Edmund of Langley
1341 – 1402 · Generation XVII · Duke of York · House of Plantagenet
Edmund of Langley (1341–1402). Duke of York. Married Isabella of Castile in 1372. The fifth son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, named for his birthplace at Kings Langley, he was created Earl of Cambridge in 1362 and served in the French wars of the 1370s, including the Black Prince’s sack of Limoges. His wife Isabella was a daughter of Peter of Castile, and in 1381 he led an abortive expedition to press his brother John of Gaunt’s claim to that kingdom. Made Duke of York in 1385, he kept the realm for Richard II during the king’s absences; when Henry Bolingbroke landed in 1399 he raised an army against him but then went over to his side, and stayed loyal to the new Lancastrian king. After Isabella’s death he married Joan Holland. He died at Epworth in 1402, the last of his siblings to die; through his son Richard the House of York later claimed the crown.
Place in the family
- Edmund of Langley was a great-great-great-grandfather of King Henry VIII.
- Edmund of Langley was the youngest of 3 children of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault recorded in this archive.
- The archive records 123 of his descendants, across 23 generations.
One of 26 people of House of Plantagenet (1126–1485) in this archive. The longest-reigning English house, counting its Angevin beginning and the rival Lancaster and York branches that fought the Wars of the Roses.
Line of descent: King William I The Conqueror → King Henry I → Matilda the Empress → King Henry II → King John → King Henry III → King Edward I Longshanks → King Edward II → King Edward III → Edmund of Langley.
Parents
- King Edward III (1312 – 1377)
- Philippa of Hainault (1310 – 1369)
Siblings
- Edward the Black Prince (1330 – 1376)
- John of Gaunt (1340 – 1399)
Partners
- Married Isabella of Castile (1355 – 1392) in 1372 — one child together
Children
- Richard of Conisburgh (1385 – 1415)
Life
- 1341 — Born
- 1372 — Married Isabella of Castile
- 1402 — Died