Edmund Crouchback (16 January 1245 â€" 5 June 1296), Earl of
Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby was a member of the House of
Plantagenet. He was the second surviving son of King Henry III of
England and Eleanor of Provence. In his childhood he had a claim on
the Kingdom of Sicily; however, he never ruled there. He was granted
all the lands of Simon de Montfort in 1265, and from 1267 he was
titled Earl of Leicester. In that year he also began to rule
Lancashire, but he did not take the title Earl of Lancaster until
1276. Between 1276 and 1284 he governed the counties of Champagne and
Brie with his second wife, Blanche of Artois, in the name of her
daughter Joan, and he was described in the English patent rolls as
earl of Lancaster and Champagne. His nickname, "Crouchback" (meaning
"cross-back"; Latin gibbosus), refers to his participation in the
Ninth Crusade.Edmund Crouchback (16 January 1245 â€" 5 June 1296),
Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby was a member of the House of
Plantagenet. He was the second surviving son of King Henry III of
England and Eleanor of Provence. In his childhood he had a claim on
the Kingdom of Sicily; however, he never ruled there. He was granted
all the lands of Simon de Montfort in 1265, and from 1267 he was
titled Earl of Leicester. In that year he also began to rule
Lancashire, but he did not take the title Earl of Lancaster until
1276. Between 1276 and 1284 he governed the counties of Champagne and
Brie with his second wife, Blanche of Artois, in the name of her
daughter Joan, and he was described in the English patent rolls as
earl of Lancaster and Champagne. His nickname, "Crouchback" (meaning
"cross-back"; Latin gibbosus), refers to his participation in the
Ninth Crusade.Edmund was born in London, a son of Henry III of England
and Eleanor of Provence. He was a younger brother of Edward I,
Margaret, and Beatrice, and an elder brother of Catherine.He was
invested ruler of the Kingdom of Sicily by the Bishop of Bologna in
1255, on behalf of Pope Alexander IV. In return, his father undertook
to pay the papacy 135,541 marks and fight a war to dislodge the
Hohenstaufen king Manfred. Henry's barons refused to contribute to
what they called the "Sicilian business", and ultimately Henry was
only able to pay 60,000 marks. Steven Runciman says the grant of the
kingdom was revoked by Pope Alexander IV on 18 December 1258; Baines
and Harland state that this occurred in 1263, under Pope Urban IV. Edmund Crouchback Top Movies & Young Movies