Fellow and a medievalist of impeccable repute, discusses the evidence fully
in the article cited below.
You may wish to compare the chronicle passage dealing with the children of
Edward I which is the only evidence we have that Edward and his first wife,
Eleanor of Castile, were the parents of 5 sons, not 4 as is usually stated.
The author of this chronicle, a monk at St Albans, does not give a name for
the 5th son (or 4th, as the order of birth would seem to be), but cited an
unchalangeable source: Edward I himself, whom the monk describes often
discussing his family and naming all his children by Queen Eleanor. See
John C. Parsons, "The Year of Eleanor of Castile's Birth and Her Children by
Edward I," Mediaeval Studies 46 (1984): 245-65, esp. 264.
From: "Peter Stewart" <p_m_stewart@msn.com
To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Eleanor Of Aquitaine
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:34:48 GMT
"D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:B7SLd.734$6k.9888@eagle.america.net...
No.
Henry II and Eleanor reportedly had EIGHT CHILDREN -- NOT NINE.
The first, William, died at age TWO.
Apparently they had nine, as John Carmis Parsons has said. Luckily I still
have brain function enough to check such things before posting about them.
There was evidently a son, whose name is not known, born either in 1160/1
or
1163/4, who died in infancy.
This was discussed by Andrew Lewis in 'The Birth and Childhood of King
John:
Some Revisions', _Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady_, edited by John
Carmi
Parsons & Bonnie Wheeler (New York & Basingstoke, 2002) p. 161 and note 10.
Peter Stewart