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Berengaria (or Berenice; 1 May 1276 – before 27 June 1278) was a member of the House of Plantagenet as the tenth child and sixth daughter of Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile.

Biography

Birth and background

Berengaria was born prematurely on 1 May 1276 at Kennington during the reign of her father, King Edward I (r. 1272–1307). Before her birth, the couple had nine other children, three of whom reached adulthood. Before 27 June 1278, Berengaria had died around the age of two. She was buried at the Westminster Abbey alongside her father and mother.

References

Explanatory footnotes

1. (French: Bérengère, pronounced [beʁɑ̃ʒɛʁ]; Castilian: Berenguela)
2. (French: Bérénice, pronounced [beʁenis])
3. Sources vary, however Prestwich states she was the tenth child of Edward.

Citations

1. ^ Prestwich 1988, p. 573.
2. ^ Prestwich 1997, p. 126.
3. Parsons 1984, pp. 245–265.
4. John of Worcester 1848, p. 216.

Sources

Bibliography

• Prestwich, Michael (1 January 1988). Edward I. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520062665.
• Prestwich, Michael (1 January 1997) . Edward I (2 ed.). Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300072099.
• Parsons, John Carmi (1984). "The Year of Eleanor of Castile's Birth and her Children by Edward I". Medieval Studies. XLVI: 245–265. doi:10.1484/J.MS.2.306316.
• John of Worcester (1848) . Chronicon Ex Chronicis. English Historical Society.

v t e House of Plantagenet
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou Wife: Empress Matilda Henry II of England Geoffrey, Count of Nantes William FitzEmpress Illegitimate: Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey Emma of Anjou Mary of Shaftesbury
Henry II of England Wife: Eleanor of Aquitaine William IX, Count of Poitiers Henry the Young King Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony Richard I of England Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile Joan of England, Queen of Sicily John, King of England Illegitimate: Geoffrey (archbishop of York) William de Longespée, Earl of Salisbury
Henry the Young King Wife: Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary William Plantagenet (died in infancy)
Richard I of England Wife: Berengaria of Navarre Illegitimate: Philip of Cognac
John, King of England Wife: Isabella of Angoulême Henry III of England Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall Joan of England, Queen of Scotland Isabella of England Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester Illegitimate: Joan, Lady of Wales Richard FitzRoy Oliver FitzRoy Geoffrey FitzRoy John FitzRoy Henry FitzRoy Osbert Gifford Eudes FitzRoy Bartholomew FitzRoy Maud FitzRoy Isabel FitzRoy Philip FitzRoy William de Forz
Henry III of England Wife: Eleanor of Provence Edward I of England Margaret of England Beatrice of England Edmund Crouchback Katherine of England
Edward I of England Wives: Eleanor of Castile Margaret of France, Queen of England Henry Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar Joan, Countess of Hertford and Gloucester Alphonso, Earl of Chester Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant Mary of Woodstock Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Edward II of England Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
Edward II of England Wife: Isabella of France Edward III of England John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall Eleanor of Woodstock Joan of the Tower Illegitimate: Adam
Edward III of England Wife: Philippa of Hainault Edward the Black Prince Isabella de Coucy Joan of England Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York Mary of Waltham Margaret, Countess of Pembroke Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester Illegitimate: John de Southeray Jane Northland Joan Skerne
Richard II of England Wives: Anne of Bohemia Isabella of Valois
Henry IV of England Wives: Mary de Bohun Joan of Navarre, Queen of England Henry V of England Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester Blanche of England Philippa of England Illegitimate: Edmund Leboorde
Henry V of England Wife: Catherine of Valois Henry VI of England
Henry VI of England Wife: Margaret of Anjou Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales
Edward IV Wife: Elizabeth Woodville Elizabeth of York Mary of York Cecily of York Edward V Margaret of York Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York Anne of York, Lady Howard George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford Catherine of York Bridget of York Illegitimate: Elizabeth Plantagenet Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle Grace Plantagenet
Edward V no consort or issue
Richard III of England Wife: Anne Neville Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales Illegitimate: John of Gloucester Katherine, Countess of Pembroke Richard of Eastwell
Category

• Royalty who died as children
• Daughters of kings
• 1276 births
• 1278 deaths
• House of Plantagenet
• 13th-century women
• 13th-century English women
• 13th-century English nobility
• Children of Edward I of England
• Burials at Westminster Abbey
• People from Kennington