- Title: Her title was Queen consort of England
- Lifetime: This famous woman lived from c. 1314 - 1369
- Famous children: King Edward III and Queen Philippa had twelve children, seven sons ( only five survived) and five daughters:
- Edward, Prince of Wales - the Black Prince
- Lionel, Duke of Clarence
- John, Duke of Lancaster ( John of Gaunt)
- Edmund, Duke of York
- Thomas, Duke of Gloucester
- His daughters were called Isabella Plantagenet (1332 - 1382), Joan Plantagenet (1335 - 1348), Blanche Plantagenet (b. 1342), Mary Plantagenet (1344 - 1362) and Margaret Plantagenet (1346 - 1361)
- King Edward III was succeeded by Richard, the son of Edward the Black Prince. He was crowned King Richard II of England
- Facts about her life: Philippa of Hainault was renowned for her patience with her womanising husband
- Important historical events during her life: The start of the Hundred Years War between England and France
- Phillippa of Hanault died from the Black Death in 1369
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