Edward I 'Longshanks' England, King

b 17 Jun 1239, , Westminster, Middlesex, England
d 07 Jul 1307, , Cumberland, Cumberland, England
bur 28 Oct 1307, Westminster Abbe, Westminister, Middlesex, England			Geoffrey V (The_Handsome) Plantagenet, Count of Anjou	>
c 22 Jun 1239, , Westminster, Middlesex, England		Henry II King England, 'Plantagenet'	Matilda (Maud) Princess England, Empress	>
	John 'Lackland' King England	b 05 Mar 1133	Guillaume X Duke Aquitaine	>
	\| b 24 Dec 1166	Eleanore Princess Of Aquitaine, [queen Of Englan	Eleanor De Chatellerault	>
Henry III King England	d 19 Oct 1216	b 1121	Guillaume (William) IV Taillefer, Count	>
\|b 01 Oct 1206	\|	Aymer De Taillefer	Margaret Turrenne, Countess	>
\|d 16 Nov 1272	Isabella De Taillefer	b 1160	Pierre Emperor Of Constantinople, Prince of France	>
\|	b 1188	Alix De Courtenay, Countess	Isabelle Elizabeth De Courtenay	>
Edward I 'Longshanks' England, King	d 31 May 1246	b 1160	Alfonso II, King Aragon	>
\|Marguerite Princess Of France-2 +		Alfonso II Count Province	Sanchia Castile, Queen of Aragon	>
\|m 18 Oct 1254	Raymond Berenger V, Provence_And_For	b 1180	Raimond De Sabran, [Prince]
\|Burgos, Burgos, Burgos, Spain	\|b 1198	Gersinde II Countess Forcalquier	Garsinde Countess Of Forcalquier	>
Eleanor Countess Of Provence, Queen of England	d 19 Aug 1245	b 1180	Humbert III Count Savoy	>
b 1223	\|	Thomas I Count Savoy	Beatrix Vienne, [Of]	>
d 24 Jun 1291	Beatrice, Countess Of Savoy	b 20 Mar 1177	William I, Count Geneva	>
	b 1201	Beatrice (Margaret) Geneva	Agnes Countess Of Savoy, Countess	>
	d Dec1266	b 1180

Children

1	<	Thomas Prince Of England
2		Edmund, Prince Of England
3		Eleonor Princess Of England

Notes

Edward I was named for Edward the Confessor. He is known as the English Justinian because of his fame as a lawgiver. A member of the royal family of Anjou, or Plantagenet, he succeeded his father, Henry III, on 19 Aug 1272. He started a war against the Welsh in 1277, and finally subdued them in 1283. Wales then became part of the English realm.

Edward I devoted most of his reign to conquering Scotland. In 1290, of the several men who claimed the Scottish throne, Edward chose John de Baliol. But he insisted that Baliol pay homage to him. The Scottish people were humiliated by this demand, and revolted. In 1296, Baliol joined the rebel forces, but Edward forced him to surrender. Edward carried back to London the great Stone of Scone, the coronation stone upon which Scottish kings had been crowned for hundreds of years. Later in the year, the Scots, led by William Wallace, again rebelled. Edward defeated them in 1298, but the Scots were not pacified. After a long struggle, Robert Bruce was crowned King of Scotland in 1306. Edward died on his way to subdue the new king.

Edward's Scottish policy delayed the union of the two kingdoms for 400 years. He also did little to improve relations with France. But his need for money to supply his army and government led him to call a parliament that would represent the entire country. In 1295, the new parliament met. It consisted of representatives of the nobility, the church, and the common people. This system of representation set a model for later parliaments. Edward restricted the power of the king by accepting the rule that taxes could be levied and laws made only with the consent of parliament. He also sponsored laws aimed at destroying the fuedal system, and at limiting the power of the church.

Edward I, 'Longshanks' King Of England. Death place Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England Burial Westminster Abbey, London, England Married at Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England

His tomb can be viewed today.

Source: 'The English Origin of John Ogle', Francis Hamilton Hibbard, 1967. 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p E74. 'Royalty for Commoners', Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 1. 'Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists ...', Frederick Lewis Weis, 1993, p 20. 'Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants', Langston & Buck, 1986, p 198.

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