Edward II, King England, son of Edward I, "Longshanks" Plantagenet King of England and Eleanor de Castilla. Born Apr 25, 1284 at Carnarvon Castle,Carnarvon,Caernarvonshire,WALES, died Sep 21, 1327 at Berkeley Castle,,Gloucestershire,England, 43 years, buried Dec 20, 1327 at Gloucester Cathe,Gloucestershire,England He was crowned 24 Feb 1308, at Westminster by Henry Merewell, Bishop of Winchester. Deposed 25 Jan 1327, murdered in Berkeley Castle, by a red hot poker being thrust into his bowels. He was 43.He was a poor ruler; more concerned about his favorites than the people. King of England, 1307-27. Married Jan 22, 1307/1308 at ,Boulogne,Pas-De-Calais,France (approximately 20 years married) to: Isabelle, Princess Of France Adoptive parent: N.N. Born 1292 at Of,Paris,Seine,France, died Aug 22, 1358 at Hertford Castle,Hertfordshire,England, 65 or 66 years, buried Nov 27, 1358 at Grey Friars,London,Middlesex,England Children: 1. Edward III, King EnglandBorn Nov 13, 1312 at Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England, baptized Nov 20, 1312, died Jun 21, 1377 at Shene Palace,,Surrey,England, 64 years, buried at Westminster Abbe,Westminster,Middlesex,England Source: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996, Baltimore), 229:12, [2] Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 1-30. Edward III, king of England (1327-77), initiated the long, drawn-out struggle with France called the Hundred Years' War. Edward was born at Windsor on November 13, 1312, the elder son of King Edward II, of the house of Plantagenet. Involved by his mother, Isabella of France, in her intrigues against his father, he was proclaimed king after the latter was forced to abdicate in 1327. During Edward's minority, England was nominally ruled by a council of regency, but the actual power was in the hands of Isabella and her paramour, Roger de Mortimer. In 1330, however, the young king staged a palace coup and took the power into his own hands. He had Mortimer hanged and confined his mother to her home. Edward began a series of wars almost directly after he had control of England. Taking advantage of civil war in Scotland in 1333, he invaded the country, defeated the Scots at Halidon Hill, England, and restored Edward de Baliol to the throne of Scotland. Baliol, however, was soon deposed, and later attempts by Edward to establish him permanently as king of Scotland were unsuccessful. In 1337 France came to the aid of Scotland. This action was the culminating point in a series of disagreements between France and England, and Edward declared war on Philip VI of France. In 1340 the English fleet destroyed a larger French fleet off Sluis, the Netherlands. The action resulted in a truce that, although occasionally disturbed, lasted for six years. War broke out again in 1346. Edward, accompanied by his eldest son, Edward the Black Prince, invaded Normandy and won a great victory over France in the Battle of Crécy. He captured Calais in 1347, and a truce was reestablished. Edward returned to England, where he maintained one of the most magnificent courts in Europe. The war with France was renewed in 1355, and again the English armies were successful. The Peace of Calais, in 1360, gave England all of Aquitaine, and Edward in return renounced his claim, first made in 1328, to the French throne. Edward continued to assert his will both domestically and abroad. In 1363 he concluded an agreement with his brother-in-law, David II of Scotland, uniting the two kingdoms in the event of David's death without male issue. Three years later Edward repudiated the papacy's feudal supremacy over England, held in fief since 1213. He renewed his war with France, disavowing the Peace of Calais. This time, however, the English armies were unsuccessful. After the truce of 1375, Edward retained few of his previously vast possessions in France. The king had, by this time, become senile. He was completely in the power of an avaricious mistress, Alice Perrers, who, along with his fourth son, John of Gaunt, dominated England. Perrers was banished by Parliament in 1376, and Edward himself died at Sheen (now Richmond) on June 21, 1377. He was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II. 2. John, Prince of EnglandBorn Aug 15, 1315 at ,Eltham,Kent,England, died Sep 14, 1336 at Unmarried, 21 years 3. Eleanor, Princess Of EnglandBorn Jun 8, 1318 at ,Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England, died Apr 22, 1355, 36 years 4. Joan, Princess of EnglandBorn Jul 1321 at Tower Of,London,Middlesex,England, died Sep 7, 1362 at ,Hertford,Hertfordshire,England, 41 years, buried at Grey Friars,London,Middlesex,England |
2nd marriage Edward II, King England, son of Edward I, "Longshanks" Plantagenet King of England and Eleanor de Castilla. Married Jan 28, 1308 at Boulogne,Pas-de-Calais,France (19 years married) to: N.N. |