Name: |
Edward Plantagenet - King Edward II |
Sex: |
Male |
Father: |
Edward Plantagenet - King Edward I (1239-1307) |
Mother: |
Eleanor of Castilla (1241-1290) |
Note: |
Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso. Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his father on campaigns to pacify Scotland, and in 1306 he was knighted in a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Edward succeeded to the throne in 1307, following his father's death. In 1308, he married Isabella of France, the daughter of the powerful King Philip IV, as part of a long-running effort to resolve the tensions between the English and French crowns.
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_England |
Birth |
25 Apr 1284 |
Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales |
Title |
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King Edward II of England |
Death |
21 Sep 1327 (age 43) |
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England |
Burial |
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Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England |
Name: |
Edward Plantagenet - King Edward III |
Sex: |
Male |
Spouse: |
Philippa of Hainault (1314-1369) |
Children: |
Edward Plantagenet - The Black Prince (1330-1376) |
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Isabella Plantagenet (1332- ) |
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Joan Plantagenet (1333- ) |
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William Plantagenet (1337- ) |
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Lionel Plantagenet (1338- ) |
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John Plantagenet of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) |
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Edmund Plantagenet of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341- ) |
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Blanche Plantagenet (1342- ) |
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Mary Plantagenet (1344- ) |
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Margaret Plantagenet (1346- ) |
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Thomas Plantagenet of Windsor (1347-1348) |
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Thomas Plantagenet - 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) |
Note: |
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England from 25 January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years also saw vital developments in legislation and government—in particular the evolution of the English parliament—as well as the ravages of the Black Death.
Edward was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed by his mother and her lover Roger Mortimer. At age seventeen he led a successful coup against Mortimer, the de facto ruler of the country, and began his personal reign. After a successful campaign in Scotland he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne in 1337 but his claim was denied due to the Salic law. This started what would become known as the Hundred Years' War.[1] Following some initial setbacks the war went exceptionally well for England; victories at Crécy and Poitiers led to the highly favourable Treaty of Brétigny. Edward's later years, however, were marked by international failure and domestic strife, largely as a result of his inactivity and poor health.
Edward III was a temperamental man but capable of unusual clemency. He was in many ways a conventional king whose main interest was warfare. Admired in his own time and for centuries after, Edward was denounced as an irresponsible adventurer by later Whig historians such as William Stubbs. This view has been challenged recently and modern historians credit him with some significant achievements. |
Birth |
13 Nov 1312 |
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England1 |
Title |
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King Edward III |
Death |
21 Jul 1377 (age 64) |
Sheen Palace, Richmond, London, England1 |
Burial |
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Westminster Abbey, London, England |