King of England Edward II Plantagenet

1284 - 1327  (43 years)

• Name	Edward II Plantagenet
  Title	King of England
  Born	25 Apr 1284	Wales
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	11215
  Died	21 Sep 1327	Gloucestershire, England
  	Berkeley Castle
  Person ID	I11215	Thompson-Milligan
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Edward Plantagenet,   b. 17 Jun 1239,   d. 7 Jul 1307, Carlisle, Cumberland, England  (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eleanore of Castile,   b. 1241, Spain ,   d. 28 Nov 1290, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Oct 1254
  Family ID	F975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella De France,   b. 1292,   d. 1358  (Age 66 years)
  Married	Boulogne Cathedral
  Children	1. Edward III Plantagenet,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 21 Jun 1377, Surrey, England  (Age 64 years)  [natural]   2. Joan of England,   b. 5 Jul 1321, London, London, England ,   d. 7 Sep 1362, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 41 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F1216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 21 Sep 1327 - Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  BERKELEY CASTLE -- THIS BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC CASTLE, BEGUN IN 1117, STILL REMAINS THE HOME OF THE FAMOUS FAMILY WHO GAVE THEIR NAME TO NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD, NOTABLY, BERKELEY SQUARE IN LONDON, BERKELEY HUNDRED IN VIRGINIA AND BERKELEY UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA. SCENE OF THE BRUTAL MURDER OF EDWARD II IN 1327 AND BESIEGED BY CROMWELL'S TROOPS IN 1645, THE CASTLE IS STEEPED IN HISTORY. MANY ROOMS ARE INTERESTING, PARTICULARLY THE GREAT HALL WHERE BARONS OF WESTCOUNTRY MET IN 1215 BEFORE GOING TO RUNNYMEDE TO FORCE KING JOHN TO PUT HIS SEAL TO THE MAGNA CASTA. TWENTY FOUR GENERATIONS OF BERKELEYS HAVE TRANSFORMED A NORMAN FORTRESS INTO THE LOVELY HOME IT IS TODAY. GUILLAUME FITZOSBERN, A COMMANDER IN THE NORMAN ARMY THAT LANDED AT HASTINGS IN 1066, WAS CREATED EARL OF HEREFORD AND CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF GUARDING THE WESTERN DEFENCES OF THE CONQUEROR'S NEW KINGDOM. PART OF HIS DOMAIN WAS THE SAXON MANOR OF BERKELEY AND HE RECOGNISED THE MILITARY VALUE OF THE SITE WITH ITS COMMANDING VIEWS OVER THE RIVER SEVERN AND WELSH BORDERS. KING EDWARD II WAS COMMITTED THERE IN 1326 FOLLOWING THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN ENGLAND. HE WAS HELD IN A DUNGEON DEEP WITHIN THE CASTLE UNTIL BRUTALLY MURDERED BY SIR JOHN MALTRAVERS AND SIR THOMAS GURNEY. IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT LORD BERKELEY PLAYED NO PART IN THE KING'S DEATH AS HE WAS NOT IN RESIDENCE AT THE TIME.