Edward II
/ˌedwəd ðə ˈsekənd/
/ˌedwərd ðə ˈsekənd/
- (1284-1327) the king of England from 1307 to 1327, the son of Edward I and the first Prince of Wales. He took his armies to Scotland, but was defeated at the Battle of Bannockburn (1314) by Robert the Bruce. He was a weak king who upset the English barons, and in 1327 his son Edward III replaced him. Later that year he was murdered.
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