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Philippa of Hainault and her family seated under the canopy. Philippa was born on 24 June c.1310/15, in Valenciennes, Low Countries.She was one of eight children and the second of five daughters born from William I, Count of Hainaut, and Joan of Valois, granddaughter of King Philip III of France. [9]
Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross is a 1789 history painting by the Anglo-American artist Benjamin West. [1] [2] It depicts the 1346 Battle of Neville's Cross during the Hundred Years' War. It depicts Philippa of Hainault, queen consort of England, on horseback rallying her forces.
The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged with the English claimed Crown of France, 1337–1360; so Philippa of Hainault, the Queen of Edward III was also the Duchess of Aquitaine Lady of Aquitaine, 1360–1369
Her father was the second son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. [3] She was the eldest grandchild of King Edward and Queen Philippa, her namesake. Philippa married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, at the age of fourteen, in the Queen's Chapel at Reading Abbey. [2]
Queen Philippa may refer to: Philippa of Hainault (1310–1369), queen consort of England; Philippa of Lancaster (1360–1415), queen consort of Portugal; Philippa of England (1394–1430), queen consort of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
Philippa of Hainault (1310/15 – 1369) 14th-century noblewoman and queen of England: Philippa of Hainault (Middle French: Philippe de Hainaut; 24 June c.1310/15 – 15 August 1369) was Queen of England as the wife of King Edward III. Edward promised in 1326 to marry her within the following two years.
Philippa was the daughter of Sir Gilles de Roet, who was a herald and, later, a knight of Hainault and accompanied Queen Philippa to England. [2] He later became the Guienne King of Arms. There is no history of her mother, but it is thought that Philippa had two sisters and a brother: Katherine, Elizabeth, and Walter. [1]
Date: 7 May 2015: Source: engraving published in 1875 book "The Queens of England or Royal Book of Beauty" (or 1851 book "Biographical Sketches of the Queens of England"), edited by Mary Howitt