King of England Edward Plantagenet, II

1284 - 1327  (43 years)

• Name	Edward Plantagenet  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	King of England
  Suffix	II
  Born	25 Apr 1284	Caernarfon Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales   [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Sep 1327	Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   [9, 10, 11, 13]
  	murdered murdered murdered
  Buried	Gloucester Cathedral   [8, 9, 12, 13]
  Person ID	I445693478	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	King of England Edward Plantagenet, I,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England ,   d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-On-Sands, Cumberland, England  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Princess of Castile Eleanor,   b. 1244, Castile, Spain ,   d. 28 Nov 1290, Herdeby, Grantham, Notinghamshire, England  (Age 46 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1254	Abbey of Las Heulgas, Burgos, Spain
  Family ID	F226155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Princess of France Isabella Capet,   b. 1295, Paris, Seine, France ,   d. 22 Aug 1358, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England  (Age 63 years)
  Married	25 Jun 1308	England   [9]
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F226153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Reigned 1307-1327 deposed and murdered. 1st Prince of Wales. His reign was troubled by extravagances, his militarist disasters in Scotland, notably at Bannockburn (1314), and unpopularity of his favourite peers, Gaveston who died in 1312 and Hugh le Despencer 1262-1326. He was deposed on 21 Jan 1327, and murdered by a red-hot poker in his bowels. Invested as the first English Prince of Wales in 1301. Contrary to his depiction in the popular motion picture "Braveheart," Edward II was not a homosexual. dward II lacked the royal dignity of his father and failed miserably as king. He inherited his father's war with Scotland and displayed his ineptitude as a soldier. Disgruntled barons, already wary of Edward as Prince of Wales, sought to check his power from the beginning of his reign. He raised the ire of the nobility by lavishing money and other rewards upon his male favorites. Such extreme unpopularity would eventually cost Edward his life. Edward I's dream of a unified British nation quickly disintegrated under his weak son. Baronial rebellion opened the way for Robert Bruce to reconquer much of Scotland. In 1314, Bruce defeated English forces at the battle of Bannockburn and ensured Scottish independence until the union of England and Scotland in 1707. Bruce also incited rebellion in Ireland and reduced English influence to the confines of the Pale. Edward's preference for surrounding himself with outsiders harkened back to the troubled reign of Henry III. The most notable was Piers Gaveston, a young Gascon exiled by Edward I for his undue influence on the Prince of Wales and, most likely, the king's homosexual lover. The arrogant and licentious Gaveston wielded considerable power after being recalled by Edward. The magnates, alienated by the relationship, rallied in opposition behind the king's cousin, Thomas, Earl of Lancaster; the Parliaments of 1310 and 1311 imposed restrictions on Edward's power and exiled Gaveston. The barons revolted in 1312 and Gaveston was murdered - full rebellion was avoided only by Edward's acceptance of further restrictions. Although Lancaster shared the responsibilities of governing with Edward, the king came under the influence of yet another despicable favorite, Hugh Dispenser. In 1322, Edward showed a rare display of resolve and gathered an army to meet Lancaster at the Battle of Boroughbridge in Yorkshire. Edward prevailed and executed Lancaster. He and Dispenser ruled the government but again acquired many enemies - 28 knights and barons were executed for rebelling and many exiled. Edward sent his queen, Isabella, to negotiate with her brother, French king Charles IV, regarding affairs in Gascony. She fell into an open romance with Roger Mortimer, one of Edward's disaffected barons, and persuaded Edward to send their young son to France. The rebellious couple invaded England in 1326 and imprisoned Edward. The king was deposed in 1327, replaced by his son, Edward III, and murdered in September at Berkeley castle. Sir Richard Baker, in reference to Edward I in A Chronicle of the Kings of England, makes a strong indictment against Edward II: "His great unfortunateness was in his greatest blessing; for of four sons which he had by his Queen Eleanor, three of them died in his own lifetime, who were worthy to have outlived him; and the fourth outlived him, who was worthy never to have been born." Great Seal of Edward II http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=5e12f08d-7837-430b-93f8-376d487de62f&tid=1569234&pid=-916435916 Edward II, King of England http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=1877f8f7-1470-44d3-91a1-c6c08e679d3a&tid=1569234&pid=-916435916 King Edward II http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=4dcaffde-bd19-4d95-8b50-5cfd27411d83&tid=1569234&pid=-916435916 King Edward II http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=b0318be3-1422-48d0-b529-47534586540b&tid=1569234&pid=-916435916 TITLES: King of England, crowned 25 Feb 1308. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. I) TITLES: King of England. Crowened 23 Feb 1307/1308. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 6 p. F3) DEATH: Murdered in Berkeley Castle. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 6 p. F3) TITLES: King of England, crowned 25 Feb 1308. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. I) TITLES: King of England. Crowened 23 Feb 1307/1308. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 6 p. F3) DEATH: Murdered in Berkeley Castle. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 6 p. F3)

  
  

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