Edmund 'Crouchback' PLANTAGANET, Duke of Lancaster

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Edmund Plantaganet, Crouchback (because of the cross he wore on his back), was born January 16, 1244 or 1245 in London, England, fourth son of King Henry III. He was the 1st Earl of Lancaster. He married (1) Aveline Fortibus, daughter of William Fortibus, but all his children were by his second wife; and shortly before October 29, 1276, he married (2) Blanche of Artois, widow of Henry, King of Navarre, and daughter of Robert, Count of Artois, son of King Louis VIII. of France. She died in Paris May 2, 1302.