The title Prince of Wales was handed to Edward's eldest son, Prince Edward (later Edward II) – a practise that continues to this day. Edward plots against Scotland In 1287 Alexander III ...

But Edward II’s defeat by Robert Bruce at Bannockburn seven years later, set the limits to Plantagenet ambitions in Britain; they would never conquer the Scots. And they provoked a deepening of ...

Edward was born at Caernarvon in Wales on 25th April 1284, a son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. He renewed his father's campaign against the Scots but was defeated at Bannockburn in 1314 by ...

It was a love match and the couple were inseparable until her death. They had four sons, including Edward II, and eleven daughters. Many of these died young, of whom John, Henry, Alphonso, Joan and ...

The title Prince of Wales was handed to Edward's eldest son, Prince Edward (later Edward II) – a practise that continues to this day. Edward plots against Scotland In 1287 Alexander III ...