Edward II

A hotch-potch of a post which in some ways continues from my recent one about Edward II and Isabella of France's relationship, and an o...

As I expected and predicted, Twitter, Facebook and numerous other online sites are full of posts today marking the anniversary of the allege...

This is a post which I originally wrote a few months ago as a guest post on my lovely friend Sarah's history blog, which is now sadly de...

On 3 April 1327, custody of Sir Edward of Caernarfon, formerly King Edward II, was transferred from his cousin Henry, earl of Lancaster to T...

This is the third instalment in my Edward II's Death and Afterlife Revisited series.  Please take a look at  part one and part two  if ...

On 15 August 1316, Isabella of France gave birth to her and Edward's second son John of Eltham , later earl of Cornwall.  I suspect tha...

Here's some information about two weddings which took place in 1326, from Edward II's chamber account of that year, which is now hel...

I saw someone on Facebook recently mixing up Edward II's nieces Eleanor and Margaret de Clare, and also seemingly unaware of their young...

Recently I was looking through the correspondence relating to the 1324/25 War of Saint-Sardos between Edward II and his brother-in-law Charl...

Yes, this post is somewhat late for the anniversary of Roger Mortimer's escape from the Tower on 1 August 1323, but it's been a hect...