There have been many infamous kings throughout history, but I guarantee that no ruler caused as much drama as King Edward II. This problem child of the English throne grew into one of the shadiest ...

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 ...

In June 1314, Edward II crossed the border only to find the road to Stirling blocked by the Scots army. Bruce had carefully chosen his ground to the south of the castle, where the road ran through ...

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 ...