Edward III
Edward III ( 1312 – 77 )King of England, Ireland, and France ( 1327 – 77 ). He succeeded his father, Edward II , though the throne was at first his in little more than name, power remaining in the hands of his mother, Isabella of France , and her lover Roger Mortimer ; but in 1330 Edward had Mortimer arrested and began his personal rule. He secured the Scottish frontier with relative ease by the victory of Halidon Hill ...
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