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Edward II of England

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King Edward II Surrenders

 

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Official Edward II Trailer

Edward II, also called Edward of Carnarvon, was king of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to the throne following the death of his elder brother Alphonso. Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his father on campaigns to pacify Scotland, and in 1306 was knighted in a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Following his father's death, Edward succeeded to the throne in 1307. He married Isabella, the daughter of the powerful King Philip IV of France, in 1308, as part of a long-running effort to resolve tensions between the English and French crowns.
    • Personal 

    • Background 

    • Birth 

    • Childhood, personality and appearance 

    • Early campaigns in Scotland 

    • Piers Gaveston and sexuality 

    • Coronation and marriage 

    • Tensions over Gaveston 

    • Ordinances of 1311 

    • Death of Gaveston 

    • Tensions with Lancaster and France 

    • Battle of Bannockburn 

    • Famine and criticism 

    • The Despenser War 

    • Edward and the Despensers 

    • War with France 

    • Rift with Isabella 

    • Invasion 

    • Abdication 

    • Death and aftermath 

    • Burial and cult 

    • Controversies 

    • Kingship, government and law 

    • Court 

    • Religion 

    • Historiography 

    • Cultural references 

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