Queen of Edward II
Of the Plantagenet kings, Edward II was the most "unique" as he became one of the most tragic kings in English history. He was originally a prince born with a golden key, and he was placed on the throne of the British King with high hopes, but he deviated again and again, and finally died under a red-hot iron rod that the queen had prepared for herself!
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Edward The Younger was born in Ireland in 1284, the fourth son of his father, Edward the Great, and was regarded by his father as the heir to the "great cause of the unification of Britain". His father was a warrior who fought in all directions, so little Edward was pinned on high hopes from an early age, and everyone expected him to be like his father when he grew up, and no one could stop him in the conquest.
Edward II was tall and tall, and looked well suited to commanding an army. He followed his father on a march to war at the age of 10 and served as a logistics supply officer in the war against Scotland and Ireland. At that time, being in charge of logistics in war was not only about providing food and managing supplies for the troops, but more about formulating marching plans around military plans and doing "pre-war education" for soldiers. This meant that Edward II was groomed as a future military commander.
Little Edward with his father
In several campaigns against Scotland, Edward II led his soldiers through dense forests during the cold winters, and even personally took to battle when his father's offensive was weak, directing the soldiers to charge or retreat. This subtle coincidence is easy to misunderstand, and even his father thinks that his son is really a "good seedling". In fact, Edward Jr.'s ability to play a role in the war was closely related to his use of the young prince's status to boost morale and his personal advisers, not the embodiment of his personal will.
English cavalry conquered Scotland
Under the appearance of "being able to be of great use", Edward Jr. is considered to be the first person to marry the French royal family. When he was 15 years old, Philippe, the king of France and a beautiful man, married his beautiful daughter Isabella to him. In 1301, Edward II was officially enthroned as Prince of Wales. This means that his status as the first heir to England and Wales has been affirmed, and Edward Jr. is like a big flag flying in the wind, planted on the top of the high mountains of the British Isles.
Sophie Marceau plays Queen Isabella
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Intense fighting is still ongoing. In 1306, the young Edward also led a team on the battlefield of Scotland to take one important stronghold after another, and made great achievements for his father. If history continues in this way, the true unification of the British Isles will be just around the corner. However, in the next 5 years, Edward's personal image was like a serious landslide of mercury, and its reversal was as shocking.
Edward abandoned the primary group of advisers he had long advised in favor of a French knight named Jarviston. As we said earlier, some of Edward's strategic planning was not his own, and much of his success depended on countless accurate suggestions from senior strategists. However, perhaps the prince was proud of himself and thought it was time to get rid of his dependence on others. Or maybe the handsome French knight was so good that he fascinated the future king of England.
Edward II
Edward not only took Jarviston under his command, but also adopted several of his "jianghu friends". These people are generally of low moral standards and have a low social status. They became Edward's main playmates, accompanying him in carpentry, fishing in the river, and cooking for the soldiers. In short, almost everything that did not belong to the identity of the prince became his interest.
The king was furious when he heard this, and he also found that the young Edward had a "shameful cohabitation relationship" with these lowly young people, which seriously affected not only the morale of the army, but also the feelings of Edward and Queen Isabella. It is said that the elder Edward once taught his son a long and earnest lesson, hoping that he would return to the right path. But little Edward was not impressed. From then on, he never won a decent victory on the battlefield of the conquest of Scotland, until his father died in anger, and the "new king" did not hesitate to give up the results of the northern land.
Stills from Edward II
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If virtue is not worthy, there will be disasters. Shortly after the death of his father, Edward promoted his male favorite, Jawiston, to Earl of Cornwall. During this period, he gave him countless farms and treasures in his personal name. This vulgar and incompetent flatterer did everything in his power to manipulate right and wrong, and to make the state apparatus a miasma. Selling officials and lords, cultivating private forces, and influencing the policy of the kingdom are all "good things" that he often does.
In 1309, the nobles, led by Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, finally set off an uprising aimed at promoting reform. The frightened Edward II agreed to the nobles' plans for political reform, agreed to rein in the power of the king's vassals, and expelled Jarviston from the country, which calmed the anger of the nobles. But shortly thereafter, the king smuggled Jarviston back to china. The angry nobles desperately demanded that he be put to death, and Edward certainly refused to agree.
The nobles demanded the dethronement of Javiston
In 1312, Jarviston was finally convicted and given to death. Ben thought that the king would be able to mature and be more stable after losing his fox friend. Unexpectedly, Edward was emotionally unstable, and several times had serious conflicts with the then Pope Clement V, and then he wantonly insulted the Bishop of Canterbury in the country. After this, Edward decided to save face through military action. In 1314, he launched a decisive battle aimed at crushing the Scottish army, but the English army lost so much that even Ireland was taken over by Scotland.
After this battle, the king was infamous and isolated from the nobility. It is heinous that Edward faced this situation and did not think about how to make great efforts to govern, but turned to favor his new subordinates, the Despens father and son, and also followed the original "old routine" to divide the land and reward him with knighthoods. In this way, the religious and secular forces within the country had a great opinion on him, and Edward II finally reached the point of rebellion.
The 1314 Battle of Bannockburn, which the Scots are proud of
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Edward indulged himself so much that, of course, he angered his closest relative, the princess Isabella from France. This woman was not to be troubled, and she was known throughout history for her nickname "French She-Wolf". In fact, Isabella was a gentle and considerate woman in her youth, and she also dreamed of pulling the king back into a normal life. But Edward's actions humiliated her again and again. Eventually, isabella returned to France, far from the land that had left her desperate.
Back in France, Isabella is naturally protected by the French royal family, and her body bones are much "tougher" than before. Since the 1920s, relations between Britain and France have begun to be in crisis, and King Charles IV of France has taken advantage of the civil strife in England to occupy many of the King's lands in France. Isabella took the opportunity to collude with the Welsh nobleman Roger to invade England. With the help of French mercenaries, they successfully landed on the island of Britain in the spring of 1327 and captured Edward. The fainting man was eventually murdered by the common man in consultation between the nobles and outsiders, and became the first king in English history to be murdered.
Isabella, known as the "she-wolf"
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It has been recorded that the punishment of homosexuals in ancient societies was quite cruel. Edward II, having repeatedly betrayed his country, the nobles and his closest wives, was unable to awaken their sympathy for him. After repeated unsuccessful rescues and requests for help by the RoyalIsts, Edward II finally faced death. However, the end he had to face was a red-hot iron rod specially prepared by the "she-wolf" Isabella, and they inserted this hot stick into the king's abdominal cavity, causing him to die of pain. The king's mournful cry reached the surrounding villages, and it made people's backs chill. Even with her treacherous husband several times, Isabella's methods were chillingly cruel!
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > references</h1>
Gu Yanfang: Outline of the History of the British Royal Family, Heilongjiang People's Publishing House, 2004.
Yu Yonghe, "The Debate on the Abolition of Edward II in Medieval Britain", Northern Discussion Series, May 2018.
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