tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post4438459012657304683..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: The Birth Of Edward III, 1312Kathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-23976472544139130122010-11-18T19:16:13.081+00:002010-11-18T19:16:13.081+00:00"and nothing less certain than the hour when ..."and nothing less certain than the hour when it (death) may come". In the case of Edward II, this is doubly prophetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-71769301634958121972010-11-16T11:57:24.701+00:002010-11-16T11:57:24.701+00:00Gabriele, I also think Ed was a doting father - it...Gabriele, I also think Ed was a doting father - it would fit well with what we know of him.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-77094183062980752862010-11-15T18:11:05.466+00:002010-11-15T18:11:05.466+00:00Now if we only could find out if Edward played wit...Now if we only could find out if Edward played with his son like a modern daddy or left the whole upbringing during the first years to the nurses and maybe Isa. Somehow I can see him being a doting father, it would not have been the first 'unkingly' thing he did. ;)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-56867060069856414572010-11-15T09:11:29.296+00:002010-11-15T09:11:29.296+00:00Thanks, Anerje! I'm pretty sure that you'...Thanks, Anerje! I'm pretty sure that you're right and no-one ever accused Ed of that - like no-one at the time thought that Isa's children were not his. Just later inventions in crappy novels. :-(Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-84962546966821384762010-11-14T19:42:26.861+00:002010-11-14T19:42:26.861+00:00Belated Birthday Greetings Edward III! Really lik...Belated Birthday Greetings Edward III! Really liked the comparison with the nobility on fathering children - Edward did his duty! And in fact, if I'm right, no-one ever accused Edward of not 'doing his duty' to provide an heir. He accomplished that fairly quickly, when you consider Isa's age.Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-45815125756394762932010-11-14T07:24:22.172+00:002010-11-14T07:24:22.172+00:00Susan, I wondered about that too! Given the huge ...Susan, I wondered about that too! Given the huge financial reward, I bet there were plenty of envious people at court!<br /><br />Thank you, Elizabeth - glad you liked the post. It's interesting to speculate what happened, isn't it, though I really wish sometimes that the clerks had recorded the reasons for people being arrested!<br /><br />Kate, thank you! People generally made wills when they thought they might be dying, so during a bad illness, or (frequently) when pregnant. A lot of people died intestate (like Edward II). Isabella's lands would have reverted to the crown, and she had the right to dispense of her jewels etc as she wished. When she finally died in 1358, she left her large book collection to her surviving children, Edward and Joan.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-63803953563602728832010-11-13T22:33:54.853+00:002010-11-13T22:33:54.853+00:00Happy Birthday indeed! I'm sure the women wer...Happy Birthday indeed! I'm sure the women were terrified when they fell pregnant and I think it was touching that Edward let Isabella make her will, although as a woman of property did that revert to the crown in the event of her death during childbirth? Did most noble women take up the opportunity to make a will when they were pregnant? That's really interesting. Great post thank you<br />Kate PlantaganetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-13131962175861705742010-11-13T16:42:12.709+00:002010-11-13T16:42:12.709+00:00Great post! The quotes you provided show how carin...Great post! The quotes you provided show how caring and loving a person Edward II was and it's easy to picture his enthusiasm at the news of his son's birth.<br /><br />And maybe the lady-in-waiting Joan was arrested in a fit of pique on order of Isabella. I turned pretty mean myself in the final days of my pregnancy - and I'm sure just about everyone at the grocery store would have found themselves in prison if I had had my way... an interesting side note!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863958329151143572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-6442817412982041622010-11-13T14:14:12.568+00:002010-11-13T14:14:12.568+00:00Happy birthday! It must have been nice to be selec...Happy birthday! It must have been nice to be selected for the task of informing a king of his son's birth. I wonder if there was a line of people pushing to be chosen?Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.com