Edward II (Plantagenet), King of England

1284 - 1327  (43 years)

• Name	Edward II (Plantagenet)  [1]
  Suffix	King of England
  Born	25 April 1284	Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire, Wales   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	7 Feb. 1301  [1]
  	Earl of Chester [by charter]
  Hereditary Title	7 Feb. 1301  [1]
  	Prince of Wales
  Hereditary Title	8 July 1307  [1]
  	Duke of Aquitaine
  Hereditary Title	From 8 July 1307 to 7 Jan. 1327  [1]
  	King of England
  Coronation	23 Feb. 1308  [1]
  Regnal Name	Edward II
  Died	21 Sept. 1327	Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Buried	Grey Friars, London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I530	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	24 Nov. 2018

  
  

  Father	Edward I (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 17 June 1239, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 8 July 1307, Burgh-on-the-Sands, Carlisle, Cumberland, England  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Princess Eleanor (Ivrea), of Castile,   d. 28 Nov. 1290, Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England
  Married	Oct. 1254	Burgos, Castile   [2]
  Family ID	F282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella (Capet), of France,   b. 1292,   d. 22 Aug. 1358, Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 66 years)
  Married	28 Jan. 1308	Boulogne, France   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Edward III (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 13 Nov. 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 21 June 1377, Palace of Sheen, Sheen, Richmond, Surrey, England  (Age 64 years)   2. John (Plantagenet), of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall,   b. 25 Aug. 1316,   d. 14 Sept. 1336  (Age 20 years)   3. Eleanor (Plantagenet),   b. 1318,   d. 22 April 1355  (Age 37 years)   4. Joan (Plantagenet),   b. 1321,   d. 7 Sept. 1362  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	12 July 2018
  Family ID	F278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Plantagenet: Royal Arms of England (c.1198–1340, 1360–9) "In 1198 (and perhaps rather earlier) [Richard I's] arms were Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. This coat is referred to briefly as England. It was borne by all the later Plantagenet kings. England was borne alone until 1340." Source: Boutell's Heraldry, rev. J. P. Brooke-Little (1970), p. 207.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page liii. [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page lii.