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2 days ago · Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, 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 .
5 days ago · Biography. Edward was the eldest son of Henry III (d.1272) and Eleanor of Provence (d.1291) and was born at Westminster on the night of 17/18 June 1239. He was brother to Margaret (d.1275), wife of Alexander III of Scotland (d.1286); Beatrice, who married Jean, eldest son of Jean (I), duke of Brittany; Edmund (d.1296), earl of Lancaster; and ...
3 days ago · Eleanor of Provence. Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king.
5 days ago · 'Edward II: January 1315', in Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. Edited by Chris Given-Wilson, Paul Brand, Seymour Phillips, Mark Ormrod, Geoffrey Martin, Anne Curry, Rosemary Horrox( Woodbridge, 2005), British History Online, accessed July 12, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/parliament-rolls-medieval/january-1315
5 days ago · At this time the said Sir Edward, heir of England, and the Lady Isabele his mother, Queen of England, collected about them a great array of persons, and a great fleet, to come over to England with many men from Henaud; and the King then gave orders for a great fleet to be assembled, for the purpose of preventing the coming of his son, and of ...
4 days ago · Writ, 18 November, 18 Edward II. HEREFORD. Inq. 12 September, 19 Edward II. Mershton. 9 s. 5 d. yearly rent held of the king in chief by service of 4 s. 5 d. yearly. Nicholas his son, aged 24 and more at the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir. C. Edw. II. File 93. (3.) 616.
4 days ago · Perhaps one of his greatest contributions to England’s future was the linking up of England with continental affairs. If the country had been conquered again by the Danes, as seemed possible, it might have remained in a backwater of European development.
