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Philippa of Hainault (sometimes spelled Hainaut; Middle French: Philippe de Hainaut; 24 June 1310 (or 1315) [1] [2] [3] – 15 August 1369) was Queen of England as the wife and political adviser of King Edward III. [4]
- She Was Born in Modern-Day Belgium
- Her Name Had Many Iterations
- She Had A Big Family
- Her Marriage Was Less Romantic Than It’S Often Portrayed
- She Was Related to Her New Husband, King Edward III
- She Proved to Be A Model of English Queenship
- She Supported Her Husband’S Attempts to Claim The French Throne
- She Had 12 Children, But 6 Outlived Her
- She Spent Extravagantly
- She Was Buried in State at Westminster Abbey
Philippa’s father Willem was count of Hainault, in modern-day Belgium, and also count of Holland and Zeeland, now in the Netherlands. Her mother Jeanne de Valois was the granddaughter of King Philip III of France, niece of Philip IV and sister of Philip VI.
In Philippa’s own lifetime, her name was spelt Philippe, Phelip or Phelipe, and it was a unisex name, serving for men called Philip and women called Philippa. In her own letters, she referred to herself as ‘Philippe, by the grace of God, queen of England, lady of Ireland and duchess of Aquitaine’, and contemporary chroniclers called her Philipp, Qu...
Philippa was the third daughter of her parents and had older sisters Margareta and Johanna. She was probably born in c. February or March 1314; chronicler Jean Froissart stated that she was ‘almost fourteen’ in January 1328. Her younger brother Willem, born in c. 1317, succeeded their father as count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland in 1337, and Ph...
The often-repeated romantic tale that Edward III chose Philippa as his bride over her sisters is untrue, and almost certainly invented by Philippa herself. Her older sisters Margareta and Johanna both married in February 1324, in a joint wedding in Cologne (Johanna married Wilhelm, duke of Jülich). At the time of Edward and Philippa’s betrothal in ...
Philippa married Edward III in York in January 1328, a month after the funeral of his deposed and disgraced father Edward II in St Peter’s Abbey, Gloucester. William Melton, archbishop of York, performed the ceremony. As a wedding gift, Philippa gave Edward two illuminated manuscripts, one about music, which the unsentimental king later broke up an...
Philippa proved herself to be a model of medieval queenship: tirelessly loyal to her husband, a mother 12 times over and widely liked and respected by her people, she was extremely popular. She used her role to exert political influence from time to time. She persuaded her husband, King Edward, to take an interest in commercial expansion, served as...
Philippa’s maternal uncle, Philip de Valois, succeeded his cousin Charles IV, Edward III’s maternal uncle, as King Philip VI of France in 1328. He was the first king of the house of Valois, the dynasty which ruled France until 1589. King Edward claimed the French throne in 1337, and there is much evidence to reveal that Queen Philippa staunchly sup...
Philippa gave birth to 12 children, 5 daughters and 7 sons, of whom only 6 outlived her, and only 4 outlived her husband. 2 of her sons and one of her daughters died in infancy, and 3 of her daughters died as teenagers; only one daughter, Isabella of Woodstock, countess of Bedford and Soissons, lived into adulthood and had children. As far as is kn...
Philippa loved clothes and jewels and was enormously extravagant even by the lavish standards of 14th-century royalty. Despite having one of the highest incomes in the country, she built up numerous debts and was incapable of living within her means. By 1360, her debts had spiralled to well over £5,000, something in the region of £10 million today.
Queen Philippa died at Windsor Castleon 15 August 1369, in her mid-50s. Of the 12 children she had borne, only the youngest, fourteen-year-old Thomas of Woodstock, was still alive and in England at the time of her death. Philippa was not buried until 9 January 1370, a long delay between a royal death and burial being usual in the 14th century. Her ...
- Kathryn Warner
Aug 11, 2024 · Philippa Of Hainaut (born c. 1314—died Aug. 15, 1369, Windsor, Berkshire, Eng.) was the queen consort of King Edward III of England (ruled 1327–77); her popularity helped Edward maintain peace in England during his long reign.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 23, 2019 · That same month, Philippa was finally crowned as queen of England in Westminster Abbey, when she was already five months pregnant with her eldest child Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, known to posterity as the ‘Black Prince’.
- Kathryn Warner
She died at Windsor Castle on 14th August 1369. The king was devoted to her and spent about £3,000 on her tomb in the Confessor's chapel at the Abbey. The queen's alabaster effigy, by Hennequin (Jean) of Liège, is undoubtedly a portrait as it shows her plump figure and kindly face.
Jun 23, 2020 · Philippa of Hainault and Edward III formed one of the great royal marriages of the Middle Ages. Philippa was, in effect, exchanged for ships and soldiers so that her mother-in-law could invade England – the most unromantic beginning to a marriage imaginable.
Born into the ruling family of Hainault, Philippa of Hainault became one of England's most popular queens. She was in many ways responsible for the establishment of both the coal industry and the textile industry of England, the two primary sources of England's national wealth for many centuries.
