Edward II Plantagenet
1284 - 1327 (43 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Edward II Plantagenet was born 25 Apr 1284, Caernarvon Castle, Wales (son of Edward 1 and Eleanor of Castille); died 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucester. Notes:
Prince of Wales (1301), Duke of Aquitaine (1306), King of England (1307-1327), * 25.4.1284 at Caernarvon Castle, Wales, + 21.9.1327 murdered at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire by means of a red-hot spit being thrust into his bowels, probably on the orders of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March
Edward married Isabella of France Jan 1308, Boulogne Cathedral, France. Isabella was born Abt 1292, Paris, France; died 22 Aug 1358, Castle Rising,Norfolk or Hertford Castle. [Group Sheet]
2. Edward 1 was born 18 Jun 1239, Palace of Westminster (son of III Henry and Eleanor of Provence); died 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-on-Sands, Northumberland. Notes:
EDWARD I “Longshanks” Plantagenet, Duke of Gascony (1254), Earl of Chester (1254), King of England (1272), * 18.6.1239 at the Palace of Westminster, + 7.7.1307 at Burgh-on-Sands, Northumberland and buried in Westminster Abbey,
Edward married Eleanor of Castille Oct 1254, Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castille. Eleanor was born Abt 1244, Castile; died 28 Nov 1290, manor of Harby, Nottinghamshire. [Group Sheet]
3. Eleanor of Castille was born Abt 1244, Castile; died 28 Nov 1290, manor of Harby, Nottinghamshire. Children:
- 1. Edward II Plantagenet was born 25 Apr 1284, Caernarvon Castle, Wales; died 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucester.
Generation: 3
4. III Henry was born 1 Oct 1207, Winchester Castle, Hampshire (son of John 'Lackland' Plantagenet); died 16 Nov 1272, Palace of Westminster. Notes:
King of England (1216-1272), * 1.10.1207 at Winchester Castle, Hampshire, + 16.11.1272 at the Palace of Westminster and buried in Westminster Abbey.
III married Eleanor of Provence 14 Jan 1236, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent. Eleanor was born Abt 1220, Aix-en-Provence, France; died 25 Jun 1291. [Group Sheet]
5. Eleanor of Provence was born Abt 1220, Aix-en-Provence, France; died 25 Jun 1291. Notes:
Eleanor of Provence, * c.1220 at Aix-en-Provence, France, + a nun 25.6.1291 at Amesbury Abbey and is buried there.
Children:
- 2. Edward 1 was born 18 Jun 1239, Palace of Westminster; died 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-on-Sands, Northumberland.
Generation: 4
8. John 'Lackland' Plantagenet was born 24 Dec 1166, Beaumont Palace, Oxford; died 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire. Children:
- 4. III Henry was born 1 Oct 1207, Winchester Castle, Hampshire; died 16 Nov 1272, Palace of Westminster.