NameEarl Edmund “Crouchback” PLANTAGENET of Lancaster286,288,285
Death5 Jun 1296, Bayonne283,288
Burial15 Jul 1296, Westminster Abbey283
SpouseCountess Aveline DE FORZ283
Notes for Earl Edmund “Crouchback” PLANTAGENET of Lancaster
1st Earl of Lancaster
286In 1253 he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sicily and Apulia, at about this time he was also made Earl of Chester. These were of little value as the real King of Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was transfered to his elder brother Edward. He soon obtained, however, both possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort by the King of the Earldom of Leicester and also the honour of the Stewardship of England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave.
283Notes for Countess Aveline DE FORZ
Heiress to the earldoms of Devon and Aumale, her premature death left Edmund’s ambitions crushed.
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