247 - 56) (6) John (c. 1250 - 56) (7) William (c. 1252 - 56) (8) Katherine (1253 - 57) (9) Henry (c. 1256 - 57) |
| COEVAL PERSONS: |
Scottish Crown: Alexander II the Peaceful Alexander III the Glorious Welsh Crown: Llewelyn ap Gruffudd Allies: William the Earl Marshall Hugh de Burgh Opponent: Simon de Montfort Archbishops of Canterbury: Stephen Langton Walter d'Eynsham Richard le Grant Ralph Neville John of Sittingbourne John Blund St. Edmund Rich Boniface of Savoy Adam of Chillenden Popes: Honorius III Gregory IX Celestine IV Innocent IV Alexander IV Urban IV Clement IV Blessed Gregory X |
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| NOTABLE EVENTS: |
Battle of Licoln, 20 May 1217. Battle off the coast at Sandwich, 24 August 1217. Treaty of Kingston, 12 September 1217. The emergence of Parliament. Treaty of York, 1237. Restoration of Westminster Abbey, 1245. Treaty of Woodstock, 1247. Mad Parliament and Provisions of Oxford, 1258. Provisions of Westminster, 13 October 1259. Treaty of Paris, 4 December 1259. The Barons' War (1264-65): Battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264. Battle of Evesham, June - August 1265. Treaty of Marlborough, 1267. Treaty of Montgomery, 1267. Prince Edward (I) leaves for Crusade, July 1270. Castles built at: Tattershall, 1231. |
