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Descendants of Isabella de Taillefer

11. EDWARD⁴ II (EDWARD³ I, HENRY² III, ISABELLA¹ DE TAILLEFER)¹ was born April 25, 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Wales¹, and died September 21, 1327 in murdered Berkeley Castle, Gloucs., England¹. He married ISABELLA DE VALOIS¹ January 25, 1307/08 in Notre Dame, Boulogne, Normandie¹, daughter of PHILIP and JEANNE DE NAVARRE. She was born 1292¹, and died August 22, 1358 in Hertford Castle, Herts., England¹.

Notes for EDWARD II:
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OCCU King of England ...
SOUR Encyclopedia
The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 36
Edward II, Harold F. Hutchison, p. 5
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SOUR Encyclopedia
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 1
EDIIIALL.TAF (Compuserve)
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SOUR COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve)
WHITAKER.GED (Compuserve), 723
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 1
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EDWARD II, son of EDWARD I and ELEANORA OF CASTILE
Ruled 1307-1327; a weak king, dissipated and self-indulgent. His reign was
characterized by internal dissension and the loss of Scotland. His insistence
on having his favorite, Piers Gaveston, at court caused rebellion among the
barons, who eventually had Gaveston killed. Edward's later favorites, Hugh le
Despenser and his son, virtually ruled England (1322-26). They made a true
with Robert I and recognized him as king of Scotland. Edward's wife, Queen
Isabella, refused to return from France while Despensers ruled. She entered
into an adulterous alliance with Roger de Mortimer and invaded England. The
Despensers were executed and Edward forced to abdicate. He was imprisoned and
almost certainly murdered by Henchmen of Isabella and Mortimer. -
Encyclopedia, p. 253
Of all the kings of England, Edward II was one of the least fitted for the
post and ceratinly noe of the most poorly trained. He never grew up, but at
no time did he show the enthusiasms and the touch of ideality which the
perennial juvenile will often display. His concern seems to have been with
his personal interests and pleasures and he had no conception of what it meant
ot be a king. - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 128
Deposed by Parliament, 1327; ruled 1307-1327 - RULERS.ENG (Compuserve)
Edward II was "not industrious, neither was he beloved by the great men;
albeit he was liberal in giving, and amiable far beyond measure towards those
whom he loved, and exceedingly sociable with his intimates. Also in person he
was one of the most powerful men in his realm." He was assuredly a more
amiable person than his predecessor, but as a reigning monarch he was
ill=equipped for the fourteenth century. During the old king's lifetime he
had been regularly forced to attend his father's campaigns in Scotland, and
the glittering prizes of a military career had been scruntinised, enumerated,
and extolled, for his benefit, with such hot earnestness, such proxlixity,
that he had grown weary of their tedious dazzle. As soon as he became his own
master he avoided unnecessary warfare and no long pretended even to find
pleasure in the dust and bruises of a tournament. It is true that on sundry
occasions- notably in 1310 and 1314 - Edward II violently remembered his
inherited claim to the Scottish throne and, with the occasional brief zeal of
an easygoing man, undertook and commanded a new campaign against the
ver-growing strength of king Roboert. Once, it is true-in 1314- he moved
against Scotland with all the strength he could muster. But except for
theseperiods of unusual energy the character of the war changed after 1307.
Till then there had been a steady offensive, unremitting and remoreseless,
against every manifestation of Scotland's independent existence; after 1307;
with brief exceptions, England was on the defensive and the initiative passed
to Robert, whose attack became unremitting and remorseless as Edward's had
been. But to emphasise the comparatively static position of England under its
new king is not to depreciated Robert's acheivement. - The Survival of
Scotland, Eric Linklater, p. 72
King of England 1307-1327, first English Prince of Wales, 1301;tomb can be
viewed today at Gloucester cathedral - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W.
Stuart, p. 1
of Caernarvon - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 19; a Plantagent -
COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)

More About EDWARD II:
Burial: Gloucester Cathedral¹

Notes for ISABELLA DE VALOIS:
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OCCU Princess of France ...
SOUR Edward II, Harold F. Hutchison
The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 35
PAGE 55
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SOUR Encyclopedia
RURIK.DEC (Compuserve)
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 35 says 27 Aug 1357, Roseing
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SOUR COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)
ERCDEC.GED (Compuserve), 724
COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve), #336
Queen consort of Edward II of England; daughter of Philip IV of France.
Neglected and mistreated by her husband, she hated the royal favorites, the
Despensers, who seized her lands. While in France (1325), she formed a
liaison with Roger de Mortimer. They invaded England in 1326, forced Edward
to abdicate, and caused his murder. They ruled corruptly until Edward III
seized power in 1330. - Encyclopedia, p. 419
As fair as her father had been but with nothing of the cold perfection of
feature which so often accompanies golden hair. There was a piquancy of
feature and a sparkle generally about her. Later it would be realized that
she was as hard, as flawless, and as sharp-edged as a diamond ... The bride
and groom were seing each other for the first time, but there was no evidence
of an instant attraction ... Throughout the peiod of the festivities, both in
France and in Engalnd, he [Edward II] behaved like a coutnry loon and gave the
nobility of France a chance to look down their very superior noses at him ...
The match, which looked so brilliant as the handsome young couple stood
together at the altar, was doomed to failure - The Three Edwards, Thomas B.
Costain, pp 131-132
During this unsettled period, Queen Isabella seems to have become reconciled
to the role she was fated to play. She certainly felt no depth of affection
for Edward, but on the surface at least she was a dutful wife... In spite of
her political views the beautiful queen was, if not a model wife, an obedient
and useful consort during the years which followed Bannockburn and saw the
repening of the feud between the king and his cousin [Thomas Lancaster, son of
Edmund]. There had never been a hint that she took any illicit interest in
other men. She might have glanced slyly out of the corner of a starry eye at
stout London aldermen and swished her scented wilicoats at court receptions,
but this was no more than the habitual exercise in mass subjugation in which
beautiful women indulge, and it was never done for the sole benefit of one
candidate for favors. In view of Edward's shortcomings as a husband, this is
much to her credit. She was striving, quite clearly, to make the best of a
quite bad bargain. - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 174
There was, moreover, the relatioship which had developed between Isabella and
her "gentle Mortimer," as she had fallen into the habit of calling him. She
had now no desire to return and resume her place beside the king. When a
woman of passionate nature has existed in a loveless marrIAge and has reached
the late twenties before yielding to a clandestine impulse, it may be taken
for granted that she will not be guided by anything but the dictates of her
love. Isabella seems to have taken few precautions and to have worn her heart
quite openly on her sleeve - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 202
Isabella the Fair - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 131
Possibly born 1296 - Encyclopedia; a Capet - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)

More About ISABELLA DE VALOIS:
Burial: Church of Grey Friars, London, England¹

Marriage Notes for EDWARD and ISABELLA DE VALOIS:
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SOUR COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve) says 28 Jan 1308
Edward II, Harold F. Hutchison, 55
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, says Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Franc
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Children of EDWARD and ISABELLA DE VALOIS are:

EDWARD⁵ III¹, b. November 13, 1312, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England¹; d. June 21, 1377, Shene, Berks., England¹; m. PHILIPPA DE HAINAULT¹, January 24, 1328/29, York Minster, York, Yorks., Enland¹; b. Abt. 1312, Mons, Hainault, Belgium¹; d. August 15, 1369, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England¹.

Notes for EDWARD III:
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OCCU King of England ...
SOUR Encyclopedia; COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)
The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 134
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 1
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SOUR Encyclopedia; COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) says 22 Jun 1377
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 1 says 21 Jun 1377
The Last Plantagenets, Thomas B. Costain, p. 19 says 21 Jun 1377
PAGE 253
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SOUR COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 1
ERCDES.GED, #1
EDWARD III, son of EDWARD II and ISABELLA OF FRANCE
Ruled 1327-77; was dominated by Isabella and Mortimer until Edward seized
power in a coup in 1330, putting Mortimer to death and forcing his mother into
retirement. He supported Edward de Baliol against the young Scottish king
David II, but despite his victory at Halidon Hill in 1333, the Scottish
question remained unsettled. In 1337 the Hundred Years War began; it would
dominate Edward's reign. He and his son Edward the Black Prince took an
active part in the war, the first phase of which ended with the treaty of
London in 1359. The war was renewed after various treaties and truces, but,
like the Scottish wars, was inconclusive in Edward's reign. There were many
constitutional developments in Edward's long reign. The most important of
these was the emergence of Commons as a distinct and powerful group in
Parliament. The king's constant need for money for his wars enabled Commons
to assert its power to consent to all lay taxation. The Black Death (plague)
decimated the population, producing a labor shortage that enabled the lower
classes to demand higher wages and social advancement. Edward quarreled with
the church, and the resulting religious unrest found a spokesman in John
Wyclif. There was rivalry between a court party heded by Edward's son John of
Gaunt and the parliamentary party headed by the Black Prince. - Encyclopedia,
p 253
of Windsor - RULERS.ENG (Compuserve); a Plantagenet - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)

More About EDWARD III:
Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England¹

Notes for PHILIPPA DE HAINAULT:
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OCCU of Hainault and Holland..
SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain says 1313; AVESNE.TXT (Compuserve) 1313
RURIK.DEC says 1312; WHITAKER.GED says ABT 1312; CHARLEMG.ZIP (GS) says 1313
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 33 says 1312
PAGE 233
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SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
RURIK.DEC (Compuserve)
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 33
PAGE 237
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SOUR COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)
PHILIP.GED (Compuserve), 464
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 33
Lady - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 175

More About PHILIPPA DE HAINAULT:
Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England¹

Marriage Notes for EDWARD and PHILIPPA DE HAINAULT:
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SOUR The King's Lieutenant, Kenneth Fowler says 24-Jan-1328
The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 238;WHITAKER.GED (Comp_ 24-Jan-1329
PHILIP.GED(Compuserve) 24-Jan-1329; CHARLEMG.ZIP (GS) says 24-Jan-1329
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ii.

JOHN¹, b. August 25, 1316, the castle at Eltham¹; d. September 14, 1335¹.

Notes for JOHN:
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OCCU of Eltham
SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve), #693
PHILIP.GED (Compserve), 1333
PAGE 19,171
QUAY 2
SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain says 1336
COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve), #693
PHILIP.GED (Compserve), 1333
PAGE 19
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Never married - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 171; a Plantagent -
COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)

iii.

ELEANOR¹, b. 1318, Woodstock¹; d. April 22, 1355, Cistercian convent near Malines¹; m. RAYNALD II¹, May 1332¹; b. Abt. 1318¹; d. 1343, from a fall from a horse¹.

Notes for ELEANOR:
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OCCU of Woodstock ...
SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve), #694 says ABT 1318
PHILIP.GED (Compserve), 1334
PAGE 19,174
QUAY 2
SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve), #694
PHILIP.GED (Compserve), 1334
PAGE 19, 180
QUAY 2
Eleanor, the first of the two princesses, resembled her parents in looks only.
She was gentle in disposition and manner and with the patience to accept with
grace the adversities of an unkind life. That she was gentle was made clear
by the equanimity with which she accepted the failures of two efforts made by
her father to secure brilliant marriages for her. The first was with Alfonso
V, the young King of Castile, the second with Prince John, heir to the throne
of France. ... It was made clear that she was unusually pretty when Raynald
II, Earl of Gueldres and Zutphen, provinces in the Netherlands, came to
England on a visit. - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 174-175
The marriage of the Princess Eleanor was not a happy one, although it started
well ... Raynald would have been better suited, perhaps with a wife of
vivacious ways or even one of unpredictable character who would match his
tempers and provide zest to the daily life of the huge ducal palace. The
sweetness and social timidty of his fair English wife (the result, it was
believed, of her unhappy life at home) seemed to pall on him. Two years after
the arrival of his second son, Duke Raynald had his consort moved to a
separate house in a part of the city far from the palace. The reason he tgave
was that she had contracted leprosy ... Raynald was taking steps to obtain a
divorce. He had already selected a livelier woman to take the fair Eleanor's
place. Eleanor, who had accepted her dismissal with gentle resignation at
first, was stirred to action at this point. She arrayed herself in no more
than a single garment of the flimsiest material and over this threw a warm
mantle. Taking her two young sons with her, she came to the palace on a day
when Raynald had summoned all his nobles for consultation. ... So, without
being announced, she came through the door into the copany of her husband and
the attendant nobles. ... Some accounts of what followed say that she threw
off her cloak and displayed her slender figure in its single garment "as far
as delicacy permitted." Others assert she revealed herself in coplete nudity
to prove that she was in perfrect health ... The duke took her back and the
application for divorce was dropped - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p.
178
It is said that the boy's [Raynuld III] mother, suddenly displaying decision
and a soundness of judgment equal to any occasion, aided in an orderly
administration of the now extensive duchy in integrity and peace. The son
proved to be of a turbulent disposition and when old enough to assume control
of office, soon had himself in all kingds of trouble. The younger son,
Edward, was cast in an identical mold and they quarreled bitterly. The mother
strove to keep the peace between them and was rewarded, according to the
records, by the seizure of all her possessinos, ever of her dower rights. -
The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 179
a Plantagent - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)

Notes for RAYNALD II:
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OCCU Duke of Gueldres & ...
SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
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Duke of Gueldres and Zutphen, provinces in the Netherlands ... generaly known
as Reynaldus de Fusco-Capite, which meant Raynald the Black-Haired - The Three
Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 175

Marriage Notes for ELEANOR and RAYNALD:
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SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
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iv.

MAKEPEACE JOAN¹, b. 1321, Tower of London, England¹; d. September 7, 1362, d.s.p., Scotland¹; m. DAVID II¹, July 17, 1328, Scotland¹; b. March 5, 1323/24¹; d. February 23, 1370/71, d.s.p., Edinburgh, Scotland¹.

Notes for MAKEPEACE JOAN:
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OCCU of the Tower ...
SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve), #695 says ABT 1321
STEWAR.TAF
PAGE 19,174
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SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
STEWAR.TAF
PHILIP.GED (Compserve), 1335
PAGE 19
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Became known as Joan Makepeace - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 238
Had no children - Royal Scotland, Jean Goodman, p. 63; d.s.p., a Plantagent -
COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)

Notes for DAVID II:
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OCCU King of Scotland ...
SOUR Encyclopedia
COMYNX.ARC (Compuserve), #704 says 5 Mar 1323/24
PHILIP.GED (Compserve), 4323 says 5 Mar 1323/24
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SOUR Encyclopedia
The Stewart Kingdom of Scotland 1371-1603, Caroline Bingham, p. 18
PHILIP.GED (Compserve), 4323 23 Feb 1370/71
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David Bruce(ruled 1329-71), went to France after Edward III and Edward de
Baliol invaded Scotland in 1332. He invaded England in 1346, was captured, &
held until ransomed in 1357 - Encyclopedia, p. 221; Possibly born 1319-Royal
Scotland, Jean Goodman, p. 29; 7th Earl of Carrick - PHILIP.GED (Compserve),
4323
DAVID I, son of ROBERT I and ELIZABETH DE BURGH
A year later, however, in 1357, a new treaty reassessed David's ransom at
100,000 marks - a mark was two-thirds of a pound sterling - and Robert Bruce's
worthless son returned to freedom in an impoverished land whose poverty he
aggravated by witless extravagance. He pawned the crown jewels, he spent on
his own pleasure the money paifully wrung from a straitened people to pay his
ransom. He drove his nobles to revolt ... -The Survival of Scotland, Eric
Linklater, p. 119
... and his death in 1371 cannot have been regretted. As well as being
frivolous, extravagant, and inept, he was unlucky; for it was in his reign
that the Black Death came to Scotland. - The Survival of Scotland, Eric
Linklater, p. 121

Marriage Notes for JOAN and DAVID:
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SOUR The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain
STEWAR.TAF says 1328, Scotland
PHILIP.GED (Compserve), 1335
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