Edward II of Caernarvon England King of England

• Birth Notes

  <b>More information from Genealogics:</b>
  Edward was born on 25 April 1284, the eldest surviving son of Edward I 'Longshanks', king of England, and Eleanor of Castile, comtesse de Ponthieu
  Edward was about 17 when his father created him Prince of Wales. His parent's sixteenth child, he had lost his mother at the age of six, and his father was away most of the time. Probably because of this he was very much attached to 'favourites'. The first was Piers Gaveston who became a close companion to the lonely prince until Piers made himself unpopular by his sarcasm and the offensive nicknames he bestowed on several of the courtiers.