ENGLAND, Edward II of
1284 - 1327 (43 years)Set As Default Person
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When you find a Gateway Ancestor in your family tree, it is almost impossible not to go down a rabbit hole of ancestry leading to connections with countless ancestors of the royal and noble classes. These lines have been extensively researched and documented by historians, so it is really just a matter of following the line. I've spent countless hours engrossed in the stories these royal lines have uncovered. In this album, I will link to ancestors who were members of the Royal class. Royalty refers to the ruling monarch and their immediate family. This includes kings, queens, princes, and princesses. The monarch is typically the highest authority in the land and has the power to grant titles of nobility.
Keep in mind that it is not necessarily unusual to be descended from royalty. After all, many of these connections go back to my 25th great grandparents and beyond. Theoretically, we have 67,108,864 sets of 25th great grandparents (In reality, due to a phenomenon known as pedigree collapse, where ancestors appear in the family tree multiple times in different generations due to intermarriage within a community, the actual number of unique 25th great-grandparents a person has is likely to be much lower). With this many, it might be more unusual NOT to descend from royalty. However, what makes our ancestry so unique is that we can TRACE it that far back, person to person to person. Since my fascination with our ancestry lies in my curiosity about the stories of the individual people, this is beyond compelling to me. It is like getting lost in a series of medieval novels in which I have an actual connection to the characters. It brings history to life.
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Name ENGLAND, Edward II of [1] Birth 25 Apr 1284 Gender Male Royalty & Nobility King of England Name Edward of Caernarfon Death 21 Sep 1327 Person ID I7612 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father ENGLAND, Edward I of, b. 17 Jun 1239 d. 7 Jul 1307 (Age 68 years)
Other Partners: FRANCE, Margaret ofRelationship natural Mother CASTILE, Queen Consort of England, Coronation date Eleanor of, b. 1241, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain d. 28 Nov 1290 (Age 49 years) Relationship natural Family ID F1967 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father ENGLAND, Edward I of, b. 17 Jun 1239 d. 7 Jul 1307 (Age 68 years)
Other Partners: FRANCE, Margaret of; CASTILE, Queen Consort of England, Coronation date Eleanor ofRelationship natural Family ID F1922 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Marriage Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France [2] Children 1. ENGLAND, Edward III of, b. 13 Nov 1312 d. 21 Jun 1377 (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] Family ID F1923 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Family 2 FRANCE, Isabella of, b. 1295, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 22 Aug 1358 (Age 63 years) Marriage 25 Jan 1308 Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France [2] Children 1. ENGLAND, Edward III of, b. 13 Nov 1312 d. 21 Jun 1377 (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. ELTHAM, John of, b. 15 Aug 1316 d. 13 Sep 1336 (Age 20 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 3. WOODSTOCK, Eleanor of, b. 18 Jun 1318 d. 22 Apr 1355 (Age 36 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 4. TOWER, Joan of the, b. 5 Jul 1321 d. 7 Sep 1362 (Age 41 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] ▻ SCOTLAND, David II of m. 17 Jul 1328Family ID F1966 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Event Map Marriage - 25 Jan 1308 - Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Marriage - - Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Edward was an unusual character by medieval standards. Edward looked the part of a Plantagenet king to perfection. He was tall, athletic, and wildly popular at the beginning of his reign.[18] He rejected most of the traditional pursuits of a king for the period-jousting, hunting and warfare-and instead enjoyed music, poetry and many rural crafts.[19] Furthermore, there is the question of Edward's sexuality in a period when homosexuality of any sort was considered a serious crime, but there is no direct evidence of his sexual orientation. However, contemporary chroniclers made much of his close affinity with a succession of male favourites; some condemned Edward for loving them "beyond measure" and "uniquely", others explicitly referring to an "illicit and sinful union".
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Sources - [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Edward I of England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_EnglandEdward I of England - Wikipedia - [S1801] Wikipedia, Isabella of France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_FranceSeal_of_Edward_II-2 Joan_Queen_of_Scotland
- [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Edward I of England.