Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.
Thomas of Brotherton, first earl of Norfolk (d. 1338)
Thomas of Brotherton (1300 - 1338), first earl of Norfolk, marshal of England (an hereditary office); son of Edward I and his second wife Margaret of France. He was the elder of the two half-brothers of king Edward II.
Eleanor of Woodstock (1318 - 1355), countess of Gueldres; daughter of Edward II, king of England, and Isabella of France. She married Reginald II, count of Gueldres in 1332. In Book III of the Chronicles Froissart erroneously calls her ‘Isabella’, while in the ‘Rome’ version of Book I she is variously called ‘Jeanne’ (§ 2) or ‘Katherine’ (§ 19).
Eleanor of Woodstock (1318 - 1355), countess of Gueldres; daughter of Edward II, king of England, and Isabella of France. She married Reginald II, count of Gueldres in 1332. In Book III of the Chronicles Froissart erroneously calls her ‘Isabella’, while in the ‘Rome’ version of Book I she is variously called ‘Jeanne’ (§ 2) or ‘Katherine’ (§ 19).
William VI, duke of Juliers and Guelders (d. 1393)
William VI, duke of Juliers. He married Marie, duchess of Gueldres. In the version of Book I preserved in the Amiens and Valenciennes manuscripts, Froissart states that Marie’s husband was count of Berg, which is incorrect.
The birth of Reginald II’s son from his first marriage is mentioned in the account of the city of Mechelen for the year 1323 (Municipal Archives Mechelen, City Accounts, no. 9, f. 128r).
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