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Personal data Philippa (Philippa ) de Hainault Queen consort of England 

• Alternative names: Philippa (Philippa ) of Hainault, Philippa Hainault D Avesnes Queen Consort to Edward III
• First name Philippa .
• She was born on June 24, 1314 in Valenciennes, Hainault, Flanders.Sources 2, 3

  Attention: Age at marriage (January 24, 1327) below 16 years (12).

• Alternative: She was born on June 24, 1311 in Hainault, Belgium.
• She died on August 15, 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, she was 55 years old.Sources 2, 3
• Alternative: She died on August 14, 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, she was 55 years old.
• She is buried in London, London, England.Source 2

Household of Philippa (Philippa ) de Hainault Queen consort of England

She is married to Edward Duke of York King of England Plantagenet.

They got married on January 24, 1327 at Yorkshire, England, she was 12 years old.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Prince Lionel Antwerp Duke of Clarence Plantagenet  1338-1368 
2. John of Gaunt  1340-1399 
3. Edmund of Langley de Langley 1st Duke of York  1341-1402 
4. Mary of England  1344-1361
5. Thomas Plantagenet Hertog van Gloucester  1355-1397 

Notes about Philippa (Philippa ) de Hainault Queen consort of England

15 August 1369
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Philippa of Hainault died of an illness similar to dropsy in Windsor Castle aged fifty-five.
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Philippa was Queen consort to Edward III. She was the daughter of Count Willam of Hainaut & French Princess Joan of Valois,
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◼ She was given a state funeral six months later on 29 January 1370 & interred at Westminster Abbey. Her tomb was placed on the northeast side of the Chapel of Edward the Confessor & on the opposite side of her husband's grandparents Edward I & Eleanor of Castile & great grandfather Henry III. Her alabaster effigy was beautifully executed by sculptor Jean de Liège. Eight years later Edward III died and was buried next to Philippa.
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◼ By all accounts, her forty-year marriage to Edward had been happy. They had thirteen children including five sons who lived into adulthood and the rivalry of whose numerous descendants would, in the fifteenth century, bring about the long-running & bloody dynastic wars known as the Wars of the Roses. Three of her children died of the Black Death in 1348. The eldest of her children was Edward, the Black Prince, who became a renowned military leader.
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◼ Philippa won much popularity with the English people for her kindness & compassion. Philippa acted as regent, when her husband was away from his kingdom, & she often accompanied him on his expeditions to Scotland, France, & Flanders. The Queen's College, Oxford is named after Philippa. It was founded in 1341 by one of her chaplains, Robert de Eglesfield, in her honour.

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