King Edward II essays

King Edward II essays The life of King Edward II began on the year of 1284. As a young man, Edward was very outgoing and extravagant. He usually kept unsavory friends. People think today that Edward was probably homosocial, which means he probably only had social relationships between people of his own sex. Before taking the throne Edward was the first Prince of Wales. He was prince until the Welsh were defeated, after their defeat they wanted a prince who could speak Welsh. Edward I guaranteed them that he would get one who could speak no other who which would be Edward II which was Edward I son. Edward II was to young to even speak. This event is still between England and the Welsh even today.(Midgley p.1 of 6 lines 6 Edward II took the throne in 1308. As soon as Edward became king people considered him to be weak. They considered this because Edward liked athletic sports, rowing, knitting, theatricals, and manual crafts. He was crowned on February 28th as a result of his perceived unsavory life style, the Lords Ordainers, a committee of twenty one men led by Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lincoln, was established and drew up forty one articles known as the ordinances of 1311 to try to control the king. (Midgley p. 1 of 6 lines 10-13) The parliament had gotten together and made Edward to agree to their wishes on April 1308. While on the throne Edward II became best friends with Gaveston. Gaveston was a ward of Roger Mortimer, who had great influence on Edward. In 1310 the aristocracy revolted against Edward and he became very unpopular. In 1314 Edward place England under baronial control because he was defeated by Robert de Bruce at Later Edward had a love come into his life. Her name was Isabella and she was 17 years of age. She was originally from France. After the mur ...