Ancestral Trails 2016 » ELIZABETH PLANTAGENET (1282-1316)

Personal data ELIZABETH PLANTAGENET 

• She was born on August 7, 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales.

  Attention: Age at marriage (January 7, 1297) below 16 years (14).

• Title: Princess of England, Countess of Hereford, Countess consort of Holland
• (Ancestry) : House of Plantagenet.
• (Alternative Name) : Isabel/Elizabeth of Rhuddlan.
• She died on May 5, 1316 in Quendon, Essex, she was 33 years old.

  Died in childbirth

• She is buried May 1316 in Waltham Abbey, Upshire, Essex.
• A child of EDWARD I OF ENGLAND and ELEANOR de CASTILE

Household of ELIZABETH PLANTAGENET

(1) She is married to John I of HOLLAND.

They got married on January 7, 1297 at Ipswich, Suffolk, she was 14 years old.

(2) She is married to HUMPHREY de BOHUN.

They got married on November 14, 1302 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, she was 20 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Margaret de BOHUN  1303-1310
2. Isabel de BOHUN  1316-1316
3. John de BOHUN  1306-????
4. Hugh de BOHUN  1303-1377
5. Humphrey de BOHUN  1309-1361
6. Aeneas de BOHUN  1314-1331
7. Humphrey de BOHUN  1305-1306
8. Edward de BOHUN  1312-????
9. WILLIAM de BOHUN  1311-1360 
10. Agnes de BOHUN  1309-1375 
11. Eleanor de BOHUN  1304-1363 
12. Margaret de BOHUN  1311-1391 

Notes about ELIZABETH PLANTAGENET

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (7 August 1282 - 5 May 1316) was the eighth and youngest daughter of King Edward I and Queen Eleanor of Castile. Of all of her siblings, she was closest to her younger brother King Edward II, as they were only two years apart in age.

First marriage
In April 1285 there were negotiations with Floris V for Elizabeth's betrothal to his son John I, Count of Holland. The offer was accepted and John was sent to England to be educated. On 8 January 1297 Elizabeth was married to John at Ipswich. In attendance at the marriage were Elizabeth's sister Margaret, her father, Edward I of England, her brother Edward, and Humphrey de Bohun. After the wedding Elizabeth was expected to go to Holland with her husband, but did not wish to go, leaving her husband to go alone.

After some time travelling England, it was decided Elizabeth should follow her husband. Her father accompanied her, travelling through the Southern Netherlands between Antwerp, Mechelen, Leuven and Brussels, before ending up in Ghent. There they remained for a few months, spending Christmas with her two sisters Eleanor and Margaret. On 10 November 1299, John died of dysentery, though there were rumours of his murder. No children had been born from the marriage.

Second marriage
On her return trip to England, Elizabeth went through Brabant to see her sister Margaret. When she arrived in England, she met her stepmother Margaret, whom Edward had married while she was in Holland. On 14 November 1302 Elizabeth was married to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, 3rd of Essex, also Constable of England, at Westminster Abbey.

The children of Elizabeth and Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford were:
Hugh de Bohun (September 1303 - 1305)
Lady Eleanor de Bohun (17 October 1304 - 1363)
Humphrey de Bohun (b&d 1305) (buried with Mary or Margaret)
Mary or Margaret de Bohun (b&d 1305) (buried with Humphrey)
John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (23 November 1306 - 1335)
Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford (6 December c. 1309 - 1361)
Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon (3 April 1311 - 1391)
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (1312-1360).
Edward de Bohun (1312-1334), twin of William
Eneas de Bohun, (1314 - after 1322); he is mentioned in his father's will
Isabel de Bohun (b&d 5 May 1316)

During Christmas 1315, Elizabeth, who was pregnant with her eleventh child, was visited by her sister-in-law, Queen Isabella of France. This was a great honour, but the stress of it may have caused unknown health problems that later contributed to Elizabeth's death in childbirth. On 5 May 1316 she went into labour, giving birth to her daughter Isabella. Both Elizabeth and her daughter Isabella died shortly after the birth, and were buried together in Waltham Abbey.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Rhuddlan

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