King Edward II of England (d. 1327)

Edward II (1284 - 1327), king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine. He was the youngest son of king Edward I of England and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. He married Isabella of France.

Berkeley Castle

Castle in Berkeley near the river Severn. It was here that king Edward II was held after his deposition and where he died.

Thomas, third Lord Berkeley (d. 1361)

Thomas Berkeley was imprisoned in Pevensey Castle but released on 16 October 1326. He was made joint custodian of the deposed Edward II. His first wife was Margaret, daughter of Roger Mortimer, earl of March. He died 27 October 1361.

Hugh Despenser the Younger

Isabella of France, queen of England (d. 1358)

Isabella of France (1295 - 1358), queen of England, wife of king Edward II; daughter of Philippe IV, king of France, and Jeanne de Champagne, queen of Navarre.

John of Hainault, lord of Beaumont (d. 1356)

John of Hainault (c. 1288 - 1356), lord of Beaumont. He was the second son of John II of Avesnes, count of Hainault and Holland, and Philippine of Luxemburg. He married Marguerite of Nesle, countess of Soissons. They only had one daughter, Jeanne, who was married to Louis I of Châtillon, count of Blois. Jeanne died before her father, and it was her sons who inherited the various lordships held by John of Hainault.

King Edward II of England (d. 1327)

Edward II (1284 - 1327), king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine. He was the youngest son of king Edward I of England and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. He married Isabella of France.

England

Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.

King Edward II of England (d. 1327)

Edward II (1284 - 1327), king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine. He was the youngest son of king Edward I of England and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. He married Isabella of France.

King Edward II of England (d. 1327)

Edward II (1284 - 1327), king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine. He was the youngest son of king Edward I of England and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. He married Isabella of France.

Hugh Despenser the Younger

Bristol

Bristol, now in Avon, England.

Henry de Beaumont (d. 1340)

Knight from an aristocratic family of Maine. He was a younger son of Louis of Brienne, who was viscount of Beaumont. This viscounty was in Maine, but Froissart mistakenly states it was in England, undoubtedly because Henry and his brother Lewis de Beaumont, bishop of Durham, were active there.

King Edward II of England (d. 1327)

Edward II (1284 - 1327), king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine. He was the youngest son of king Edward I of England and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. He married Isabella of France.

Barons and knights of England

See barons of England, knights of England.