Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NamePhilippa of Hainault 
Birthabt 1314
Death15 Aug 1369, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Burial1369, Westminster Abbey, London, England
FatherWilliam III , Count of Holland and Hainault (1286-1337)
MotherJoan of Valois (~1294-1342)
Misc. Notes
Personality traits:
Warm hearted [much loved by the people], intelligent,
patient and with great forebearance.
Appearance:
Not beautiful, physically hardy.
Deeds:
Bore 12 children , only 3 died in childhood.
Accompanied Edward on some of his campaigns [ Halidon and Calais]
Early in Edward's reign she encouraged cloth workers from her own country [Flemings] to settle in Norwich. She encouraged coal mining on her estate of Tyndale in Northumberland [between the River Tyne and Scottish border], which began exports to the Low Countries.
Raised an army against Scottish invaders for Neville's Cross (the Battle of Durham) when her husband was securing his claims in France in 1346.
A major influence in maintaining good relationships between her sons and their father, Edward III.
Warm hearted [much loved by the people], intelligent,
patient and with great forebearance.
Appearance:
Not beautiful, physically hardy.
Deeds:
Bore 12 children , only 3 died in childhood.
Accompanied Edward on some of his campaigns [ Halidon and Calais]
Early in Edward's reign she encouraged cloth workers from her own country [Flemings] to settle in Norwich. She encouraged coal mining on her estate of Tyndale in Northumberland [between the River Tyne and Scottish border], which began exports to the Low Countries.
Raised an army against Scottish invaders for Neville's Cross (the Battle of Durham) when her husband was securing his claims in France in 1346.
A major influence in maintaining good relationships between her sons and their father, Edward III.
Spouses
Birth13 Nov 1312, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Death22 Jun 1377, Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
Burial1377, Westminster Abbey, London, England
FatherEdward II Plantagenet , King of England (1284-1327)
MotherIsabelle Capet , Princess of France (~1295-1358)
Marriage24 Jan 1328, York Minster, North Yorkshire, England
ChildrenEdward “The Black Prince” (1330-1376)
Lionel (of Antwerp) (1338-1368)
John (of Gaunt) (1340-1399)
Edmund (1341-1402)
Thomas (1355-1397)