tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post2269531517387612952..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: Royal Connections of Edward IIKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-76756201744772040072008-01-26T10:56:00.000+00:002008-01-26T10:56:00.000+00:00Jules: *grin*Carla: I still can't remember the boo...Jules: *grin*<BR/><BR/>Carla: I still can't remember the book, but I'm pretty sure it was some obscure late 19th/early 20th century book I dug up on Google Books. One of those works that like to slam Edward II for absolutely everything, even his lack of useful royal relatives, as though he did it deliberately.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-63006190326959670432008-01-25T21:39:00.000+00:002008-01-25T21:39:00.000+00:00Oh my God, just imagine the Christmas card list! I...Oh my God, just imagine the Christmas card list! In fact, can you imagine them all sat around at Christmas playing charades?! Good subjects for charades = 'The King and I'; 'Casino Royale'; 'The Last King of Scotland'; and for a laugh - 'Braveheart'!Jules Frusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207281934232383811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-16358668628589393272008-01-25T18:19:00.000+00:002008-01-25T18:19:00.000+00:00Thanks! Could that be the explanation for the aut...Thanks! Could that be the explanation for the author's comment, then? Maybe (s)he meant that Isabella was more usefully connected than Edward.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-37881313719386296322008-01-25T13:45:00.000+00:002008-01-25T13:45:00.000+00:00Carla: yes, I'm fascinated by Ed's connections. ;)...Carla: yes, I'm fascinated by Ed's connections. ;) Isabella had more useful relatives, in France, by far the most powerful country in Euope then. Although Ed II had cordial relations with the Iberian kings throughout his reign, they were too far to be any use to him politically. And the fact that he was the uncle of the duke of Brabant and the count of Bar didn't help him at all in 1326.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-65799679213628028072008-01-24T15:30:00.000+00:002008-01-24T15:30:00.000+00:00Didn't you post on Edward's relatives some time la...Didn't you post on Edward's relatives some time last year? I remember being impressed that he seemed to have family connections all over Europe. If he hadn't, it wouldn't have reflected terribly well on Edward I's political ability.<BR/>Is there a case for saying that Isabella was more <I>closely</I> connected, e.g. did she have siblings in high places where he had cousins?Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.com