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Edward II was the fourth son [1] of Edward I, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and ruler of Gascony in south-western France (which he held as the feudal vassal of the king of France), [2] and Eleanor, Countess of Ponthieu in northern France. Eleanor was from the Castilian royal family.
King Charles II 1630–1685 r. 1649–1651 r. 1660–1685 (Scotland) r. 1660–1685 (England) Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of Orange: Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 Princess of Orange: Anne Hyde 1637–1671 Duchess of York: King James II [a] 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688 ...
Mary of Woodstock (11 March 1278 [1] – before 8 July 1332 [2]) was the seventh named daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. She was a nun at Amesbury Priory , but lived very comfortably thanks to a generous allowance from her parents.
By his first wife Eleanor of Castile, Edward had at least fourteen children, perhaps as many as sixteen. Of these, five daughters survived into adulthood, but only one son outlived his father, becoming King Edward II (r. 1307–1327). [151] Edward's children with Eleanor were: [392] Katherine (1261 or 1263–1264) [393] Joan (1265–1265) [393]
Mary of Woodstock (1278–1332), daughter of King Edward I of England; Mary I, several people; Mary II, several people; Mary de Bohun (c. 1369/1370–1394), first wife of Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Northampton and Hereford; mother of Henry V of England; Mary de Vere (c. 1554–1624), English noblewoman; daughter of John de Vere and Margery ...
Ælfgifu (also Ælfgyfu; Elfgifa, Elfgiva, Elgiva) is an Anglo-Saxon feminine personal name, from ælf "elf" and gifu "gift". When Emma of Normandy, the later mother of Edward the Confessor, became queen of England in 1002, she was given the native Anglo-Saxon name of Ælfgifu to be used in formal and official contexts.
Mary of Teck (1936–1952) United Kingdom: widow of King George V and mother of kings Edward VIII and George VI. Queen Mary never used the title Queen Mother, because she thought it implied advancing years, [12] choosing instead to be known as "Queen Mary" and that style was used to describe her in the Court Circular.
Mary's father, James II and VII, was the last Catholic monarch in Britain. Portrait by Nicolas de Largillière, c 1686. Upon the death of Charles II without legitimate issue in February 1685, the Duke of York became king as James II in England and Ireland and James VII in Scotland.