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TIL King Edward I (known as Longshanks) had at least 14 children (4 sons, 9 daughters and 1 unknown) with his first wife Eleanor of Castile, but 8 of them died by age eleven including 7 by age six and 5 by age three. The only son to survive past age eleven was eventual King Edward II.

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