edward ii | Finally, in 1314, these games had become so violent and dangerous that King Edward II made a law. |
edward ii | Finally, in 1314, these games had become so violent and dangerous that King Edward II made a law. |
edward | (n) son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377), Syn. Edward III |
edward | (n) King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327), Syn. Edward II |