
A straight question and answer quiz about Edward II – yup – I’ve been busy writing about Edward’s favourites, his wife’s scandalous family and the difficulties of royal marriages – Edward’s wife was the first to say ‘there’s three of us in this marriage…’
- Where was Edward II born? According to legend his father offered Edward to a country because he spoke no English.
- Who were Edward II’s parents?
- In which castle is Edward supposed to have been killed in 1327? Ian Mortimer presented a theory that he was not assassinated.
- Edward granted the earldom of Cornwall to which of his friends much to his father’s irritation?
- Who negotiated Edward’s marriage?
- What were the nobles called who sought to reform the royal court and get rid of Edward’s unpopular male favourite?
- Which Anglo-Scottish battle did Edward II famously lose?
- Edward had his cousin Thomas of Lancaster executed after Thomas lost which battle in Yorkshire?
- Which father and son with the same name gained notoriety as the king’s favourites?
- Who was Edward’s wife? She is the only medieval queen known to have had an adulterous relationship.
- Who did she have an affair with?
- Which part of the country did Edward’s wife invade with a very small army in 1326?
- When one of Edward’s hated favourites was executed in Bristol, what was his body fed to?
- Where is Edward II buried? Can you give the place more than one name? Which other disposed ruler is buried in the same place?
- Name Edward II’s children.
- Which earl was Edward’s half brother who was executed by Edward’s queen and her lover?
- Which area of France did Edward and his wife’s family disagree about?
- What unusual beast did Edward keep at Langley?
- And what kind of pet did he take on campaign to Scotland?
- Which murdered Tudor playwright wrote a play about the murdered monarch ensuring that we remember all the scandal?