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
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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.
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