Edward II

This will be my last post till 1 June or thereabouts. I'm delighted to see the results of my 'Fate of Edward II' poll, in the si...

Part two of my post on Virginia Henley's Notorious and Edith Felber's Queen of Shadows: A Novel of Isabella, Wife of King Edward I...

Part one of some comments on two recent novels set in Edward II's reign: Virginia Henley's Notorious (published May 2007) is a roman...

I finally got round to setting up my Edward II website! I've been meaning to do it for months and months. (I am not a woman of swift act...

A post on the lesser-known members of the notorious family... Hugh Despenser 'the Elder' was born on 1 March 1261, the son of Hugh...

Edward II and Queen Isabella married in January 1308, and conceived their first child a little over four years later. The long delay was bec...

Yes, it's the 25th of April again, which means it's a heartfelt 'Happy Birthday, Sire!' to King Edward II, born in Caernarfo...

In the second and final part of my posts on Edward II's male relatives, here are some biographies and facts about the men from Northern ...