Edward II

Edward II ( 1284 – 1327 )
The first English Prince of Wales ( 1301 – 07 ) and King of England ( 1307 – 27 ). The fourth (but eldest surviving) son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile , he was notorious in his own lifetime for his inordinate affection for Piers Gaveston and for his unhappy marriage with Isabella of France , daughter of Philip IV of France. Gaveston dominated Edward by 1304 and helped alienate him from his barons;...

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