Queen Philippa De Hainault And Holland^[1]

1312 - 1369  (57 years)

• Name	Philippa De Hainault And Holland  [2]
  Prefix	Queen
  Birth	1312	Of, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Aug 1369	Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Person ID	I7472	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2010

  
  

  Father	William, Count Of Hainault
  Family ID	F2090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Count Guillaume De Avesnes, III,   b. 1280, Hainault, France d. 7 Jun 1337, Valenciennes (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Countess Jeanne De Valois,   b. 1294, Valois, France d. 1352 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1305	Belgium
  Family ID	F21549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King Edward III Edward,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 21 Jun 1377, Sheen Palace, Surrey, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1327	York, England
  Children	1. Edward   2. Isabella   3. Prince Edmund De Langley Of England,   b. 3 Jun 1341   d. 1 Aug 1402 (Age 61 years)   4. Joan   5. William   6. Duke Lionel Of Antwerp Clarence Antwerp   7. Duke John Of Gaunt,   b. Mar 1340, Abbaye DE St Bav, Gand, Flandre-Oriental, Belgium d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England (Age 58 years)   8. Edmund   9. Blanche   10. Mary   11. Margaret   12. William   13. Thomas
  Family ID	F1550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1312 - Of, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium Marriage - 24 Jan 1327 - York, England Death - 14 Aug 1369 - Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Queen Phillipa of Hainault 1314-1369 from "Queens of England" -1894 - provided by Cindy Jackola. Tomb of Philippa Hainault Westminster Abbey, London Philippa is remembered by history as a tender-hearted woman, who interceded with her husband and persuaded him to spare the lives of the six burghers of Calais, whom he had planned to execute as an example to the townspeople. Michael Packe in his book King Edward III gives us a delightful description of the kin g and queen's first meeting:   "He spied on the unwitting sisters, and pounced on the youngest of them, Philippa by name', at the time eight years old and nearest in age to Edward, who was nearly seven years. He had then subjected her to a minute and terrifying scrutiny. Apart from some criticism of her remaining baby teeth (they were 'not so white', he had found little fault with her solid physiognomy. Her hair betwixt blue-black and brown and not uncomely', her forehead large; her eyes blackish brown and deep, her nose though 'somewhat broad at the tip and also flattened', was 'yet no snub-nose'; her mouth was wide and generous, her ears and chin were 'comely enough', her mouth was wide and generous, she was of middle height for her age, well taught, and of 'fair carriage'.   'Her neck, shoulders, and all her body and lower limbs are reasonably well shapen; all her limbs are well set and unmaimed; and nought is amiss so far as a man may see. Moreover, she is brown of skin all over, and much like her father; and in all things she is pleasant enough to look at it seems to us.'   The Flemish master, Jean de Leige, worked in France and he influenced the English sculpture. Among his most important and representative tomb monuments is that of the queen of England, made in London in 1367. It can be seen, still in an excellent state of preservation, in the choir of the Westminster Abbey. It shows the recumbent figure of Philippa of Hainaut, wife of Edward Iii, who died in 1369. Her features as represented on the tomb give the impression of an individual likeness. The rather pudgy face with its thick neck and double chins suggests a basis in a life-mask. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  
  

• Sources

  [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:86 (Reliability: 3). [S1254] Francis Lancelott, Esq., The Queens of England and Their Times, (c. 1894 New York, D. Appleton and Company).