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William I, Count of Hainault. Mother. Joan of Valois. 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 Englandas the wife and political adviser of King Edward III.[4] She acted as regentin 1346,[5]when her husband was away for the Hundred Years' War.
- 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
Marriage. He married Philippa, daughter of William III, Count of Holland and Hainault, at York Minster on 24th January 1328. They had seven sons and five daughters (three of whom are buried in the Abbey). Their eldest son Edward of Woodstock, later called the "Black" Prince probably due to the colour of the armour he wore, died in 1376 and was ...
Jun 23, 2020 · Eleanor of Aquitaine: the medieval queen who took on Europe’s most powerful men. Philippa arrived in England at Christmas 1327, 11 months after the forced abdication of Edward II and several days after his funeral in Gloucester. On 25 January 1328, she married Edward III in York.
Sep 23, 2019 · Kathryn Warner. 23 Sep 2019. Philippa was born in c. February or March 1314. She was the third daughter of Willem, count of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland in modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands; and Jeanne de Valois, a granddaughter of Philip III of France, niece of Philip IV and sister of Philip VI. Philippa’s eldest sister Margaretha of ...
- Kathryn Warner
Jan 15, 2020 · On 24 January 1328 CE Edward married Philippa of Hainault (c. 1314-1369 CE) with whom he had 13 children in all. His most famous son was his eldest, Edward of Woodstock, better known since the 16th century CE as the Black Prince (probably after the unusual black armour and shield he bore).
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For the Portuguese queen, see Philippa of Lancaster. 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]
