Philippa of Hainault
Born: 1314
Father: William V 'the Good', Count of Hainault and Holland
Mother: Joan, daughter of Charles of Valois
Husband: Edward III
Married: 1328
Age: 14
Children: Edward, the Black Prince, Isabella (1332-1382), Joan (1335-1348),
              William (1334/6-1337),  Lionel, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368),
              John of Gaunt (1340-1399), Edmund, Duke of York (1341-1402),
              Blanche (1342), Mary (1344-1361/2), Thomas (1347-1348),
              William (1348), Thomas, Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397)
Died: 1369
Age: 55
Graveportrait of Philippa of Hainault
Philippa was born in Flanders, the daughter of William III, Count of Hainaut and second cousin of Edward III. She married Edward on January 24, 1328, at York Minster. They had thirteen children, including five sons who lived into adulthood and whose rivalry would eventually bring about the long-running civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses.

The French writer Jean Froissart came with Philippa to England as her secretary, and his observations on life at court are a valuable source of information about this period. Philippa is remembered by history as a tender-hearted woman, who interceded with her husband and persuaded him to spare the lives of the six burghers of Calais, whom he had planned to execute as an example to the townspeople. She died of dropsy at Windsor, and was buried at Westminster.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_of_Hainault
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