Editing Edward III of England (section)

=== Issue ===
{{Main|Issue of Edward III of England}}
* [[Edward the Black Prince]] (1330–1376), eldest son and [[heir apparent]], born at [[Woodstock Palace]], Oxfordshire. He predeceased his father, having in 1361 married his cousin [[Joan, Countess of Kent]], by whom he had issue: King [[King Richard II of England|Richard II]];{{sfn|Barber|2004b}}
* [[Isabella, Countess of Bedford|Isabella of England]] (1332{{snd}}{{Circa|1382}}), born at [[Woodstock Palace]], Oxfordshire, in 1365 married [[Enguerrand VII de Coucy]], 1st [[Earl of Bedford]],{{sfn|Ormrod|2000|pp=110, 248}} by whom she had issue;
* [[Joan of England (died 1348)|Joan of England]] (1333/4{{snd}}1348), born in the [[Tower of London]]; she was betrothed to [[Peter of Castile]] but died of the [[Black Death]] en route to Castile before the marriage could take place. Peter's two daughters from his union with [[María de Padilla]] married Joan's younger brothers John of Gaunt and Edmund of Langley;
* William of Hatfield (1337–1337), second son, born at [[Hatfield Manor House]], [[Hatfield, South Yorkshire]], died shortly after birth and was buried in York Minster;{{sfn|Warner|2022|pp=267–272}}
* [[Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence]] (1338–1368), third son (second surviving son), born at [[Antwerp]] in the [[Duchy of Brabant]], where his father was based.{{Sfn|Ormrod|2004b}} In 1352 he married firstly [[Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster]], without male issue, but his female issue was the senior royal ancestor of the Yorkist king Edward IV: [[Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster]]. Descent from Lionel was the basis of the Yorkist claim to the throne, not direct paternal descent from the 1st Duke of York, a more junior line. Secondly, in 1368, Lionel married [[Violante Visconti]], without issue;{{sfn|Wyatt|2023|p=179}}
* [[John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster]] (1340–1399), Edward's third surviving son,{{sfn|Given-Wilson|1996|p=43}} was born at "Gaunt" ([[Ghent]]) in the [[County of Flanders]], which city was an important buyer of English wool, then the foundation of English prosperity.{{sfn|Goodman|1992|pp=2, 28–29}} In 1359, he married firstly his third cousin, the great heiress [[Blanche of Lancaster]], descended from the 1st Earl of Lancaster, a younger son of King Henry III.{{sfn|Goodman|1992|pp=33–34}} By Blanche he had issue: Henry of Bolingbroke, who became King [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]], having seized the throne from his first cousin King Richard{{Spaces}}II.{{sfn|Bevan|1994|p=66}}{{sfn|Goodman|1992|pp=13—14}} In 1371, he married secondly the [[Infanta]] [[Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster|Constance of Castile]],{{sfn|Goodman|1992|p=48}} by whom he had issue. In 1396, he married thirdly, his mistress [[Katherine Swynford]],{{sfn|Goodman|1992|pp=50, 156}} by whom he had illegitimate issue, later legitimised as the [[House of Beaufort]];{{sfn|Goodman|1992|pp=157, 159}}
* [[Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York]] (1341–1402), fifth son (fourth surviving son), born at [[Kings Langley Palace]], Hertfordshire. He married firstly [[Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York|Isabella of Castile]], by whom he had issue, sister of [[Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster|Constance of Castile]], second wife of his elder brother John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster. Secondly, in 1392 he married his second cousin [[Joan Holland]], without issue.{{sfn|Tuck|2004}} His great-grandson (the 4th Duke of York) became King [[Edward IV of England|Edward{{Spaces}}IV]] in 1461, having deposed his half-second cousin the Lancastrian King Henry VI;{{sfn|Ross|1974|pp=3–7}}
* Blanche (1342–1342), born in the [[Tower of London]], died shortly after birth and was buried in Westminster Abbey;
* [[Mary of Waltham]] (1344–1361), born at [[Bishop's Waltham]], Hampshire; in 1361 she married [[John IV, Duke of Brittany]], without issue;
* [[Margaret, Countess of Pembroke|Margaret]] (Countess of Pembroke) (1346–1361), born at [[Windsor Castle]]; in 1359 she married [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], without issue;
* William of Windsor (1348–1348), sixth son, born before 24 June 1348 at [[Windsor Castle]], died in infancy probably on 9 July 1348, buried on 5 September 1348 in [[Westminster Abbey]];{{Sfn|Ormrod|2012|p=306}}
* [[Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester]] (1355–1397), seventh son (fifth surviving son), born at [[Woodstock Palace]] in Oxfordshire; in 1376 he married [[Eleanor de Bohun]], by whom he had issue.{{sfn|Tuck|2004b}}