He married Philippa, daughter of William III, Count of Holland and Hainault, at York Minster on 24th January 1328. They had seven sons and five daughters (three of whom are buried in the Abbey). Their ...

The Black Prince inherited the standard and motto from his mother, Queen Philippa, a member of the House of Hainault, although legend suggests that after the Battle of Crécy in 1346, the first ...

His mother Philippa of Hainault has a tomb next to Edward III. Lionel was born in Antwerp on 29th November 1338 while his parents were residing there at the beginning of the Hundred Years War. At the ...

Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, better known as the "Black Prince" because of the colour of his armour, was the eldest son of Edward III and his queen Philippa of Hainault. His small bronze ...

A small bronze statuette (or weeper) of Joan, a daughter of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, can be seen on the side of her father's tomb in Westminster Abbey. This can be viewed from the south ...