Edward II of Caernarvon Plantagenet King of England [2552] ²⁵

   Cause of his death was murdered.

   FamilySearch ID: 9HG2-MQ1.

  General Notes:

Edward II of Caernarvon, King of England

Reigned 1307-1327 deposed and murdered. 1st Prince of Wales
His reign was troubled by extravagances, his militarist disasters in Scotl and
notably at Bannockburn (1314) and unpopularity of his favourite peers
Gaveston who died in 1312 and Hugh le Despencer 1262-1326.
He was deposed on 21 Jan 1327, and murdered by a red-hot poker in his bowe ls. Invested as the first English Prince of Wales in 1301.

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Invested as the first English Prince of Wales in 1301. Reigned 1307 -1327 deposed and murdered. His reign was troubled by extravagances, his m ilitarist disasters in Scotland notably at Bannockburn (1314) and unpopula rity of his favourite peers Gaveston (d. 1312) and Hugh le Despencer. He w as deposed by his wife and her lover, Roger Mortimer, 1º E. March, on 21 J an 1327, and murdered by a red-hot poker in his bowels.

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PLANTAGENET.htm#EDWARD II PLANTAGENET (Ki ng of England)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Deposed, 1327.

Edward married Isabella de France [2553] [LZ8F-Y7N] [MRIN: 401], daughter of Philip IV the Fair of France Capet King of France [5306] and Joan I of Navarre Queen of Navarre [5307], on 25 Jan 1308 in Boulogne Cathedral, France. (Isabella de France [2553] [LZ8F-Y7N] was born in 1292 in Paris, France, died on 22 Aug 1358 in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England and was buried in Grey Friars Church, Newgate, London.)