The Granddaughters of Edward III
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The Granddaughters of Edward III

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The Granddaughters of Edward III

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Edward III may be known for his restoration of English kingly authority after the disastrous and mysterious fall of his father, Edward II, and eventual demise of his mother, Queen Isabella. It was Edward III who arguably put England on the map as a military might. This show of power and strength was not simply through developments in government, success in warfare or the establishment of the Order of the Garter, which fused ideals of chivalry and national identity to form camaraderie between king and peerage. The expansion of England as a formidable European powerhouse was also achieved through the traditional lines of political marriages, particularly those of the king of England's own granddaughters. This is a joint biography of nine of those women who lived between 1355 and 1440, and their dramatic, turbulent lives. One was queen of Portugal and was the mother of the Illustrious Generation; one married into the family of her parents' deadly enemies and became queen of Castile; one became pregnant by the king of England's half-brother while married to someone else, and her third husband was imprisoned for marrying her without permission; one was widowed at about 24 when her husband was summarily beheaded by a mob, and some years later bore an illegitimate daughter to an earl; one saw her marriage annulled so that her husband could marry a Bohemian lady-in-waiting; one was born illegitimate, had sixteen children, and was the grandmother of two kings of England.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Family Trees
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 The First Granddaughter
  8. Chapter 2 John and Blanche
  9. Chapter 3 Isabella and Enguerrand
  10. Chapter 4 Many Losses
  11. Chapter 5 Doña María’s Daughter and the Duke
  12. Chapter 6 Spanish Weddings
  13. Chapter 7 The Beauforts and the Yorks
  14. Chapter 8 A Coronation and an Early Death
  15. Chapter 9 The Young Bridegroom
  16. Chapter 10 Marie de Coucy and Henri de Bar
  17. Chapter 11 Madam of Ireland, and Elizabeth’s Second Marriage
  18. Chapter 12 Queen Philippa and King João, and Agnes Launcecrona
  19. Chapter 13 Catalina of Lancaster and Enrique of Castile
  20. Chapter 14 Two Queens and A Poet
  21. Chapter 15 A Young Widow and a Visit to Hungary
  22. Chapter 16 A Scandalous Marriage
  23. Chapter 17 The Extermination of Schismatics
  24. Chapter 18 Murder of a Royal Duke
  25. Chapter 19 Two Deaths
  26. Chapter 20 The Epiphany Rising
  27. Chapter 21 Elizabeth’s Third Marriage
  28. Chapter 22 The Coucy Sisters’ Dispute
  29. Chapter 23 Queen Catalina’s Son
  30. Chapter 24 An Illegitimate Daughter and an Unlicensed Marriage
  31. Chapter 25 Queen Philippa and an Arundel Marriage
  32. Chapter 26 Queen Philippa’s and Queen Catalina’s Diplomacy
  33. Chapter 27 The Claiming of Castile
  34. Chapter 28 Death of a Queen
  35. Chapter 29 Joan Beaufort and Margery Kempe
  36. Chapter 30 The Infant King
  37. Chapter 31 The Last Granddaughters
  38. Appendix Descendants
  39. Abbreviations
  40. Notes
  41. Bibliography
  42. Plates Section