Plantagenet Family - Ourfolk
King Henry Iii Plantagenet 10 OCT 1206 - 16 NOV 1272
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King Henry was born on 10 OCT 1206 in Winchester, Hampshire, England and died on 16 NOV 1272 (age: 66) in London, England . He was the son of King John Lackland of England (24 DEC 1167 - 19 OCT 1216) and Queen Isabella of Angoul me Taillefer (de Lusignan) (1188 - 31 MAR 1245). King Henry was married to Eleanor Berenger de Provence (Plantagenet) on 14 JAN 1236 in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England. Eleanor was born on ABT 1217 in Aix-en-Provence, France and died on 24 JUN 1291 in Amesbury Monastery, Wiltshire, England . She was the daughter of Raymond Berenger (B: ABT 1190) and Beatrice de Savoie (Berenger) (B: ABT 1190). View Family Chart - - -
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- Dyserth Castle - (site can be just barely seen at the top of the quarry)
- Degannwy Castle - ruins on twin hills behind the town, Aberconwy & Colwyn, north Wales.
Henry III, King John's son, was only nine when he became King and was crowned King of England on October 28, 1216.. By 1227, when he assumed power from his regent, order had been restored, based on his acceptance of Magna Carta. However, the King's failed campaigns in France (1230 and 1242), his choice of friends and advisers, together with the cost of his scheme to make one of his younger sons King of Sicily and help the Pope against the Holy Roman Emperor, led to further disputes with the barons and united opposition in Church and State. Although Henry was extravagant and his tax demands were resented, the King's accounts show a list of many charitable donations and payments for building works (including the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey which began in 1245).
The ruins of Degannwy Castle visible today belong mainly to Henry III's castle. The
defences of the bailey - earth banks and ditches on the north side, the
base of two D-shaped gatehouse towers, and the curtain wall hastily
built by Edward I on the south - can still be recognized. The mass of
fallen masonry near the base of the gatehouse is a relic of the
demolition of 1263.
Henry III built a Dyserth Castle, the ruins of which were destroyed
by quarrying around 1914. In 1246 he decided to strengthen the castle
with a well, watch tower and large catapult. However, it was besieged
by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and his brother, Dafydd, in 1356 in an
attempt to sever its links with Chester. It was finally captured and then
destroyed by Llywelyn in 1263.
The ruins of Degannwy Castle visible today belong mainly to Henry III's castle. The
defences of the bailey - earth banks and ditches on the north side, the
base of two D-shaped gatehouse towers, and the curtain wall hastily
built by Edward I on the south - can still be recognized. The mass of
fallen masonry near the base of the gatehouse is a relic of the
demolition of 1263.
Henry III built a Dyserth Castle, the ruins of which were destroyed
by quarrying around 1914. In 1246 he decided to strengthen the castle
with a well, watch tower and large catapult. However, it was besieged
by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and his brother, Dafydd, in 1356 in an
attempt to sever its links with Chester. It was finally captured and then
destroyed by Llywelyn in 1263.
She was a vigorous and incisive woman and had much influence on her husband, as did her unpopular relatives and other foreign courtiers who followed her to England. During the ascendancy of Simon de Montfort in 1264-65, Eleanor raised mercenaries in France for her husband's cause. She was dispatched to a convent in 1286 but was sometimes consulted by her son, Edward I.
Last change (on this page): 15 OCT 2018