King Henry III, also known as Henry of Winchester( r1216-1272)

1207 - 1272  (65 years)

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  Name	King Henry III, also known as Henry of Winchester( r1216-1272)
  Birth	1 Oct 1207	Winchester Castle, Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Legal,Law,Arrest	[Law] Great Charter of 1225, Magna Carta
  	Henry promised to abide by the Great Charter of 1225, a later version of Magna Carta (1215), which limited royal power and protected the rights of the major barons.
  Legal,Law,Arrest	19 Oct 1216 (9 years)
  	On the death of King John, Richard’s elder brother Henry succeeded their father at the age of 16 as King Henry III
  Name	28 Oct 1216 (9 years)	[Title] Lord of Ireland
  	By the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of the Angevins
  Name	28 Oct 1216 (9 years)	[Title] Duke of Normandy, Normandy, France
  	By the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of the Angevins
  Name	28 Oct 1216 (9 years)	[Title] Duke of Aquitaine
  	By the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of the Angevins
  Name	28 Oct 1216 (9 years)	[Title] Count of the Angevins
  	By the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of the Angevins
  Name	28 Oct 1216 (9 years)	[Title] King of England
  	King of England (more...) Reign 28 October 1216 – 16 November 1272 Coronation 28 October 1216 Gloucester Abbey 17 May 1220 Westminster Abbey Predecessor John Successor Edward I Regents William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1216–1219) Hubert de Burgh (1219–1227) 1199–1259 Dei gratia Rex Anglie, Dominus Hibernie, Dux Normannie et Aquitannie, Comes Andegavie (By the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of the Angevins)
  Legal,Law,Arrest	1216-1223 (15 years)	[Event] governor of the king and of the kingdom 1216-1223, Regent of England
  	Henry III became king in 1216 when he was still a child, so a regency government was appointed. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and hereditary Lord Marshal, was given the title rector regis et regni (Latin for "governor of the king and of the kingdom") until his death in 1219. The regency ended in 1223 when the king was declared of age.
  Married	1236 (28 years)
  	married Eleanor of Provence, with whom he had five children
  Legal,Law,Arrest	1256 (48 years)
  	supported his brother Richard of Cornwall in his successful bid to become King of the Romans in 1256
  Legal,Law,Arrest	1258 (50 years)	Provisions of Oxford, Oxford Parliament of 1258
  	The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the political intrigues of his father's reign. In 1259, he briefly sided with a baronial reform movement, supporting the Provisions of Oxford. After reconciling with his father, he remained loyal throughout the subsequent armed conflict, known as the Second Barons' War.
  Death	16 Nov 1272	Palace of Westminster, London
  Occupation	1216 (8 years) - [War] First Barons' War (1215–1217)  - Henry acceded to the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First Barons' War
  	1217 (9 years) - [War] First Barons' War (1215–1217)  - Henry acceded to the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First Barons' War. Cardinal Guala Bicchieri declared the war against the rebel barons to be a religious crusade and Henry's forces, led by William Marshal, defeated the rebels at the battles of Lincoln and Sandwich in 1217.
  	1263 (55 years) - [War] Second Barons' War (1264–1267)  - In 1263 one of the more radical barons, Simon de Montfort, seized power, resulting in the Second Barons' War.
  Person ID	I16013	AHP
  Last Modified	18 May 2026

  
  

  Father	John, King of England,   b. 24 December 1166   d. 19 Oct 1216 (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Isabelle d’Angouleme,   b. c. 1186   d. 4 Jun 1246 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	24 August 1200	Angoulême, France
  Age at Marriage	He : 33 years and 8 months - She : ~ 14 years and 8 months.
  Family ID	F4253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor of Provence,   b. (c. 1223   d. 24/25 June 1291 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Marriage	1236
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 28 years and 2 months - She : ~ 13 years.
  Children	+ 1. King Edward I, also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots,   b. 17/18 June 1239   d. 7 Jul 1307 (Age 68 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F4576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 May 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Legal,Law,Arrest - The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the political intrigues of his father's reign. In 1259, he briefly sided with a baronial reform movement, supporting the Provisions of Oxford. After reconciling with his father, he remained loyal throughout the subsequent armed conflict, known as the Second Barons' War. - 1258 - Provisions of Oxford, Oxford Parliament of 1258   = Link to Google Earth
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