Edward II Plantagenêt (king of England)

   Edward of Caernarfon, Édouard d'Angleterre

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Personal and Family Information

Edward was born on 25 APR 1284 in Cærnarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Cymru, the son of Édouard I Plantagenêt and Leonor de Castilla.

He died on 21 SEP 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire.

His wife was Isabelle Capet, who he married in 1308. The place has not been found. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Edward II Plantagenêt
(1284-1327)

  

Édouard I Plantagenêt
(1239-1307)

    
 		    
 		  
     
 		  
     
 		    
 		  
     
 		  
   

Leonor de Castilla
(1240/41-1290)

    
 		    
 		  
     
 		  
     
 		    
 		  
     
 		  

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth 25 APR 1284
Place: Cærnarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Cymru
Death 21 SEP 1327
Place: Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title FROM 7 JUL 1307 TO 25 JAN 1327 king of England

Notes

Note 1

Edward was handsome, but highly unconventional, forming close romantic attachments to first Piers Gaveston and then Hugh Despenser the younger.

Note 2

deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327

Note 3

found in Windsor tree