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Name *Edward I "Longshanks" PLANTAGENET , King of England, 21G Grandfather
Birth 16 Jun 1239, Approx. DOB Born in Westminster Abbey
Death 7 Jul 1307, at Burgh-On_Sands, Near Carlisle, Cumberland, Eng.
Burial Westminster Abbey
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES - Reigned 1272-1307. Note: BJ is descended from him through 3 of his children namely Edward II, Elizabeth fr. 1st marriage, and Edmund fr. 2nd marriage.
Father *Henry III PLANTAGENET , King of England (1207-1272)
Mother *Eleanor BERENGUER DE PROVENCE (~1217-1291)
Spouses:
1 *Eleanor (Alianore) DE CASTILLE, 23G Grandmother
Birth abt 1244, Castile, Spain
Death 24 Nov 1290, Herdeby, Near Grantham, Lincolnshire, Marlborough Castle, Eng.
Burial Westminster Abbey
Occupation Acceded to throne 19 Aug 1274 at Westminster Abbey
Father *Ferdinand III "The Saint" , King of Castile (1199-1252)
Mother Countess of Ponthieu, Johanna de Danmartin?
Marriage Oct 1254, Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile
Children: *Elizabeth (-1316)
2 *Marguerite of France, 2ND WIFE OF EDWARD I, 21G Grandmother
Birth Paris, France
Death 14 Feb 1317, Castle, Marlborough, England
Burial Grey Friars Church, London, England
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES
Father *Philip III CAPET , King of France (1245-1285)
Mother *Isabella De Aragon (1243-1270)
Marriage 10 Sep 1299
Children: *Edmund (1301-1330)
Notes for *Edward I "Longshanks" PLANTAGENET , King of England
He is described by the "Military History" magazine as being a handsome man with piercing blue eyes with a left eyelid that drooped. He stood at 6'2" tall. He and his wife, Eleanor were 3rd cousins. They had 13 children, 6 living to maturity.
He subdued the Welsh in 1283 and created the title "Prince of Wales" for his son, Edward II. He battled with the Scots, and carried away the great Stone of Scone upon which Scottish kings had been crowned for hundreds of years. He gained many lands from France by his marriage to Eleanor and made his father's success in the Baron's War possible.

In the Barons War 1264-67 he defeated the Barons at Evesham (1265). As king he is noted for encouraging Parliamentary institutions at the expense of feudalism and for subduing Wales on which he imposed the English system of administration. He later tried to assert his authority over Scotland (1290-1307) and died while on his way to fight Robert the Bruce.

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