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EDWARD II PLANTAGENET (son of Edward I (Longshanks) Plantagenet and EleanorCastile, de - Berenger, of Castile)10073, 10074, 10075, 10076, 10077, 10078, 10079, 10080, 10081, 10082, 10083, 10084, 10085 was born April 25, 1284 in Caernarvon, Wales10086, 10087, and died September 21, 1327 in BERKLEY CASTLE, GLOUCESTER, ENG10088, 10089. He married ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet) on January 25, 1307/0810090, 10091, daughter of Philip IV - "the Fair"of France, Capet and Jeanne Joanna de Navarre.

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!Fourth son of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. The deaths of his o lder brothers made the infant prince heir to the throne. In 1301 he wa s proclaimed Prince of Wales, the first to hold the title. His incompe ntence and distaste for government finally led to his deposition and mu rder. [Funk & Wagnalls]

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!King of England, 1307-1327. [Magna Charta Sureties]

!Unlike his father, Edward II was a weak king with little ability. He c arried on the war against Scotland, but was so badly defeated at the Ba ttle of Bannockburn (1314) that Scottish independence for the rest of t he Middle Ages was assured. Worse yet, he was in constant trouble with t he barons. They had objected to his father's policy of taking away the ir influence in the government and tried to remedy the situation in 131 1. Against Edward II they had more success, and a conspiracy led by th e queen and her lover, Roger Mortimer, finally forced the king to abdic ate in favor of his son, Edward III (1327). Shortly afterward Edward I I was murdered. [Outline History of Mankind]

!4th son of Queen Eleanor and King Edward. [Chronicle of the Royal Fami ly, p. 62]

!Lincoln, 7 Feb 1301 -- Made Prince of Wales, making him the first Engl ish royal officially to be called a prince. Was also Earl of Chester. H e led a successful assault on Caerlaverock Castle in Galloway in 1300. N ot close to his father; his mother died when he was 6. He is said to f ind solace in close and emotional male friendships. [Chronicle of the R oyal Family, p. 66]

!England, 8 July 1307 -- Edward of Caernarfon accedes to the English th rone.
Westminster, 25 Feb 1308 -- Edward is crowned king of England.
Bristol, 25 Jun 1308 -- Edward send his exiled favorite, Piers Gaveston , the newly-appointed Earl of Cornwall, to Ireland as lieutenant.
Chester, 27 Jun 1309 -- Despite strong opposition, Gaveston returns fro m Ireland and is greeted by King Edward.
Stamford, July 1309 -- Edward agrees to the demands of the barons.
Westminster, 14 Oct 1314 -- Following the assassination of Gaveston two y ears earlier, Edward and his barons are formally reconciled.
!London, 24 Jan 1327 -- King Edward abdicates his throne in favor of hi s 14-year-old son, Edward. [Chronicle of the Royal Family, p. 68]

During his brief period as prince, Edward of Caernarfon won the affecti on of the Welsh. The attitude of the Welsh towards Edward II was an imp ortant factor in his unhappy reign (1307-27). Those years were a period o f almost continuous conflict between the king and his barons, almost al l of whom had territories in the March. [A History of Wales, p. 180]

Clearly, Isabella was not a royal to be trifled with. While her role in t he sadistic manner of Edward II's assassination at Berkeley Castle in 1 327 -- by means of red hot irons plunged into his bowels -- cannot be p roved, there is no doubt that the queen, as his gaoler, must take ultim ate responsibility. [Realm No. 62, May/June, p. 25]

King of England from 1307-1327.

Founded Oriel College, Oxford, 1326. [The Plantagenet Ancestry, p. ii]

Edward II was b. 1284; m. Isabella of France who bore him four children : Edward, John, Eleanor and Joanna. King of England, he came to the thr one in 1307 succeeding his father Edward I. His attachment to favourite s such as Piers Gaveston brought violent opposition from the barons. He l ost control of Scotland when Robert Bruce defeated his army at Bannockb urn in 1314. Edward's queen, Isabella, together with her lover, Roger M ortimer, staged a rebellion which overthrew the king in 1326. In 1327 t hey forced Edward to renounce the throne in favour of his son, Edward I II. He was then tortured adn brutally murdered in Berkeley Castle. Edwa rd was made Prince of Wales in 1301, the first heir to the English thro ne to be given the title. [Edward II, 1307-1327
The most important influence on him was probably that of his 'master', t he Gascon knight Guy Ferre, who had been steward to Eleanor of Provence . All that Edward excelled in was horsemanship, and perhaps also those m echanical arts, such as hedging, ditching and rowing, which he was to b e so criticized for practising when he came to the throne. Edward I was t o quarrel bitterly with his son at the end of his reign, even on one oc casion physically assaulting him and tearing out his hair, but there ar e no signs that the father took against his son in childhood. It may we ll be that much of Edward II's personal inadequacy was the result of hi s relationship with his formidable father, who must have been a hard ma n to live up to. [Edward I, p. 127]

Edward II was one of the most disastrous failures in the history of kin gship. He was a handsome, healthy boy, not over-addicted to his books ( though on occasion he would borrow them from monastic libraries, and fa il to return them). He was a capable horseman, but not at al interested i n knightly pastimes. He followed his father to the Scottish wars on a n umber of occasions, and performed moderately well, but he was to prove h imself a rash and incapable commander-in-chief later on.
He was fond of music, and once sent his Welsh harper, Richard the Rh ymer, to Shrewsbury Abbey to learn to play a strange instrument called a c rwth, a forerunner of the violin. He liked swimming and rowing, gamblin g and fooling about with simple folk. He fancied himself practical with h is hands, designing a ship for his 12-year-old bride from France; at mo ments of stress he reverted to estate management (a trait he shared wit h Gladstone, the Kaiser, and Winston Churchill), digging his own ditche s and making fences. He had a nice sense of humor. [Who's Who in the Mi ddle Ages, p. 74-77]

In 1303, Edward II asked the abbot of Cluny to appoint Arnold, a Clunia c and a royal chaplain, to the first available priorate in England. Cas tle Acre was vacant, but the prior of Lewes appointed the prior of Clif ford, a dependency of Lewes in Herefordshire. The royal displeasure was o nly mollified by appointing Arnold to the priorate of Clifford. [Castle A cre Castle and Priory, p. 45]

The Prince of Wales, as since 1301 the heir to the English throne had b een styled, caused his father grief and perplexity by his undesirable i nfatuation for Piers Gaveston. Gaveston was banished from the kingdom i n the last year of Edward I's reign due to the testimony of Walter de L angeton to the King. The Prince hated Langton. [The Seven Edwards of En gland, p. 42]

After the failure of negotiations with the daughters of Flanders, a Fre nch princess was found as bride for Edward. The betrothal was in 1303, w hen young Edward was 19 and the princess still a child; the wedding was t o take place as sson as Isabel reached marriageable age. Edward had alr eady been created Prince of Wales, he enjoyed his inheritance of Ponthi eu, and in 1306 his father granted him the duchy of Aquitaine, so that h is appanage was a substantial one.
Young Edward had moved out into the light; he was in his father's co mpany in the train of battle. Then disapproval grew into disgust--the f inger of hostility was pointed at the nauseous infatuation of the Princ e of Wales for the Gascon favourite. It was at the best inconsistent wi th the dignity of royal isolation; at the worst--there were not wanting t ongues, dipped in unnecessary venom very possibly, to make their commen tary. [The Seven Edwards of England, p. 49]

Edward II was the first to use the chair with the Stone of Scone for hi s coronation. The much hated and incompetent Piers Gaveston was appoint ed master of ceremonies for the coronation. But the nobles refused to a ttend the coronation unless Gaveston was banished from court. Edward sm oothed things over, but the Earl of Lancaster had to be physically rest rained from stabbing Gaveston at the Abbey when it was discovered he wa s to carry the sacred crown of St Edward. More uproar was to follow whe n the banquet arrived late, badly cookes, and virtually inedible. ["Cr owning Moments" by Elaine Brooksbank, REALM June 2002, p. 67]
Leonor Princess Of Castile And LbEON 1 was born in 1244 in Of, Burgos, B urgos, Spain. She died on 29 Nov 1290 in , Herdeby, Lincolnshire, Engla nd. She was buried on 16 Dec 1290 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Mi ddlesex, England. She married Edward I "Longshanks" King Of England on 1 8 Oct 1254 in , Burgos, Burgos, Spain.

They had the following children:

F i Isabel Princess Of England 1 was born about 1274 in Of, W indsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
M ii Henry Prince Of England 1 was born in 1267/1268 in Winds or Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died about 14 Oct 1274. He w as buried on 20 Oct 1274.
F iii Joan "of Acre" Princess of England 1 was born in 1272 i n (acre), Akko, Hazafon, Israel. She died on 23 Apr 0035/1307 in , Clar e, Suffolk, England. She was buried on 26 Apr 1307 in Austin Friars' Ch urch, Clare, Suffolk, England.
M iv Edward II King Of England 1 was born on 25 Apr 1284 in C aernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales. He died on 21 Sep 1 327 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He was buri ed on 20 Dec 1327 in Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
F v Beatrice Princess Of England 1 was born in 1286 in , Toul ouse, Haute-Garonne, France.
F vi Joan Princess Of England 1 was born in 1265 in Windsor C astle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. She was buried on 7 Sep 1265 in Win dsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
M vii John Prince Of England 1 was born on 10 Jul 1266 in Win dsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died on 1 Aug 1272.
F viii Eleanor Princess Of England 1 was born in 1264 in Wind sor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. She died in 1298 in Gent, F-Oc cd, Belgium. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlese x, England.
F ix Juliana Or Katherine Princess Of England 1 was born in 1 271 in , Akko, Hazafon, Israel. She died in 1271 in , Akko, Hazafon, Is rael.
M x Alphonso Prince Of England 1 was born on 24 Nov 1273 in , B ayonne, Basses-Pyrenees, France. He died on 19 Aug 1284.
F xi Margaret Princess Of England 1 was born on 11 Sep 1275 i n Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. She died in 1318.
F xii Berengaria Princess Of England 1 was born in 1276 in , K ennington, Berkshire, England. She died about 1277/1279.
F xiii Mary Princess Of England 1 was born on 11 Mar 1278 in W indsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. She died before 22 Jul 1232 i n Unmarried.
F xiv Alice Princess Of England 1 was born on 12 Mar 1279 in P alace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. She died in 1291 in Unmarried.
F xv Elizabeth Princess Of England
F xvi Blanche Princess Of England 1 was born in 1290 in Winds or Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.

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More About EDWARD II PLANTAGENET:
Ancestral File Number: 8WKN-JD.10091
Date born 2: April 25, 1284, Conway Castle, Caernarvon, Wales.10092, 10093, 10094
Burial 1: Unknown, Gloucester, England.10095, 10096
Burial 2: Gloucester, England.10097, 10098
Burial 3: December 21, 1327, St. Peters Monastery, Gloucester, England.10099, 10100, 10101
Christening: 1st Prince of Wales;.10102, 10103
Died 2: July 07, 1327, Gloucester, England.10104, 10105
Died 3: September 21, 1327, Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.10106, 10107
Occupation 1: King England 1307-1327.10108, 10109
Occupation 2: England; Occupation: King.10110, 10111, 10112
Occupation 3: 1301, England; Occupation: Prince of Wales.10113, 10114, 10115
Owned: Maidstone, Kent, England.10116, 10117, 10118
Record Change: January 28, 200610118

More About EDWARD II PLANTAGENET and ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet):
Marriage 1: January 25, 1307/0810119, 10120
Marriage 2: January 25, 1307/08, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.10121, 10122

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for EDWARD II PLANTAGENET and ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet):
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# ID: I577685887
# Name: Edward II PLANTAGENET
# Given Name: Edward II
# Surname: PLANTAGENET
# Sex: M
# Birth: 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, W ales
# Death: 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, England
# Change Date: 10 May 2004
# Note: King of England. Married: 22-Jan-1307/08 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Ca lais, France.Murdered. Brother to Joan of Arc.

Father: Edward I PLANTAGENET b: 7 Oct 1239 in Westminster, London, Engl and
Mother: Elenora DE CASTILLA b: Abt. 1240 in Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Marriage 1 Isabelle CAPET b: Abt. 1292 in Paris, Seine, France

* Note: _UIDE36A2E7A9E78F446B679BD83D61D70586F8D

Children

1. Edward III PLANTAGENET b: 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, B erkshire, England

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Children of EDWARD II PLANTAGENET and ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet) are:
  1. +Edward IIIPlantagenet, of England, b. November 13, 1312, Windsor Castle, England10123, 10124, d. June 21, 1377, Richmond, Surry, England10125, 10126.
  2. +EleanorPlantagenet, of Lancaster, b. Abt. 1318, Grismond Castle, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, England10127, 10128, d. January 11, 1371/72, Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England10129, 10130.
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