Edward III of England

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House of Plantagenet King of England human monarch

Edward III of England was a 14th-century English king whose long reign was marked by military campaigns in the Hundred Years’ War, the strengthening of royal authority, and a flourishing of chivalric culture.

Aliases (4)

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	House of Plantagenet → King of England → human → monarch →
alsoKnownAs	Edward of Windsor →
battle	Battle of Crécy → Battle of Halidon Hill → Battle of Sluys →
birthDate	1312-11-13 →
birthPlace	Windsor Castle → Windsor, Berkshire, England →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
child	Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York → Edward the Black Prince → Isabella of England, Lady de Coucy → John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster → Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence → Margaret of England, Countess of Pembroke → Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany → Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester → William of Hatfield → William of Windsor →
claimedTitle	King of France →
conflict	Hundred Years' War → Scottish Wars of Independence →
coronationDate	1327-02-01 →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England →
dateOfClaim	1340 →
deathDate	1377-06-21 →
deathPlace	Richmond, Surrey, England → Sheen Palace →
era	14th century → Late Middle Ages →
father	Edward II of England →
founded	Order of the Garter →
givenName	Edward →
house	House of Plantagenet →
inception	Order of the Garter, 1348 →
knownFor	military campaigns in France → promotion of chivalric culture → strengthening royal authority in England →
languageUsed	French → Latin → Middle English →
monarchOf	Kingdom of England →
mother	Isabella of France →
motherTongue	Middle English →
nobleFamily	Plantagenet dynasty →
notableEvent	start of the Hundred Years' War →
notableWork	Founding of the Order of the Garter →
positionHeld	Duke of Aquitaine → King of England → Lord of Ireland →
predecessor	Edward II of England →
regnalName	Edward III →
reignEnd	1377-06-21 →
reignStart	1327-01-25 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Palace of Westminster → Tower of London → Windsor Castle →
significantEvent	Black Death in England → development of the English Parliament →
significantLegislation	Statute of Labourers 1351 → Statute of Treasons 1351 →
spouse	Philippa of Hainault →
style	His Majesty →
successor	Richard II of England →
successorInFranceClaim	Richard II of England →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
College of St George, Windsor Castle → Dean and Canons of Windsor → Duchy of Cornwall →	foundedBy
Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter ("King Edward III") → Royal Knights and Ladies ("King Edward III") → Sovereign of the Garter →	orderFoundedBy
Edward II of England → Isabella of France →	child
Calais ("King Edward III of England") →	capturedBy
Duke of Cornwall ("King Edward III") →	createdBy
Geoffrey Chaucer ("King Edward III of England") →	employer
Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter →	establishedBy
John of Gaunt →	father
Order of the Garter →	founder
House of Plantagenet →	hasMonarch
Hundred Years' War →	hasParticipant
Duke of Aquitaine →	heldBy
William of Wykeham ("Edward III") →	monarchDuringService
Edward →	notableBearer
English Army →	notableCommander
First War of Scottish Independence →	opponent
Edward III of England ("Edward III") →	regnalName
Joan of the Tower →	relative
Joan of the Tower →	sibling
Philippa of Hainault →	spouse
Philippa of Hainault →	spouseOfMonarch
Edward II of England →	successor
Edward II of England ("Edward of Windsor (Edward III)") →	successorAsPrinceOfWales
Lord of Ireland →	titleHolder