Henry of Alemans ( , - , ) - the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and his first wife, Isabella Marshall [1] [2] .
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Biography
Henry was knighted by his father the day after Richard was crowned king of the Romans in Aachen , where German kings were usually crowned. The coronation of Richard took place on May 17, 1257 [3] .
Being the nephew of Henry III and Simon de Montfort , he hesitated between them at the beginning of the War of the Barons , but in the end he took the side of the royalists and was among the hostages captured by Montfort after the Battle of Lewis (1264). He was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle and later released [4] [5] . Henry commanded the king's troops at the Battle of Chesterfield (1266).
In 1268, he went on a Crusade with his cousin Edward , who sent him back from Sicily to pacify the uncontrollable province of Gascony . Henry went by land with King Philip III and King of Sicily Charles I.
On May 5, 1269, at the Windsor Castle, Henry of Alema married Constance de Moncada (d. 1299), the eldest daughter of Gaston VII , Viscount Bearn. The marriage was childless.
While visiting Mass at Chiesa di San Silvestro (also called Chiesa del Geso) in Viterbo on March 13, 1271, he was killed by his cousins Guy (d. 1288) and Simon de Montfort (d. 1271), sons Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. They avenged the beheading of their father and older brother at the Battle of Evesham (1265) [6] . This incident is mentioned by Dante Alighieri , who placed Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell in the Divine Comedy , which was written at least 40 years after the death of Henry.
Henry was buried at Hales Abbey [7] . After his death, his younger brother Edmund became the heir to Earl of Cornwall.
Notes
- ↑ Tyerman, Christopher. England and the Crusades, 1095-1588. - University of Chicago Press, 1988. - P. 128. - ISBN 9780226820125 .
- ↑ Prestwich, Michael. Edward I. - Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. - P. 5. - ISBN 9780520062665 .
- ↑ Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall . The Peerage .
- ↑ Goldsmith, Oliver. The history of England, from the earliest times to the death of George II . - London: GG & J. Robinson, 1800 .-- P. 284.
- ↑ Treharne, Reginald Francis. Documents of the baronial movement of reform and rebellion, 1258-1267 / Reginald Francis Treharne, Ivor John Sanders. - Oxford University Press, 1973.- P. 47.
- ↑ Maddicott, JR Simon de Montfort. - Cambridge University Press, 1994 .-- P. 370. - ISBN 9780521374934 .
- ↑ Haughley Castle - its origins, significance and history: a talk given by Edward Martin (Archaeological Officer for Suffolk County Council) Dec 5th 2011 . Haughley History Forum . Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
Literature
- Goldsmith, Oliver, The history of England, from the earliest times to the death of George II , London, 1800.
- Maddicott, JR, Simon de Montfort , Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- Prestwich, Michael, Edward I , Methuen London Ltd, 1988.
- Treharne, Reginald Francis, and Ivor John Sanders, Documents of the baronial movement of reform and rebellion, 1258-1267 , Oxford University Press, 1973.
- Tyerman, Christopher, England and the Crusades, 1095-1588 , University of Chicago Press, 1988.