Everything about Edmund Of Langley 1st Duke Of York totally explained
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (
June 5 1341 –
August 1 1402) was a younger son of King
Edward III of England and
Philippa of Hainault, the fourth of the five sons of the Royal couple who lived to adulthood. Like so many medieval princes, Edmund gained his identifying nickname from his birthplace:
Kings Langley in
Hertfordshire. At the age of twenty-one, he was created Earl of
Cambridge. On
6 August 1385, Edmund was created
Duke of York.
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) He was the founder of the
House of York, but it was through the marriage of his younger son,
Richard, that the
Yorkist faction in the
Wars of the Roses made its claim on the throne.
Marriage
Although marriages within the royal family and between royal families are the rule, it's interesting to note Edmund's marital ties to his older brother,
John of Gaunt. Edmund's first wife was the sister of
John of Gaunt's wife, and Edmund's second wife was the sister of John of Gaunt's daughter-in-law.
His first wife,
Isabella of Castile, was a daughter of
Pedro "the Cruel" of Castile and
María de Padilla. They married at
Wallingford in 1372.
They had two sons and a daughter:
After Isabella's death in
1392, Edmund married Joan de Holland, a cousin (she was a granddaughter of
Joan of Kent; Joan of Kent and Edmund were both descendants of
Edward I). Langley and Joan produced no children.
Death
Edmund of Langley died in his birthplace, and was buried there, in the church of the
mendicant friars. His dukedom passed to his eldest son, Edward.
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