King Edward the Second

Family: England · Role: king · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 2

In Book 1, Chapter 2, King Edward the Second governed with advice from Sir Hugh Spencer, who had been brought up with him from youth. His uncle, Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, was among the lords he had arrested; the king then ordered twenty-two barons executed, with Thomas suffering first.

The chapter also describes a quarrel between the king and Queen Isabella: he would not see her or go anywhere she was. Earl of Kent, his brother, is named among those who resented Sir Hugh Spencer.

Relationship record

Life events

• King Edward the Second arrested the assembled lords and ordered twenty-two barons executed.(Book 1, Chapter 2)
  • With: Sir Hugh Spencer Thomas, Earl of Lancaster
  • “The king caused all these lords to be arrested on a certain day when they were met together, and without delay ordered the heads of twenty-two of the greatest barons to be struck off, without assigning any cause or reason.”
• A quarrel arose between the king and the queen, and he refused to see her or go where she was.(Book 1, Chapter 2)
  • With: Queen Isabella
  • “he fomented such a discord between the king and the queen, that the king would not see the queen, or come to any place where she was.”

Book 1, Chapter 2

• child: King Edward “King Edward the Second, father to the noble King Edward the Third of whom our history speaks, governed his kingdom very indifferently by the advice of Sir Hugh Spencer, who had been brought up with him from his youth.”
• with Sir Hugh Spencer (They had been brought up together from youth.) “King Edward the Second, father to the noble King Edward the Third of whom our history speaks, governed his kingdom very indifferently by the advice of Sir Hugh Spencer, who had been brought up with him from his youth.”
• elder kin: Thomas, Earl of Lancaster “The chief of them was Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, uncle to the king.”
• siblings with Earl of Kent “The hatred against Sir Hugh Spencer was increased by this deed, particularly that of the queen, and of the Earl of Kent, brother to the king; which when he perceived, he fomented such a discord between the king and the queen, that the king would not see the queen, or come to any place where she was.”
• with Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (The king ordered Thomas's execution.) “The king caused all these lords to be arrested on a certain day when they were met together, and without delay ordered the heads of twenty-two of the greatest barons to be struck off, without assigning any cause or reason. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, suffered the first.”
• with Sir Hugh Spencer (Sir Hugh Spencer advised the king.) “King Edward the Second, father to the noble King Edward the Third of whom our history speaks, governed his kingdom very indifferently by the advice of Sir Hugh Spencer, who had been brought up with him from his youth.”

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