Edward II

711 years ago today on 26 May 1306, Edward I's eldest granddaughter Eleanor de Clare married Hugh Despenser the Younger in the royal ch...

In case anyone is keeping score :), here are my existing and future books! (Note: the titles of all books after number 3 are subject to cha...

I've dealt previously with the absurd notion that Edward II and his chamberlain and favourite Hugh Despenser the Younger cruelly remov...

Edward of Caernarfon's second eldest sister Joan of Acre married Gilbert 'the Red' de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, o...

In no particular order, here are the top ten fake stories still often repeated about Edward II and Isabella of France. Thanks to my good fr...

Edward III, not quite eighteen years old, arrested his mother's 'favourite' Roger Mortimer, earl of March and lord of Wigmore, ...

I so often see it stated that Edward II and his stepmother Marguerite of France had a close, loving relationship, and I just want to examin...

In March and April 1322, Edward II had between nineteen and twenty-two knights and noblemen executed for taking part in the Contrariant reb...

Apologies for not updating the blog more regularly; I've been really busy lately, had visitors, and am still going through the long and...

I've previously written posts about Edward II's 1321/22 campaign against the Contrariants, the baronial rebels who had forced the e...