Edward the First, King of England
This monarch, b. in 1239, was crowned 19 Aug. 1274. He m. 1st, in 1254, Eleonora, only child of Ferdinand III., King of Castile, by Johanna, Countess of Ponthieu, his wife, and by her, who d. in 1200, had issue to survive, viz.:
i. EDWARD created Prince of Wales soon after his birth.
ii. Eleanor, m. 1st, Alphonso, King of Arragon; and 2ndly, Henri, Comte de Bar, in Champagne, France. By the latter, the Princess Eleanor was mother of the
LADY ELEANOR, who m. LLEWELYN AP OWEN, Lord of South Wales, representative of the Sovereign Princes of South Wales, and had a Son,
THOMAS AP LLEWELYN, Lord of South Wales, who m. Eleanor, dau. and heir of Philip ap Ivor, Lord of Cardigan, by the Princess Catherine, his wife, dau. of Llewelyn ap Griffith, Prince of North Wales, (see King JOHN), and had two daus. and co heiresses.
1. ELEANOR, m. Griffith Vychan, Lord of Glyndwrdwy, in Merioneth, representative of the sovereign Princes of Powys, and had two Sons.
OWEN AP GRIFFITH VYCHAN Lord of Glyndwrdwy, the memorable OWEN GLENDOWER, in whom vested the representation of the three sovereign lines of Powys, North Wales and South Wales.
TUDOR AF GRIFFITH VYCHAN, Lord of Gwyddelwern in Merioneth; upwards of 20 years old 3 Sept., 10 Richard II., 1386, when, under the designation of “Tudor de Glendore,” he appeared as a witness in the Scrope and Grosvenor Controversy. From Tudor ap Griffith descend, by maternal representation, the HUGHES’S OF GWERCLAS.
2. Margaret, m. Meredith ap Tudor, and was mother of SIR OWEN TUDOR, grandfather of King HENRY VII.
iii. Margaret, m. to John, Duke of Brabant.
iv. Joan of Acres, m. 1st, to Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester; and after his decease, to Ralph de Monthermer.
v. Mary, a nun.
vi. Elizabeth, m. 1st, to John, Earl of Holland, Zealand, and Lord of Friezland; and 2ndly, to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex. By the latter, the princess had issue,
JOHN, Earl of Hereford, Lord High Constable, K.B.; d.s.p. in 1335.
HUMPHREY, Earl of Hereford, Lord High Constable, K.G.; d. unm. in 1361.
WILLIAM, Earl of Northampton, who had a son, HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, Earl of Hereford and Northampton, (father of two daus., Alianore, wife of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, and Mary, m. to King HENRY IV.), and a dau., Elizabeth, who m. Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and was mother of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, who d.s.p., and three daus., Elizabeth, m. 1st, to William de Montacute ; 2ndly, to Thomas, Lord Mowbray; 3rdly, to Sir Gerard Afflete; and 4thly, to Sir Robert Gousell, Knt.; Margaret, m. to Sir Rowland Lenthall; and Alice, m. to John Charlton, Lord Powis.
Alianore, m. to James Butler, Earl of Ormonde.
Margaret, m. to Hugh Courtenay, Earl of Devon.
After the death of the illustrious Eleanor of Castile, EDWARD I. m. for his second wife, 8 Sept. 1299, Margaret, dau. of Philip the Hardy, King of France, son of St. Louis, and by her had issue,
THOMAS, of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk, (to whom refer.)
EDMUND, of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, (to whom refer.)