NamePhilippa of Hainault
Birth Date1312
Death Date15 Aug 1369 Age: 57
Spouses
Birth Date13 Nov 1312
Death Date21 Jun 1377 Age: 64
Notes for Philippa of Hainault
Queen of England
* Daughter of William, Count of Holland and Hainault
* Betrothed to Edward III in 1326 in return for troops to fight for Isabella and Mortimer's invasion of England
* Married in 1328
* In 1347 she interceded for the lives of the six burghers of Calais but otherwise she was not very interested in politics
* Bore the King 14 children, including Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt,two died in infancy
* Died of the Black Death in 1369