the ledger of connections
The Connections of Edward III of England
King of England from 1327 to 1377 Every person recorded alongside Edward III of England in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Edward III of England in the ledgers of the archive.
- Spouses
- Philippa of Hainault
- Children
- Edward the Black Prince, John of Gaunt, Joan of England, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, Mary of Waltham, Margaret, Countess of Pembroke, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, John de Southeray, Joan (?), Jane (?), Nicholas Lytlington
- Siblings
- Joan of The Tower, Eleanor of Woodstock, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, Adam FitzRoy
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1312 to 1377.
Medieval era
Charles Martel
April 13, 1327 – April 21, 1327
Duke of Calabria, born April 1327
Medieval era
Timur
April 9, 1336 – February 19, 1405
The founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Medieval era
Mansa Musa
1280 – 1337
14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire
Medieval era
Osman I
August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Medieval era
Robert the Bruce
July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329
King of Scotland (1306–1329)
Medieval era
Hongwu Emperor
October 29, 1328 – June 24, 1398
Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
Medieval era
Hafez
1326 – 1389
Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)
Medieval era
Ibn Khaldun
May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406
Historiographer and historian
Medieval era
Dante Alighieri
May 30, 1265 – September 13, 1321
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Medieval era
Geoffrey Chaucer
1343 – October 25, 1400
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
Medieval era
Petrarch
July 19, 1304 – July 18, 1374
Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
Medieval era
Giovanni Boccaccio
June 16, 1313 – September 21, 1375
Italian author and poet (1313–1375)