Edward II KING OF ENGLAND^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1284 - 1327  (43 years)

• Name	Edward II KING OF ENGLAND
  Born	25 Apr 1284	Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, WLS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Sep 1327	, Gloucestershire, ENG
  Person ID	I2281	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Edward I "Longshanks", King Of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, Westminster, , England ,   d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-On-The-Sands  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Eleanor OF CASTILE,   d. 27 Nov 1290
  Married	Oct 1254  [5]
  Family ID	F6374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella DE FRANCE,   b. 1292,   d. 13 Aug 1358  (Age 66 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1308
  Children	1. Edward III, King Of England,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor, Berkshire, ENG ,   d. 21 Jun 1377, Sheen Palace  (Age 64 years)   2. John Of Eltham EARL OF CORNWALL,   b. 1316,   d. 1336  (Age 20 years)   3. Joan D.Of EDWARD II,   b. 1321,   d. 1362  (Age 41 years)   4. Eleanor D.Of EDWARD II
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Edward of Caernarvon was the first English Prince of Wales in 1301. He succeeded his father to the throne in 1307. He was not competent as a ruler, losing Scotland to it's own independence in 1314. Parliament forced him to give up the throne in 1327. Edward II was murdered in Berkeley Castle where he was being held prisoner soon after. His murder is dramatically portrayed in Marlowe's play, Edward II. (Wld. Bk., c1988, v. 6, p. 110.) His biography that follows is from http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page65.asp."EDWARD II (r. 1307-1327) Edward II had few of the qualities that made a successful medieval king. Edward surrounded himself with favorites (the best known being a Gascon, Piers Gaveston), and the barons, feeling excluded from power, rebelled. Throughout his reign, different baronial groups struggled to gain power and control the King. The nobles' ordinances of 1311, which attempted to limit royal control of finance and appointments, were counteracted by Edward. Large debts (many inherited) and the Scots' victory at Bannockburn by Robert the Bruce in 1314 made Edward more unpopular. Edward's victory in a civil war (1321-2) and such measures as the 1326 ordinance (a protectionist measure which set up compulsory markets or staples in 14 English, Welsh and Irish towns for the wool trade) did not lead to any compromise between the King and the nobles. Finally, in 1326, Edward's wife, Isabella of France, led an invasion against her husband. In 1327 Edward was made to renounce the throne in favor of his son Edward (the first time that an anointed king of England had been dethroned since Ethelred in 1013). Edward II was later murdered at Berkeley Castle."

  
  

• Sources

  [S826] Robert Jesse Harry, The Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton. [S2337] World Book Encyclopedia (World Book, c1988). [S1097] Francis Jones, Wales Herald Extraordinary, The Princes and Principality of Wales (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, c1969). [S1130] David Piper, Kings and Queens of England and Scotland with copies of pages provided to me by Pat Moran of Texas. [S505] Blazier, Jo Ann, The Howards, From England to the Ohio Valley (c2002).