Alphonso, Earl of Chester

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English Royalty
Angevin>House of Plantagenet

Henry II Children    William, Count of Poitiers Henry, Count of Anjou Richard I Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany John Matilda, Duchess of Saxony Leonora, Queen of Castile Joan, Queen of Sicily Richard I John Children Henry III Richard, Earl of Cornwall    Joan of England, Queen of Scotland Isabella, Holy Roman Empress Eleanor, Countess of Leicester Henry III Children Edward I Margaret, Queen of Scotland Beatrice, Duchess of Brittany Edmund, Earl of Lancaster Edward I Children    Joan of England, Countess of Gloucester    Alphonso, Earl of Chester Edward II Thomas, Earl of Norfolk Edmund, Earl of Kent Edward II Children Edward III John, Earl of Cornwall Eleanor, Duchess of Gueldres and Zutphen Joan, Queen of Scotland Edward III Children Edward, Prince of Wales Lionel, Duke of Clarence John, Duke of Lancaster Edmund, Duke of York Thomas, Duke of Gloucester    Joan of England    Isabella of England Grandchildren Richard II     Philippa, Countess of Ulster     Philippa of Lancaster     Elizabeth of Lancaster Henry IV     Catherine of Lancaster Edward, Duke of York Richard, Earl of Cambridge     Constance of York     Anne of Gloucester Richard II

Alphonso (24 November 1273 – 19 August 1284) was the ninth child of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. The belief that Alphonso was created earl of Chester is without contemporary foundation. That belief apparently originated in the 17th century because Edward III in 1338 formally made the earldom of Chester one of the honors (along with the duchy of Cornwall) borne by eldest sons and heirs-apparent of the kings of England. There is no record evidence whatever that Edward I gave his son that title. Such an important act would have been noted in the records of the royal Chancery. Furthermore in the records of the households of Alphonso's parents, he is never called "earl of Chester," only "the Lord Alphonso," proving that in his lifetime, he was known by no other title. Alphonso was born at Bayonne, in Gascony, and named after his maternal uncle, King Alfonso X of Castile, who was his godfather. Alphonso died at Windsor, aged 10, shortly after the birth of his younger brother (later Edward II of England). His death left his brother as the only surviving male heir of Edward I. Alphonso was interred at Westminster Abbey.

 

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