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King Edward Plantagenet II

Edward was born on April 25th, 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Wales. Edward's father was King Edward Longshanks Plantagenet I and his mother was Marguerite France. His paternal grandparents were King Henry Plantagenet III and Eleonore Provence; his maternal grandparents are King Phillip France III and Mary of Brabant. He was an only child. He diedSep 21st, 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire.

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CHAN.DATE	12 DEC 2006
CHAN.DATE.TIME	10:41:56
EVEN.TYPE	info
EVEN.Comment	Invested as the first English Prince of Wales in 1301. Reigned 1307-1327 deposed and murdered. His reign was troubled by extravagances, his militarist disasters in Scotland notably at Bannockburn (1314) and unpopularity of his favourite peers Gaveston (d. 1312) and Hugh le Despencer. He was deposed by his wife and her lover, Roger Mortimer, 1º E. March, on 21 Jan 1327, and murdered by a red-hot poker in his bowels.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- King of England Henry Plantagenet II
  - b.05 Mar 1133 d.Jul 6th, 1189
  
  King John Jean Lackland Plantagenet of England
  - b.  1166 d.Oct 18th, 1216
  
  Eleanore Aquitane
  - b.  1122 d.Apr 1st, 1204
  
  King Henry Plantagenet III
  - b.01 Oct 1206 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.Nov 16th, 1272 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
  
  Count of Angoulême Aymer Taillefer
  
  Isabella Angoulême
  - b.  1189 d.May 31st, 1246
  
  Prince of France Count of Montargis and Courtenay Peter De Courtenay I ^*
  - b.  1126 in Reims, France d.Apr 10th, 1183 in Palestine
  
  Alice Courtenay
  - d.Sep 14th, 1211
  
  Elizabeth Courtenay ^*
  - b.  1127 d.Sep 14th, 1205
  
  King Edward Longshanks Plantagenet I
  - b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, England d.Jul 7th, 1307 in Burgh On The San, Cumberland, England
  
  Eleonore Provence
  - b.  1217 d.Jan 24th, 1291
  
  King Edward Plantagenet II
  - b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Wales d.Sep 21st, 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
  
  King Phillip France III
  
  Marguerite France
  - b.  1282 d.Feb 14th, 1317
  
  Mary of Brabant
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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