In Philippa’s own lifetime, her name was spelt Philippe, Phelip or Phelipe, and it was a unisex name, serving for men called Philip and women called Philippa. In her own letters… See more

Philippa was the third daughter of her parents and had older sisters Margareta and Johanna. She was probably born in c. February or March 1314; chronicler Jean Froissart st… See more

The often-repeated romantic tale that Edward III chose Philippa as his bride over her sisters is untrue, and almost certainly invented by Philippa herself. Her older sisters Mar… See more

Philippa married Edward III in York in January 1328, a month after the funeral of his deposed and disgraced father Edward II in St Peter’s Abbey, Gloucester. William Melton, arc… See more

Philippa proved herself to be a model of medieval queenship: tirelessly loyal to her husband, a mother 12 times over and widely liked and respected by her people, she was ex… See more