Editing Philippa of Hainault (section)

===First years===
In October 1327, Philippa married Edward [[Proxy marriage|by proxy]] through the [[Bishop of Coventry]] in Valenciennes.<ref>Sury Geoffroy G., "Guillaume Ier (d'Avesnes) comte de Hainaut et sa fille Philippe", in, ''Bayern Straubing Hennegau : la Maison de Bavière en Hainaut, XIVe – XVe s.'', Edit. Geoffroy G. Sury, Bruxelles, 2010 (2e éd.), p. 55 : – Un parchemin daté du 30 August 1327 à Avignon, à un sceau, énonce que le pape Jean (XXII) accorde les dispenses nécessaires pour le mariage du roi Edouard (III) d'Angleterre et de Philippa, fille du comte Guillaume (Ier) de Hainaut, etc., sa parente au troisième degré. ''In, G. Wymans, " Inventaire analytique du chartrier de la Trésorerie des comtes de Hainaut ", aux A.E. Mons, n° d'ordre (cote) 583, Editions A.G.R., Bruxelles, 1985, p. 130.''; – Un parchemin daté du 8/10/1327 à Nottingham, au sceau disparu, énonce qu'Edouard (III), roi d'Angleterre, donne procuration à R., évêque de Coventry, pour épouser en son nom, Philippa, fille du comte Guillaume (Ier) de Hainaut, etc., et régler la constitution de son douaire. ''In, G. Wymans, " Inventaire analytique du chartrier de la Trésorerie des comtes de Hainaut ", aux A.E. Mons, n° d'ordre (cote) 587, Editions A.G.R., Bruxelles, 1985, p. 131.''</ref> The official marriage was at [[York Minster]] on 24 January 1328, eleven months after Edward's accession to the English throne; although the de facto rulers were Queen Mother Isabella and her lover, [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March]], who jointly acted as his [[regent]]s. Soon after their marriage, the couple retired to live at [[Woodstock Palace]] in Oxfordshire. Unlike many of her predecessors, Philippa did not alienate the English people by retaining her foreign retinue or bringing large numbers of foreigners to the English court. In August, her [[dower]] was fixed.<ref name="Northampton 1985, p. 132"/> She became a patron of the [[chronicler]] [[Jean Froissart]] and owned several [[illuminated manuscripts]], one of which currently is housed in the national library in Paris.  Froissart began to describe her as "The most gentle Queen, most liberal, and most courteous that ever was Queen in her days."

As Isabella did not wish to relinquish her own status, Philippa's coronation was postponed for two years. She was crowned queen on 18 February 1330 at [[Westminster Abbey]], when she was almost five months pregnant.<ref>Vale 2010.</ref> She gave birth to her first son, [[Edward, the Black Prince|Edward]], the following June. In October 1330, King Edward commenced his personal rule by staging a coup and ordering the arrest of the regents. Shortly afterward, Mortimer was executed for [[treason]] and then the Queen Mother was sent to [[Castle Rising]] in Norfolk, where she spent a number of years under house arrest but with her privileges and freedom of movement eventually restored.

She was invested as a [[Lady of the Order of the Garter]] (LG) in 1358.<ref>Collins, Hugh E. L. (2000) ''T[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sKapp53K4_MC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Collins,+Hugh+E.+L.+(2000)+The+Order+of+the+Garter,+1348-1461:+Chivalry+and+Politics+in+Late+Medieval+England.+Clarendon+Press.+p.+79.&source=gbs_navlinks_s he Order of the Garter, 1348-1461: Chivalry and Politics in Late Medieval England].'' Clarendon Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780198208174.</ref>