Doubtless, Edward's observations of his parents' marriage had an effect on the youth. When he married Philippa in 1328 he was sixteen, and one can imagine that he felt a sense of relief that he was no longer isolated at his mother's court. The newlyweds discovered they were compatible, and slightly less than two years later, Philippa presented Edward with a son, the first in what was to be a long line of healthy children.
The birth of his son seems to have spurred Edward to wrest actual control of the government from his mother and her lover, which he accomplished in a palace coup. The Queen Mother's lover was executed forthwith, as the new king exacted revenge for the murder of his father. Filial duty, however, precluded the eighteen-year-old monarch from serving his mother in the same fashion, and Edward settled for exiling her.
He was now in charge of his kingdom in fact, as well as in name. Edward III was a man who traveled extensively, and it is another hint of the happiness of his marriage that his queen accompanied him everywhere. Even her almost constant state of pregnancy didn't slow her down.
Edward (the Black Prince) Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, born at Woodstock, 1330
Isabella born at Woodstock, 1332
Joan (Johanna) born at Woodstock,1335
William, born at Hatfield, 1337 (died 1337)
Queen Philippa then traveled with the king to the Continent in 1338, where:
Lionel, Duke of Clarence, born in Antwerp in 1338
John, Duke of Lancaster, born in Ghent (Middle English: Gaunt) in 1340
From there, the royals returned to England:
Edmund, Duke of York, born in Langley (Hertfordshire) in 1341
Blanche, born at Windsor in 1342 (died in 1342)
Mary, born at Winchester in 1344
Margaret, born at Windsor in 1346
