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Edward II

Edward II [Na].
English king from AD 1307, of the House of Anjou (Plantagenets). Born AD 1284, eldest surviving son of Edward I and Eleanor. Married Isabella, daughter of Philip IV of France. Deposed January 1327, and killed September AD 1327 aged 43, having reigned nineteen years.

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