 1284 - 1327 (43 years)
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| Name |
Edward II of Caernavon PLANTAGANET [1] |
| Suffix |
King of England |
| Born |
25 Apr 1284 |
Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Wales  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
21 Sep 1327 |
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England |
| Buried |
Gloucester Cathedral, England |
| Person ID |
I6084 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
14 Apr 2013 |
| Father |
Edward I PLANTAGANET, 'Longshanks' King of England, b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, London, Greater London, England , d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, England (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
Eleanor OF CASTILE, b. 1241, Castile, Spain , d. 29 Nov 1290, Herdeby, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England (Age 49 years) |
| Married |
18 Oct 1254 |
Burgos, Castile, Sparin |
| Family ID |
F25330 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Isabella of France, b. 1295, Paris, France , d. 22 Aug 1358, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England (Age 63 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward III of England, b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England , d. 21 Jun 1377, Sheen Palace, Richmond, England (Age 64 years) |
| | 2. John Of Eltham, 1st Earl of Cornwalll, b. 15 Aug 1316, Eltham Palace, Kent, England , d. 13 Sep 1336, Perth, Scotland (Age 20 years) |
| | 3. Eleanor, Countess of Guelders, b. 18 Jun 1318, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England , d. 22 Apr 1355 (Age 36 years) |
| | 4. Joan, Queen of Scots, b. 05 Jul 1321, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England , d. 07 Sep 1362, Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England (Age 41 years) |
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| Last Modified |
14 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F27994 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- First Prince of Wales, 1301; Edward reigned from 1307 until 1327 when he was deposed on January 21, 1327 and murdered by a red-hot poker in his bowels. His reign was troubled by extravagances, military disasters in Scotland (notably at Bannockburn in 1314), and the unpopularity of his favorite peers, Gaveston (who died in 1312) and Hugh le Despencer (1262-1326). He was the first Prince of Wales.
Edward Plantaganet II., of Caernarvon, Prince of Wales, ascended to the throne as King Edward II. He was born at Caernarvon Castle, in Wales, on April 25, 1284. By charter dated February 7, 1301 he rescinded a grant of the principality of Wales and the county of Chester. He married, on January 28, 1307/08, Isabella of France, daughter of King Philip IV, the Fair, King of France. She died August 22, 1358. Incapable as a ruler and pleasure loving, he reigned for twenty years, being advised at first by Piers Gaveston, whom the barons disliked and murdered in 1312. In 1314 King Edward II. was defeated by the Scots at the battle of Bannockburn. The Despencers later controlled the government; they too were disliked, and by the Queen Isabella in particular. She returned to her native France, taking her son Edward with her and refused to return while the Despencer family was in power. King Edward's followers deserted him and on January 7, 1327 he was deposed by Parliament. He was later imprisoned at Kenilworth Castle and then at Berkeley Castle, where he was murdered September 21, 1327, and was buried at Gloucester.
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| Sources |
- [S18796] The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James, Vol. I.
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