Edward II

Today I'm delighted to welcome Darren Baker, author of With All for All , a new book about Simon de Montfort, to the blog.  He's wri...

I'm delighted to announce that in September this year, I'll be travelling to northern Italy at the kind invitation of two Italian cu...

A continuation of my last post about Edward II's second cousins and uncles-in-law, Charles of Valois and Louis of Evreux.  Here, I'...

I feel like writing a genealogy post today, so here's one about Charles of Valois, count of Valois, Anjou, Maine, Alençon, Chartres and ...

In the aftermath of Piers Gaveston's murder on 19 June 1312, England teetered on the brink of civil war.  Edward II left York on 28 June...

A post about Robert, Lord Clifford (c. 1 April 1274 - 24 June 1314) and Maud de Clare (c. late 1270s - before 13 March 1327), and their chil...

A fairly short post about a man who has often been confused with his first cousin of the same name, Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester. Th...

A friend of mine on Facebook (thanks, Monte!), commenting on a pic I'd posted of Rievaulx Abbey, suggested that I should write a blog po...

Unfortunately I've been ill all week and have been unable to write a proper blog post, but Kyra Kramer kindly hosted me on her own blog...

Today, or perhaps yesterday, is the 700th anniversary of Piers Gaveston's funeral. Here's a post about it. Piers Gaveston, earl of...