King Edward II
The life of King Edward II began on the year of 1284. As a young man, Edward was very outgoing and extravagant. He usually kept unsavory friends. People think today that Edward was probably homosocial, which means he probably only had social relationships between people of his own sex. Before taking the throne Edward was the first Prince of Wales. He was prince until the Welsh were defeated, after their defeat they wanted a prince who could speak Welsh. Edward I guaranteed them that he would get one "who could speak no other" who which would be Edward II which was Edward I son. Edward II was to young to even speak. "This event is still between England and the Welsh even today."(Midgley p.1 of 6 lines 6 & 7) Edward II took the throne in 1308. As soon as Edward became king people considered him to be weak. They considered this because Edward liked athletic sports, rowing, knitting, theatricals, and manual crafts. He was crowned on February 28th "as a result of his perceived unsavory life style, the 'Lords Ordainers', a committee of twenty one men led by Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lincoln, was established and drew up forty
They did this because he had royal blood in him. One of the foremost 'Ordainers', Earl of Warwick seized him and later took Gaveston to a nearby place called Blacklow Hill where he was beheaded. At this time "the Earl of Arundel along with John 8th, Earl de Warenne, and Earl Warwick had not joined Edward's army at Bannockburn. The last major battle of King Edwards life was the battle of Boroughbridge in 1322. ordinances of 1311 to try to control the king. Gaveston was a ward of Roger Mortimer, who had great influence on Edward. While on the throne Edward II became best friends with Gaveston. Many battles and wars were fought during his reign. "His son Edward was declared king by Mortimer and Isabella but he did not seize power for another two or three years. Most of them were spear men and peasants. Edward was blamed for everything that went wrong during and after the battle. During this time cannibalism was recorded and people would murder for food. Lancaster built Dustanburgh castle, where he would recruit Scots to join him on his mission. Later Edward had a love come into his life.
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