Katherine of England

Katherine
An image of Katherine in a 14th-century illuminated manuscript
Born	25 November 1253 Westminster Palace, Westminster
Died	3 May 1257 (aged 3) Windsor Castle
Burial	Westminster Abbey
House	Plantagenet
Father	Henry III of England
Mother	Eleanor of Provence

Katherine of England (Old English: Katerine; 25 November 1253 – 3 May 1257) was the fifth child of Henry III and his wife, Eleanor of Provence. According to 13th-century chronicler Matthew Paris, when Katherine died she was deaf and may have had an intellectual disability, though it is unclear whether this is true. Some modern historians have theorised that Katherine alternately may have had a degenerative disease or a childhood illness; historians disagree on what disease or disability she may have had, or if she had one at all.^[1] She died when she was three years old. Her parents "celebrated her birth and commemorated her in death."^[1]