Edmund Crouchback
English noble (1245-1296) · Politicians · Died at 51
Edmund Crouchback was a member of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty and the founder of the House of Lancaster. He was Earl of Leicester (1265-1296), Lancaster (1267-1296) and Derby (1269-1296) in England and Count Palatine of Champagne (1276-1284) in France.
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Birth of Edmund, 1245. Recorded by Matthew Paris
Engraving of Edmund's seal as King of Sicily granted during the "Sicilian business"
Second Barons' War between Henry III (left) and Simon de Montfort (right)
Chartley Castle in Staffordshire, one of the properties Edmund retained from the disgraced baron, Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby
The Great Keep of Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. Edmund received Kenilworth Castle following the Dictum of Kenilworth, which was signed to break the six-month siege of the castle by Edmund, his brother Edward, and his father King Henry III of England.
Grosmont Castle in Monmouthshire in Wales, one of the Three Castles, which Edmund received from his brother Edward.
Edmund's seal (19th-century reproduction by Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville)About this person
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Lived 1245 to 1296 · aged 51
