Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester, nicknamed Edmund Crouchback, was a member of the House of Plantagenet.
19 Facts About Edmund Crouchback
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Edmund Crouchback was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence, and the younger brother of King Edward I of England, to whom he was devoted and loyal.
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Edmund Crouchback was granted all the lands of Simon de Montfort in 1265, and from 1267, he was titled Earl of Leicester.
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Later, Edmund accompanied his elder brother Edward in his crusade in the Holy Land, where his nickname, "Crouchback," originated through being a corruption of 'crossback,' referring to him wearing a stitched cross on his garments.
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Edmund Crouchback was succeeded by his sons Thomas and Henry as Earls of Lancaster, respectively, and through Henry, Edmund was the grandfather of Henry of Grosmont, one of the most powerful leaders of England throughout the Hundred Years' War.
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Edmund Crouchback was a younger brother of Edward, Margaret, and Beatrice, and an elder brother of Catherine.
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Edmund Crouchback was invested ruler of the Kingdom of Sicily by the Bishop of Bologna in 1255, on behalf of Popes Innocent IV and Alexander IV.
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The papacy then withdrew the title from Edmund Crouchback, and gave it to Edmund Crouchback's uncle Charles of Anjou.
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Edmund Crouchback was granted the honour of the Stewardship of England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave.
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Edmund Crouchback acquired the estates of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby, which included the Honour of Hinckley Castle.
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In 1267, Edmund Crouchback was granted lands in Lancashire and Wales including the royal demesne lands in Lancashire, and the lordships of Lancaster, Kenilworth Castle, Three Castles, and Monmouth.
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In 1271, Edmund Crouchback accompanied his elder brother Edward on his crusade to Palestine, of which the two brothers.
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In 1284, on the marriage of his stepdaughter Joan to Philip, Edmund Crouchback renounced the title of Earl of Champagne, although he continued in possession of his wife's dowerlands.
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On behalf of his wife Blanche, Edmund Crouchback became the governor of Ponthieu in 1291.
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Edmund Crouchback was a generous benefactor to the monastery of Grace Dieu in Leicestershire, and to the nuns at Tarrant Crawford.
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Edmund Crouchback helped establish a major Greyfriars monastery at Preston in the duchy of Lancaster.
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Edmund Crouchback wanted to send Edmund to lead a small force ahead of the main army he was gathering, but Edmund fell ill in that autumn and was unwell until Christmas.
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Finally, Edmund Crouchback was able to go to Bordeaux for his brother.
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Edmund Crouchback died four years later aged just 15 and was buried at Westminster Abbey.