Elizabeth Plantagenet (1282-1316) - Find a Grave Memorial

English Royalty. She was born at Rhuddlan Castle, located in Rhuddlan, Wales, the youngest daughter of King Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile. As a consequence of her place of birth, she is frequently referred to as Elizabeth of Rhuddlan. Her mother was to die when she was eight years of age. She had one younger full-sibling, the future King Edward II, and as they were less than two years apart in age, he proved to be the sibling with whom she had the closest relationship. Elizabeth would have half-siblings by her father's second marriage to Marguerite de France who were young enough to be her own children. Her step-mother was her elder by only a few years. While still a small child of less than three years of age, she was betrothed to the future John I, Count of Holland. They were married on January 8, 1297 in Ipswich and after an initial reluctance to follow her husband, by then Count of Holland, and leave England, she eventually did travel to his homeland, prepared to spend the rest of her life in that place. Fate intervened, however, with his death on November 10, 1299. As they had no children, she returned to England. Following her return, she was married on November 14, 1302 to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and hereditary Constable of England, one of the great officers of state (now known as the Lord High Constable of England). Elizabeth and her second husband were to have at least ten children. She died on May 5, 1316 as a result of complications following the birth of a daughter, Isabel, who was to also die soon after the birth.

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