Edward II King of England 
Edward II King of was born on April 25th, 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Wales. Edward II King of's father was Edward I "Longshanks" King of England and his mother was Eleanor Princess Of Castile And L‚eon. His paternal grandparents were Henry III King of England and Eleanor Berenger Countess Of Provence; his maternal grandparents were Fernando III "The Saint" King Of Castile & Leon and Jeanne De Dammartin Countess of Ponthieu. He had three brothers and twelve sisters, named John, Henry of, Alfonso Earl at, Eleanor Princess of, Joan Princess of, Julian (Katherine) Princess of, Joan of, Margaret Princess of, Berengaria Princess of, Elizabeth, Beatrice Princess of, Blanche Princess of, Nun at Amesbury, Alice Princess of and Isabella Princess of. He had five half-brothers named Thomas Plantagenet Duke of, Edmund Plantagent of Woodstock Earl of, Thomas Plantagenet Earl of, Henry III Earl of Lancaster & and John Plantagenet Lord of. He died at the age of 43 in 1327 in Berkley Castle, Gloucestershire.General Notes
Reigned 1307-1327 deposed and murdered. 1st Prince of Wales. His reign was troubled by extravagances, his militarist disasters in Scotland 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 bowels. Invested as the first English Prince of Wales in 1301.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.01 Oct 1207 d.1272
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1217 in Aix-en-Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Wales d.1327 in Berkley Castle, Gloucestershire
- b.1201 in Sevilla, Spain d.1252 in Sevilla, Spain
- b.1244 in Burgos d.1290
- b.1216 in Dammartin, France d.16 MAR 1278/79
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They had two sons and two daughters, named Edward III King of, John Eltham Earl of, Eleanor Plantagenet of and Joanna of the.
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Children
Edward III King of England
Edward III King of was born on November 13th, 1312 in Windsor castle, Berkshire, England. He died at the age of 64 on June 21st, 1377 in Sheen Palace, Surrey, England.
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