Henry III Plantagenet

1207 - 1272  (65 years)

• Name	Henry III Plantagenet  [1]
  Birth	1 Oct 1207	Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Nov 1272	Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I1244	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2011

  
  

  Father	John "Lackland" Plantagenet,   b. 24 Dec 1167, Beaumont Palace, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Isabelle des Angoul,   b. Abt 1188   d. Abt 1246 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	24 Aug 1200	Bordeaux, Aquitaine   [1]
  	Noted that Isabelle was age 12 when married to King John age 33 at the time
  Family ID	F329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanore of Provence,   b. Abt 1207   d. Abt 1291 (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1216	England   [1]
  	Noted that King Henry III was age 9 at the time he married to Eleanore of Provence
  Children	1. Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2007

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Henry III Plantagenet, King of England 1216-1272 was 9 years old when he became King. Brought up by priests he became devoted to the church, art, and learning. In 1264 Henry was captured during the rebellion of Barons led by Simon de Montfort and was forced to set up a 'Parlement' at Westminster which later became the House of Commons. Henry was the greatest of all patrons of medieval architecture and ordered the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey in the Gothic style. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., Bulkeley **main, (New Haven, Connecticut, 1933), pp82-83 (Reliability: 3). [S558] Jorge H. Castelli, Tudor Place, http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PLANTAGENET.htm (Reliability: 3).