Kings & Queens: Amazing & Extraordinary Facts by Day Malcolm

Author:Day, Malcolm [Day, Malcolm]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781446354117
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2011-06-17T23:00:00+00:00

Pansy Meets Grisly End

Not all is proper in the reign of Edward II

Across the entire span of the Middle Ages just three kings were deposed by violence off the battlefield: Edward II, Richard II and Henry VI. All three had something in common which accounted for their fate. Each had a liking for incompetent favourites who engendered hatred among the nobles and people alike.

No sooner had Edward II been sworn in as king than he introduced to the court a ‘friend’, an effeminate French knight, Piers de Gaveston, with whom the new king appeared to be infatuated. Not only was this ‘upstart’ granted more power than any other advisor in the king’s company, but, confident in his royal favour, he would cavort about upsetting and humiliating other nobles around him.

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