See also

Family of Henry III COUNT OF BAR and Eleanor

Husband: Henry III COUNT OF BAR (1259-1302)
Wife: Eleanor (c. 1269-1298)
Children: Edward I COUNT OF BAR (1294-1336)
Eleanor (1295- )
Joan of BAR (1295-1361)
Marriage 20 Sep 1293 Bristol, Gloucester

Husband: Henry III COUNT OF BAR

Name: Henry III COUNT OF BAR
Sex: Male
Father: Thibault II COUNT OF BAR ( - )
Mother: Jeanne de TOUCY ( - )
Birth 1259 Naples
Death Sep 1302 (age 42-43)

Wife: Eleanor

Name: Eleanor
Sex: Female
Father: Edward I (1239-1307)
Mother: Eleanor OF CASTILLE (1241-1290)
Birth c. 18 Jun 1269
Death 19 Aug 1298 (age 29)

Child 1: Edward I COUNT OF BAR

Name: Edward I COUNT OF BAR
Sex: Male
Spouse: Mary ( - )
Birth 1294
Death 1336 (age 41-42)

Child 2: Eleanor

Name: Eleanor
Sex: Female
Birth 1295

Child 3: Joan of BAR

Name: Joan of BAR
Sex: Female
Birth 1295
Death 1361 (age 65-66)

Note on Husband: Henry III COUNT OF BAR

His introduction to military life came as he was made a knight in a conflict between his father and the Bishop of Metz. He then served Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine. He was preparing to go on crusade when his father died.

 

In 1284 Joan I of Navarre, countess of Champagne, had married the future Philip IV of France, making the county of Bar adjacent to the French royal domain. Henry's reaction was a marriage to Eleanor, daughter of Edward I of England. When war broke out in short order between France and England, Henry was drawn in. The fighting ceased after the 1301 Treaty of Bruges. Under its terms, Henry gave up some fortresses and paid homage to Philip for part of his lands, then called the Barrois mouvant. He also undertook to fight in Cyprus against the Muslim forces.

 

Henry therefore made his way to the Kingdom of Naples. In assisting Charles II of Naples against the invading forces of Frederick I of Sicily, he was wounded in fighting, and died soon afterwards.

Note on Wife: Eleanor

Married, in 1293, Henry III, Count of Bar, by whom she had two children. Buried at Westminster Abbey.