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Agnes Mortimer, Countess Of Pembroke
Agnes Mortimer, Countess of Pembroke (1317 – 25 July 1368) was the wife of Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke. She was a daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville. Family Agnes Mortimer was one of the twelve children of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville. Her paternal grandparents were Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes. Her maternal grandparents were Piers de Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, and Jeanne of Lusignan. First marriage Agnes' father had just been created Earl of March, and was thus able to look for more powerful spouses for his children. In a brilliant set of marriages, Agnes was therefore married to Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke, a ward of her father's, while her sister Beatrice was married to Edward of Norfolk. Edward III and Queen Isabella attended the wedding at Hereford; dates of this event vary by historian, and it has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl Of Pembroke
Laurence de Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (20 March 131920 August 1348) was an English nobleman and held the titles 1st Earl of Pembroke (4th creation), Baron Abergavenny and Baron Hastings under Edward II of England and Edward III of England. Family His father was John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings and his mother Juliana Leybourne. He was born at Allesley in Warwickshire and christened at Allesley on the same day. As a great-grandson of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and having inherited through the female line a portion of the estates of the Valence earls, he was created (or recognized as) a new creation of the earl of Pembroke in October 1339. He married Lady Agnes Mortimer (131725 July 1368), the daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March with whom he had one son: *John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1347–1375) Death He died at Abergavenny Castle Abergavenny Castle () is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maud De Braose, Baroness Mortimer
Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer of Wigmore (1224 – shortly before 23 March 1301) was a noble heiress, and one of the most important,Mitchell, p.44 being a member of the powerful de Braose family which held many lordships and domains in the Welsh Marches. She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, a celebrated soldier and Marcher baron. A staunch Royalist during the Second Barons' War, she devised the plan to rescue Prince Edward (the future King Edward I of England) from the custody of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.Costain, ''The Magnificent Century'', pages 292–294 She is sometimes referred to as Matilda de Braose. Family Maud was born in Wales in 1224, the second-eldest daughter and co-heiress of Marcher lord William de Braose (died 1230), William de Braose and Eva Marshal. She was also a co-heiress to a portion of the Brewer estates, through her paternal grandmother Gracia, daughter of the prominent County of Anjou, Angevine curia re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle De Craon
Isabel is a female name of Iberian origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba''). Arising in the 12th century, it became popular in England in the 13th century following the marriage of Isabella of Angoulême to the king of England. Today it is sometimes abbreviated to Isa. Etymology This set of names is a Spanish variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba through Latin and Greek represented in English and other European languages as Elisabeth.Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 337a.Chantal Tanet et Tristan Hordé, ''Dictionnaire des prénoms'', Larousse, Paris, 2009, p. 38 These names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande De Dreux, Countess Of Penthièvre And Of Porhoet
Yolande of Brittany (late 1218 – 10 October 1272), also known as Yolande de Dreux, was the ruler of the counties of Penthièvre and Porhoet in the Duchy of Brittany. Yolande had been betrothed to King Henry III of England in 1226 at the age of seven years, but married Hugh XI of Lusignan, the half-brother of Henry III. Through Hugh, she became Countess of La Marche and of Angoulême. She was the mother of seven children. From 1250 to 1256, she acted as Regent of La Marche and Angoulême for her son, Hugh XII of Lusignan. Life Yolande was born in Dreux, France at the end of 1218, the only daughter of Alix, Duchess of Brittany, and her husband Pierre de Dreux. She had two brothers, John I, Duke of Brittany and Arthur of Brittany (1220–1224). By her father's second marriage to Nicole, she had a half-brother, Olivier de Braine (1231–1279). Her mother, Alix, had died on 21 October 1221, when Yolande was not quite three years old. Yolande's paternal grandparents were Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh XI Of Lusignan
Hugh XI de Lusignan or Hugh VI of La Marche (c. 1221 – 6 April 1250) was a 13th-century French nobleman. He succeeded his mother Isabelle of Angoulême, former queen of England, as Count of Angoulême in 1246. He likewise succeeded his father Hugh X as Count of La Marche in 1249. Hugh XI was the half-brother of King Henry III of England. Life Hugh XI was betrothed in 1224 to Joan of Toulouse, the daughter and heiress of Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse and his wife Sancha de Aragón. The betrothal was later broken and Joan was married to Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, brother of King Louis IX of France. By the Treaty of Vendôme in March 1227, Hugh XI was next betrothed to Isabelle of France, the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. However, Isabelle would later break off their marriage plans. Marriage and family Hugh XI married Yolande of Brittany (1218 – 1272) in 1236, the daughter of Peter I of Brittany and Alix of Thouars. * Hugh XII of Lusignan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne, Dame De Chateaudun
Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun ( 1227 – after 1252) was a French heiress and the wife of two French noblemen: Jean I de Montfort and John II of Brienne, Grand Butler of France. Family Jeanne was born in France in about the year 1227, the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Geoffrey VI, Viscount of Châteaudun, and his wife Clémence des Roches (died after September 1259). Her father also held the titles of seigneur of Chateaudun, Chateau-du-Loir, Mayet, Loupeland, Montdoubleau, and la Suze.Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p.155 In 1229, he participated in the Crusade against the Albigenses in the Languedoc. Her paternal grandparents were Geoffrey V, Viscount de Chateaudun and Alix de Freteval, and her maternal grandparents were William des Roches, Seneschal of Anjou, and Marguerite de Sablé, daughter of Robert de Sablé and Clémence de Mayenne. Jeanne had a younger sister Clémence de Chateaudun (after 1227 – before 1 February 1259), who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Marshal
Eva Marshal (1203–1246) was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, daughter of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare, the Earl and Countess of Pembroke. She married William de Braose, a marcher lord. She held de Braose lands and castles in her own right following the public hanging of her husband by the orders of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales. Family Lady Eva was the 8th child of William Marshal, and she was a member of the Marshal family. Eva and her sisters were described as being handsome, high-spirited girls. From 1207 to 1212, Eva and her family lived in Ireland. Her paternal grandparents were John Marshal and Sibyl of Salisbury, and her maternal grandparents were Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, known to history as Strongbow and Aoife of Leinster, for whom she was probably named. Marriage Sometime between 1219 and 1221, she married Marcher lord William de Braose, who in June 1228 succeeded to the lordship of Abergavenny, and by whom she had four daughters. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William De Braose (died 1230)
William de Braose (c. 1197 – 2 May 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere. He was an ill-fated member of the House of Braose, a powerful and long-lived dynasty of Marcher Lords. Biography William de Braose was born in Brecon, probably between 1197 and 1204. The Welsh, who detested him and his family name, called him ''Gwilym Ddu'', Black William. He succeeded his father in his various lordships in 1227, including Abergavenny and Buellt. William married Eva Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. They had four daughters: * Isabella de Braose (born c. 1222 – 1248), wife of Prince Dafydd ap Llywelyn * Maud de Braose (born c. 1224 – 1301), wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer another very powerful Marcher dynasty. * Eleanor de Braose (c. 1226 – 1251), wife of Humphrey (son of Humphrey de Bohun) and mother of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford. * Eva de Braose (c. 1227 – July 1255), wife of William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwladus Ddu
Gwladus Ddu, ("Gwladus the Dark Eyes"), full name Gwladus ferch Llywelyn (died 1251) was a member of the Royal House of Gwynedd. She was a daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd and probably Joan Plantagenet, Lady of Wales, the only known illegitemate daughter of John, King of England. Gwladus Ddu married two Marcher lords. Sources differ as to whether Gwladus was Llywelyn's legitimate daughter by his wife Joan or an illegitimate daughter by his longterm mistress Tangwystl Goch, daughter of Llywarch Goch and whilst she is widely regarded to be the daughter of Joan, this may be problematic when considering the date of Llywelyn and Joan’s marriage (around 1204-05) and the date of Gwladus’ first marriage (1215). Gwladus is recorded in Brut y Tywysogion as having died at Windsor in 1251. Marriage Gwladus married firstly, Reginald de Braose, Lord of Brecon and Abergavenny in about 1215. After Reginald's death in 1228, she was probably the sister recorded as accompanyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph De Mortimer
Ranulph or Ralph de Mortimer (before 1198 to 6 August 1246) was the second son of Roger de Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrers of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire. He succeeded his elder brother before 23 November 1227 and built Cefnllys and Knucklas castles in 1240. Marriage and issue In 1230, Ralph married Princess Gwladus, daughter of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and Joan, Lady of Wales (the only acknowledged, illegitimate daughter of John, King of England). They had the following children: * Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, in 1247, married Maud de Braose, by whom he had seven children * Hugh de Mortimer (d. 1273–4), lord of Chelmarsh * Peter or John Mortimer, a Franciscan friar in Shrewsbury * Joan Mortimer, who married Piers Corbet, Lord of Caus, Shropshire (d. 1300) around 1253, by whom she had 2 sons, Thomas and Peter Corbet, 2nd Baron Corbet. References * Remfry, P.M., ''Wigmore Castle Tourist Guide and the Family of Mortimer'' () * ''Ancestral Roots of Certain Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne De Fougères
Jeanne may refer to: Places * Jeanne (crater), on Venus People * Jeanne (given name) * Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, c.1412–1431), French folk heroine and saint * Jeanne Devos (religious sister) * Jeanne Devos (photographer) * Joan of Flanders, Countess of Montfort (1295–1374) * Joan of Penthièvre (1319–1384) * Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), American marimbist, percussionist, violinist, and arranger * Jeanne de Navarre (other), multiple people * Jeanne Landre (1874–1936), French journalist, critic and novelist * Leon Jeanne (born 1980), Welsh footballer Fictional characters *Jeanne, a character from the ''Bayonetta'' series of video games Arts and entertainment * ''Jeanne'' (1934 film), a French drama film * ''Jeanne'', also known as ''Joan of Arc'', a 2019 French drama film * ''Jeanne'', an 1844 novel by George Sand * Jeanne (song), a song by Laurent Voulzy * Jeanne (album), a 2022 album by Natasha St-Pier Other uses * Tropical Storm Jeanne (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh XII Of Lusignan
Hugh XII de Lusignan, Hugh VII of La Marche or Hugh III of Angoulême (c. 1235/1240 – after 25 August 1270). He was the son of Hugh XI of Lusignan and Yolande of Brittany. He succeeded his father as seigneur of Lusignan, Couhé, and Peyrat, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1250. On 29 January 1253/4, at Fougères, he married Jeanne de Fougères (d. aft.1273), daughter of Raoul III, seigneur of Fougères, and Isabelle de Craon. They had six children: * Hugh XIII of Lusignan * Guy of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême * Yolande de Lusignan * Jeanne of Lusignan, married (1st) Bernard-Ezy I, seigneur of Albret; (2nd) Sir Peter de Geneville, Knt. * Marie de Lusignan (d. aft. 1312), married in 1288 Etienne II, Count of Sancerre (d. c. 1306) * Isabelle de Lusignan, married Jean of Vesci. Death Hugh XII de Lusignan died in 1270 while on Crusade with King Louis IX of France Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
