 1274 - 1327 (53 years)
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| Name |
Edward II Of England |
| Prefix |
King |
| Birth |
25 Apr 1274 |
Carnarvon Castle, Carnarvon , Wales  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
21 Sep 1327 |
Berkeley Castle, Gloucester, Gloucester, England |
| Person ID |
I2333 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2010 |
| Father |
King Edward I Plantagenet Of England, b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, London, England d. 8 Jul 1307, Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
Princess Eleanor Of Castile And Leon, b. 1244, Of, Burgos, Burgos, Spain d. 29 Nov 1290, Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Oct 1254 |
Burgos, Burgos, Spain |
| Family ID |
F1111 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Queen Isabella Of France, b. 1292, Of Paris, France d. 22 Aug 1358, Hertford Castle, Hertford, England (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Jan 1307-1308 |
Boulogne, Pas-DE-Calais, France |
| Children |
| | 1. King Edward III Edward, b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 21 Jun 1377, Sheen Palace, Surrey, England (Age 64 years) |
| | 2. Earl John Cornwall, b. 25 Aug 1315, Ethanmanor, Kent, England d. 14 Sep 1336 (Age 21 years) |
| | 3. Princess Isabella Eleanor Of England, b. 18 Jun 1318, Woodstock, Oxford, England d. 22 Apr 1355 (Age 36 years) |
| | 4. Eleanor |
| | 5. Joan Of England, b. 5 Jul 1321, Tower, London, England d. 14 Aug 1362 (Age 41 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1007 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2010 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 25 Apr 1274 - Carnarvon Castle, Carnarvon , Wales |
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| Notes |
King Edward II of England
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Carnarvon Castle
North Wales |
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lacked the royal dignity of his father and failed miserably as king. He inherited his father's war with Scotland and displayed his ineptitude as a soldier. Disgruntled barons, already wary of Edward as Prince of Wales, sought to check his power from the beginning of his reign. He raised the ire of the nobility by lavishing money and other rewards upon his male favorites. Such extreme unpopularity would eventually cost Edward his life.
King Edward I's dying request was that his son should carry his bones with his army until Robert Bruce was defeated. Edward II as the new king had other ideas. He left Robert alone in the north and returned on London and his friends. It seems that Edward II had no time for his duties as King. He preferred to spend time with his friends and especially Piers Gaveston.
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| Sources |
- [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:12 (Reliability: 3).
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