Edward the Second, 1307 to 1327
BORN: | 25 April 1284, Caernarvon Castle, North Wales. |
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PARENTS: | Edward I (1239 - 1307), Eleanor of Castile (c. 1244 - 90). |
MARRIED: | Isabelle "the Fair" of France, (1292 - 1358) 25 January 1308, Boulogne Cathedral, France. |
ACCEDED: | 8 July 1307 |
CROWNED: | 25 February 1308, Westminster Abbey. (deposed: 25 January 1327) |
DIED: | 21 September 1327, Berkley Castle, Gloucestershire. |
INTERRED: | Gloucester Cathedral. |
CHILDREN: | (1) Edward III (1312 - 77) (2) John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316 - 36) (3) Eleanor of Woodstock (1318 - 55) (4) Joanna of the Tower (1321 - 62) (5) Adam (c. 1310 - 22) |
COEVAL PERSONS: |
Scottish Crown: Robert I the Bruce Allies: Piers Gaveston Hugh de Spencer the Elder Hugh de Spencer the Younger Opponent: Roger Mortimer Archbishops of Canterbury: Robert Winchelsey Thomas Cobham Walter Reynolds Popes: Clement V John XXII |
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NOTABLE EVENTS: |
Battle of Bannockburn, 23-4 June 1314. |
