Aveline de Forz

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Aveline de Forz was a 13th-century English noblewoman and heiress whose marriage into the royal family briefly made her one of the wealthiest and most prominent women of her time.

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Aveline de Forz canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noblewoman
heiress
human
medieval noble
associatedPlace Aumale
Holderness
associatedWith English royal court
burialMonumentLocation Presbytery of Westminster Abbey
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath unknown
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1259
dateOfDeath 1274-11-10
era 13th century
father William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle
floruit 13th century
gender female
hasMonumentType effigial tomb
hasNoChildren true
historicalSignificance major landholder whose estates later formed part of the Lancastrian inheritance
inheritanceFrom Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon
William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
legalStatus suo jure countess
marriageDate 1269
memberOfNobleFamily House of Plantagenet
surface form: House of Plantagenet (by marriage)

de Forz family
mother Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon
nobleTitle Countess of Aumale
Lady of Holderness
notableFor being one of the wealthiest heiresses in 13th-century England
extensive landholdings in northern England
marriage into the English royal family
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England
placeOfDeath Stockwell, Surrey
positionHeld Lady of Holderness in her own right
Countess of Aumale
surface form: suo jure Countess of Aumale
realm England
religion Roman Catholicism
siblingCount 0
spouse Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
Earl of Leicester
surface form: Edmund, 1st Earl of Leicester
spouseFather Henry III of England
spouseMother Eleanor of Provence
successorInTitle Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster

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Edmund of Lancaster spouse Aveline de Forz