Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Henry (13 July 1267 in Windsor Castle – 14 October 1274 in Merton, Surrey) was the fifth child and second son of King Edward I of England by his first wife, Queen Eleanor of Castile.He was an older brother of (among others) Eleanor, Joan of Acre, Alphonso, Earl of Chester, Margaret, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan and King Edward II of England. He was also an older, paternal half-brother of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk and Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent.At the time of his birth, his paternal grandfather Henry III of England was still reigning. His father Prince Edward was the heir apparent since his own birth in 1239. Second-in-line for the throne was his eldest son John. John was a year senior to Henry who thus became the third-in-line for the throne at birth.On 3 August 1271, John died in the custody of their paternal granduncle Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall. His death left Henry the eldest surviving child of Prince Edward and second-in-line to the throne of England. Henry III died on 16 November 1272. Edward became the king of England and Henry his heir apparent. He would remain heir apparent for the first two years of the new reign. On one Eve of Pentecost, a gallon of wine was added to his bath, to strengthen him.When Henry lay dying at Guildford in 1274, neither of his parents made the short journey from London to see him. He was tended by Edward's mother Eleanor of Provence, who had raised the boy during the four years his parents were on Crusade. The grandmother was thus at that moment more familiar to him than his parents, and the better able to comfort him in his illness. Since Henry was always sickly, the gravity of his illness was perhaps not realised until it was too late for his parents to reach him. He died of natural causes and was buried at Westminster Abbey.. }
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- Henry,_son_of_Edward_I abstract "Henry (13 July 1267 in Windsor Castle – 14 October 1274 in Merton, Surrey) was the fifth child and second son of King Edward I of England by his first wife, Queen Eleanor of Castile.He was an older brother of (among others) Eleanor, Joan of Acre, Alphonso, Earl of Chester, Margaret, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan and King Edward II of England. He was also an older, paternal half-brother of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk and Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent.At the time of his birth, his paternal grandfather Henry III of England was still reigning. His father Prince Edward was the heir apparent since his own birth in 1239. Second-in-line for the throne was his eldest son John. John was a year senior to Henry who thus became the third-in-line for the throne at birth.On 3 August 1271, John died in the custody of their paternal granduncle Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall. His death left Henry the eldest surviving child of Prince Edward and second-in-line to the throne of England. Henry III died on 16 November 1272. Edward became the king of England and Henry his heir apparent. He would remain heir apparent for the first two years of the new reign. On one Eve of Pentecost, a gallon of wine was added to his bath, to strengthen him.When Henry lay dying at Guildford in 1274, neither of his parents made the short journey from London to see him. He was tended by Edward's mother Eleanor of Provence, who had raised the boy during the four years his parents were on Crusade. The grandmother was thus at that moment more familiar to him than his parents, and the better able to comfort him in his illness. Since Henry was always sickly, the gravity of his illness was perhaps not realised until it was too late for his parents to reach him. He died of natural causes and was buried at Westminster Abbey.".