Edward of Norfolk

Edward of Norfolk or Edward of Brotherton or Edward Plantagenet (c.1320 – before 9 August 1334), was the only son of Thomas of Brotherton, and a grandson of King Edward I of England.

Edward of Norfolk
Born	c.1320
Died	before 9 August 1334
Spouse(s)	Beatrice de Mortimer
Father	Thomas of Brotherton
Mother	Alice Hales

Born about 1320, Edward was the only son of Thomas of Brotherton, eldest son of King Edward I by his second marriage to Margaret of France (1279?–1318), the daughter of King Philippe III of France (d.1285).[1] His mother was Alice Hales (d. in or before 1330), daughter of Sir Roger Hales of Hales Hall in Loddon in Roughton, Norfolk, by his wife Alice.[2][3][1] He had two sisters:

• Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, who married firstly John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave, by whom she had two sons and two daughters, and secondly Sir Walter Manny.[3][4][5]
• Alice of Norfolk (d. 30 January 1352), who married, before 29 August 1338, Sir Edward de Montagu (d. 14 July 1361), by whom she had a son and two daughters.[6]

Shortly after 29 May 1328, at Hereford, Edward of Norfolk married Beatrice de Mortimer, daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, by Joan de Joinville (d.1356), daughter and coheiress of Sir Peter de Joinville.[7] The occasion was a double wedding at which the bride's sister, Agnes Mortimer, married Laurence Hastings, later 1st Earl of Pembroke.[8] The celebrations were accompanied by a magnificent tournament, and were attended by Edward III and his mother, Isabella of France, who was by then the mistress of the bride's father, Roger de Mortimer.[1][8] There was no issue of the marriage,[7] and two years after the ceremony Roger de Mortimer was hanged at Tyburn as a common criminal.[8]

Edward of Norfolk died before 9 August 1334, predeceasing his father.[7]

His widow married, before 13 September 1337, Sir Thomas de Brewes (d. 9 or 16 June 1361), son and heir of Sir Peter de Brewes of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and his wife Agnes de Clifford, by whom she had three sons and three daughters.[9][7]

After the death of Thomas of Brotherton about 20 September 1338,[10] Edward of Norfolk's elder sister, Margaret, succeeded to the earldom of Norfolk.[9]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Edward of Norfolk

16. John of England 8. Henry III of England 17. Isabella of Angoulême 4. Edward I of England 18. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence 9. Eleanor of Provence 19. Beatrice of Savoy 2. Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk 20. Louis IX of France 10. Philip III of France 21. Margaret of Provence 5. Margaret of France 22. Henry III, Duke of Brabant 11. Marie of Brabant 23. Adelaide of Burgundy 1. Edward of Norfolk 24. 12. 25. 6. Sir Roger de Hales of Hales Hall 26. 13. 27. 3. Alice Hales 28. 14. 29. 7. Alice 30. 15. 31.

Notes

1. Waugh 2004.
2. Richardson II 2011, p. 631.
3. Archer 2004.
4. Richardson II 2011, pp. 637-9.
5. Sumption 2004.
6. Richardson II 2011, pp. 634-5.
7. Richardson II 2011, p. 634.
8. Davies 2004.
9. Cokayne 1936, p. 599.
10. Richardson II 2011, p. 632.

References

• Archer, Rowena E. (2004). "Brotherton, Margaret, suo jure duchess of Norfolk (c.1320–1399)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/53070. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Cokayne, George Edward (1936). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden. IX. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 596–601.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Davies, R.R. (2004). "Mortimer, Roger (V), first earl of March (1287–1330)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19354. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1449966349.
• Sumption, Jonathan (2004). "Mauny, Sir Walter (c.1310–1372)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17985. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Waugh, Scott L. (2004). "Thomas, first earl of Norfolk (1300–1338)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27196. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)