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Authors: Alison Weir
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Note: There is no contemporary evidence that the marriage of Edmund, Earl of Kent, and Margaret Wake produced two other sons, Robert and Thomas, who are mentioned in later sources.
3 Eleanor
She was born on 4 May, 1306, at Winchester. She died in 1311 at Amesbury Abbey, Wilts., and was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hants.
Edward I is reputed to have had the following
illegitimate issue
(according to the Hayles Abbey Chronicle), and while this is possible, it is still subject to some doubt:
By an unknown mother,
1 John Botetourt, Lord of Mendlesham, Suffolk (
c
.1265–1324); he married Matilda, daughter of Thomas FitzOates, and had issue.
EDWARD I
He died on 7 July, 1307, at Burgh-on-Sands, Northumberland, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
He was succeeded by his son Edward.
Edward II
F
ATHER
:
Edward I
(
see here
).
ATHER
:
Edward I
(
see here).
M
OTHER
:
Eleanor of Castile
(under
Edward I
,
see here
).
OTHER
:
Eleanor of Castile
(under
Edward I
,
see here).
S
IBLINGS
: (under
Edward I
,
see here
).
IBLINGS
: (under
Edward I
,
see here).
EDWARD II
He was born on 25 April, 1284, at Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He succeeded his mother as Count of Ponthieu and Montreuil on 28 November, 1290. He was created and invested as Earl of Chester and Prince of Wales on 7 February, 1301; he was the first English Prince of Wales, and since 1301 the title has usually been granted to the eldest son of the sovereign. The story of Edward being presented by his
father to the Welsh on a shield, just after his birth in 1284, is a picturesque fabrication. He was created Duke of Aquitaine in May, 1306. He succeeded his father as King of England on 8 July, 1307, and was crowned on 24/25 February, 1308, in Westminster Abbey.
father to the Welsh on a shield, just after his birth in 1284, is a picturesque fabrication. He was created Duke of Aquitaine in May, 1306. He succeeded his father as King of England on 8 July, 1307, and was crowned on 24/25 February, 1308, in Westminster Abbey.
Edward II was deposed by an illegally convened ‘Parliament’ on 20 January, 1327, and formally abdicated in favour of his son Edward on 25 January, 1327.
Edward II married
, on 25 or 28 January, 1308, at Boulogne Cathedral, France:
, on 25 or 28 January, 1308, at Boulogne Cathedral, France:
Isabella
She was the daughter of Philip IV, King of France, by Joan I, Queen of Navarre, daughter of Blanche of Artois (under Henry III,
see here
). Isabella was born around 1292/5 in Paris. She was crowned Queen Consort on 24/25 February, 1308, in Westminster Abbey. She was instrumental in plotting the deposition and murder of her husband, and after his abdication she shared the Regency with her lover, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. When Edward III attained his majority in 1330, the regents were overthrown. Mortimer was executed, and Isabella allowed an honourable retirement from public life. She died on 22 August, 1358, either at Castle Rising, Norfolk, or at Hertford Castle, and was buried in Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London. Her tomb was lost during the Reformation.
see here). Isabella was born around 1292/5 in Paris. She was crowned Queen Consort on 24/25 February, 1308, in Westminster Abbey. She was instrumental in plotting the deposition and murder of her husband, and after his abdication she shared the Regency with her lover, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. When Edward III attained his majority in 1330, the regents were overthrown. Mortimer was executed, and Isabella allowed an honourable retirement from public life. She died on 22 August, 1358, either at Castle Rising, Norfolk, or at Hertford Castle, and was buried in Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London. Her tomb was lost during the Reformation.
Issue of marriage:
1
Edward III
(
).
2
John
He was born on
c.
15 or 25 August, 1316, at Eltham Palace, Kent, and was created Earl of Cornwall between 16 and 31 October, 1328. He died on 13 September, 1336, at Perth, Scotland, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
3
Eleanor
She was born on 18 June, 1318, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon.; she married Reginald II, Count of Gueldres and Zutphen (
d.
1343), in May, 1332, at Nimeguen, Gueldres, and had issue:
1 Reginald III, Count of Gueldres (1334–1371); he married Mary (
d.
1398), daughter of John III, Duke of Brabant.
2 Edward, Count of Gueldres (1336–1371); he married Katherine (
d.
1401), daughter of Albert, Duke of Holland and Hainault.
Eleanor may also have been the mother of the following, although
it is more probable that they were the children of Reginald’s first wife, Sophia of Malines (
d
.1329):
3 Margaret (
d
.1344).
4 Matilda (
d
.1380); she married firstly Godfrey, Count of Hennenburg, and secondly John, Duke of Cleves; she married thirdly John, Count of Châtillon, Blois.
5 Mary (
d
.1405); she married William VI, Duke of Juliers (
d
.1393), and had issue.
6 Isabella, Abbess of Graventhal.
Eleanor died on 22 April, 1355, at Deventer Abbey, Gueldres, where she was buried.
4
Joan
(under
David II of Scotland
,
).
Edward II also had the following
illegitimate issue
:
illegitimate issue
:
By an unknown mother:
1 Adam (
c.
1310–after 1322).
EDWARD II
He was murdered on 21 September, 1327, at Berkeley Castle, Gloucs., by having a red-hot spit thrust into his bowels; this was probably done on the orders of the Regent, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, with the collusion of Queen Isabella, who was Mortimer’s mistress. Edward was buried in Gloucester Cathedral.
He was succeeded by his son Edward, in whose favour he had abdicated on 25 January, 1327.
Edward III
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