Edmund "Crouchback" ,
Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, (1245-1296)
Born 16 January 1245 London
Died 5 June 1296 Bayonne
Married circa 3 February 1276 Paris
Blanche d'Artois
Regent of Navarre
Born circa 1245 /1250
Died 2 May 1302 Paris
In 1255 Pope Alexander III conferred the title of King of Sicily
on him. However,
his father, King Henry III, was unable to provide the
money and men
to support the 10-year-old and, in 1263, the title was
renounced.
In 1267 his brother, King Edward I, created him Earl of
Lancaster. In
1271 Edmund went on a crusade to Palestine where he
received his
nickname "Crouchback", or crossed back, referring to his
crusader's cross.
From 1277 till 1282 he fought against the Welsh and,
in 1296, against
the French in Gascony.
Source: Leo
van de Pas
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