EDWARD II
Edward II of Caernarvon, b. APR 25, 1284, Caernarvon Castle, Wales d. SEP 21 1327, Berkeley Castle,Gloucestershire
Reigned 1307-1327. 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.
EDWARD I (LONGSHANKS)
Edward I (Longshanks), b. June 17, 1239 at Westminster Palace, London, England; d. JUL. 7, 1307 at Burgh-on-the-Sands, Near Carlisle; King of England, Lord of Monmouth(1256-1267), Duke of Gascony.
Reigned 1272-1307
In the Barons war 1264-67 he defeated the Barons at Evesham (1265) as King he is noted for encouraging Parliamentary institutions at the expense of
feudalism and for subduing Wales on which he imposed the English system of administration.
He was on a Crusade at the time of his accession and returned to England in 1274. Reigning for 35 years he was a strong and wise King.
He married Eleanor of Castille and after her death Margaret, daughter of Phillip III of France.
Edward had 16 children, the most of any Monarch.
He carried out much needed reform and clarification of the law. Starting in 1277 he
set out to resolve the Welsh problem which had proved so troublesome in Henry III's reign.
The Statute of Wales in 1284 arranged for administration under a mixed English and Welsh law. Castles were built to
secure the Principality, including Caernarvon where Edward's son was born and who was created Prince of Wales.
Edward next marched on Scotland and won a crushing victory at Falkirk but Robert Bruce arose and made himself King of Scotland. Although known
as The Hammer of the Scots,Edward had not succeeded in subjugating that noble land.
He died,marching against the Scots,on 7th July 1307.
Father: Henry III Of England b: 1 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England
Mother: Eleanor Of Provence Berenger b: ABT. 1217 in Aix-en-Provence, France
Marriage 1 Eleanor Of Castile b: 1244 in Spain
Married: 18 Oct 1254 in Las Huelgas Monastery, Spain
Children
1: Eleanor, Princess, b. 17 JUN 1264
2: Joan, b. 1265
3: John, b. 10 JUL 1266
4: Henry, b. 13 JUL 1267
5: Julian (Katherine), b. 1271
6: Joan of Acre, Princess, b. 1272
7: Alfonso, Earl of Chester, b. 24 NOV 1273
8: Margaret, b. 11 SEP 1275
9: Berengaria, b. 1276
10: Mary, Nun at Amesbury, b. 11 MAR 1278
11: Isabella, b. 12 MAR 1279
12: Alice, b. 12 MAR 1279
13: Elizabeth (Isabel), Princess, b. 7 AUG 1282
14: Edward II of Caernarvon, King of England, b. 25 APR 1284
15: Beatrice, b. ABT 1286
16: Blanche, b. 1290
Marriage 2 Margaret Capet De France b: 1279 in Paris, France
Married: 8 Sep 1299 in Canterbury, Kent, England
Children
1: Thomas Plantagenet b: 1 JUN 1300
2: Edmund Plantagenet b: 5 Aug 13011 JUN 1300
3: Eleonor Plantagenet b: 4 MAY 1306
Endnotes
Information corrobrated by Brian Thompsett at the University of Hull, UK.
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