King Edward II PLANTAGENET, King Of England

1284 - 1327  (43 years)

• Name	Edward II PLANTAGENET
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	King Of England
  Birth	25 Apr 1284	Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Affiliation	[1]
  	Royal House - House of Plantagenet
  FamilySearch ID	L19M-VCD
  Group	KING
  	Designated Royal King
  TitleOfNobility	[1]
  	King of England, 1307–1327
  TitleOfNobility	[1]
  	Lord of Ireland, 1307–1327
  TitleOfNobility	[1]
  	Prince of Wales, 1301–1307
  Name	Duc de Guyenne  [1]
  Name	Edward II  [1]
  _UID	28DB362069BA4591A92E3343B3DAF7305321
  Death	21 Sep 1327	Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
  Burial	20 Dec 1327	Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
  Person ID	I29113	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	King Edward I "Longshanks" PLANTAGENET,   b. 18 Jun 1239, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 7 Jul 1307, Near Calais, Scotland Enroute Battle With Scotts (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Queen Eleanor DE CASTILLE, Queen Consort of England,   b. 1241, Burgos, Burgos, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain d. 28 Nov 1290, Hereby, Lincolnshire, England (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1254	Abbey Of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F536728732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	25 Jan 1307-1308	Boulogne Cathedral, Pas-DE-Calais, France
  Family ID	F12763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Isabella Of FRANCE,   b. 1292, Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France d. 22 Aug 1358, Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1307	Bologne, Champagne, France
  Children	1. Edward III PLANTAGENET, King Of England,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 21 Jun 1377, Sheen (Now Richmond) (Age 64 years)   2. John OF ELTHAM, Earl of Cornwall,   b. 15 Aug 1316, Eltham, Kent, England d. 14 Sep 1336, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 20 years)   3. Eleanor OF WOODSTOCK, Duchess of Guelders,   b. 18 Jun 1318, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d. 22 Apr 1355, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands (Age 36 years)   4. Joan OF THE TOWER, Queen of Scotland,   b. 5 Jul 1321, Tower of London, Middlesex, England d. 7 Sep 1362, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F12761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Edward Plantagenet.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Edward II (1284-1327), Plantagenet king of England (1307-1327), whose incompetence and distaste for government finally led to his deposition and murder. Edward was born on April 25, 1284, at Caernarfon (Caernarvon), Wales, the fourth son of King Edward I and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile. The deaths of his older brothers made the infant prince heir to the throne; in 1301 he was proclaimed Prince of Wales, the first heir apparent in English history to bear that title. The prince was idle and frivolous, with no liking for military campaigning or affairs of state. Believing that the prince's close friend Piers Gaveston, a Gascon knight, was a bad influence on the prince, Edward I banished Gaveston. On his father's death, however, Edward II recalled his favorite. Gaveston incurred the opposition of the powerful English barony. The nobles were particularly angered in 1308, when Edward made Gaveston regent for the period of the king's absence in France, where he went to marry Isabella, daughter of King Philip IV. In 1311 the barons, led by Thomas, earl of Lancaster, forced the king to appoint from among them a committee of 21 nobles and prelates, called the lords ordainers. They proclaimed a series of ordinances that transferred the ruling power to themselves and excluded the commons and lower clergy from Parliament. After they had twice forced the king to banish Gaveston, and the king had each time recalled him, the barons finally had the king's favorite kidnapped and executed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 24 Nov 2024), entry for Edward II PLANTAGENET, person ID L19M-VCD. (Reliability: 3). [S76] John Howard, Duke.ged. [S10] Mark Willis Ballard 6928 N. Lakewood Avenue 773-743-6663 mwballard52@yahoo.com, GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged.