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	Edward III of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward, the son of Edward II of England and Isabella of France, daughter of King Philip the Fair, was born in 1312 at Windsor Castle.
		Edward III was crowned on 25 January 1327, at the age of 14, and married Philippa of Hainault in 1328.
		Edward died of a stroke in 1377 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_III_of_England (1920 words)

	Edward III. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Edward, who had gone to Scotland on an unsuccessful expedition in 1327, resented the terms of the Treaty of Northampton (1328), by which he had renounced the Scottish throne, and decided to support Edward de Baliol against the young Scottish king David II.
		By this time Edward was under the influence of his greedy mistress, Alice Perrers, and the political scene became one of rivalry between the court party headed by John of Gaunt and the clerical party led by the Black Prince.
		Edward III died soon afterward, and the son of the Black Prince came to the throne as Richard II.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ed/Edward3.html (870 words)

	Edward III of England -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Edward III was crowned on January 25 1327, at the age of 14, and married (Click link for more info and facts about Philippa of Hainault) Philippa of Hainault, in 1328.
		Edward died of a ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand) stroke in 1377 and was buried in (A famous Gothic church in London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery) Westminster Abbey.
		Edward's only surviving child was (King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400)) Richard II who ascended to the throne but produced no heirs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ed/Edward_III_of_England2.htm (1621 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Edward's youth was spent in his mother's court and he was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed.
		Edward was married to Philippa of Hainault in 1328 and the union produced many children; the 75% survival rate of their children - nine out of twelve lived through adulthood - was incredible considering conditions of the day.
		Edward, the Black Prince and eldest son of Edward III, trounced the French cavalry at Poitiers (1356) and captured the French King John.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon32.html (861 words)

	Edward III
		Edward was the heir in the more senior female line (through his mother), but the nobles of France decided to elect Philip of Valois, heir in the more junior male line (though his uncle), as king.
		Edward was sent to France to do homage to Philip for the English held lands of the former Aquitaine.
		Edward did not dispute such action, nor did he interfere with the jockeying for position that followed, which saw both the returned influence of John of Gaunt and the return of Alice Perrers.
	www.labelle.org /bio_Ed3.html (422 words)

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		Edward remained under the control of Isabella and Mortimer, though there was some saving grace in that the head of the regency council was Henry of Lancaster, a cousin of Edward's father and a more moderate man than most.
		Edward was prepared to sack and destroy the city but his queen, Philippa, who had accompanied him on the campaign, pleaded for their lives.
		Edward III cannot be denied the epitaph of a great king, but like so many other great kings he bequeathed little to his successors.
	www.historyincoins.com /ed3.htm (2295 words)

	Edward III (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Reign of King Edward III is a play attributed to William Shakespeare.
		The plot of the play centers around the Countess of Salisbury (the wife of the Earl of Salisbury), beset by rampaging Scots, who is "rescued" by King Edward III, who vows to get her into his bed.
		The play makes many gibes at Scotland and the Scots, a view which has led some critics to believe that it is this work which caused George Nicolson, Queen Elizabeth's agent in Edinburgh, to write in 1598 to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, protesting the way Scots were being portrayed on the London stage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_III_(play) (297 words)

	Edward, the Black Prince - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG, known as the Black Prince (June 15, 1330 – June 8, 1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
		After marrying her in October, 1361 (a controversial match), Edward was sent to rule the province of Aquitaine as prince on behalf of his father.
		Edward is almost always now called the "Black Prince," but he was never known as such during his lifetime (instead being known as Edward of Woodstock after his place of birth).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward,_the_Black_Prince (677 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Edward III
		Edward marched to meet them; but so quick and active were the Scots that Edward marched from York to Durham without gaining any definite news of their position, and, when he tried to cut them off and force them to fight, was completely outmanœuvred by them.
		Edward and Philip had been rival claimants for the French throne in 1328, and after Philip had been chosen king there was much dispute over the homage owed by Edward for his French fiefs.
		The difficulties were caused partly by the heavy taxation levied by the pope on the clergy, and partly by the appointment of foreigners to English benefices by the pope; while the irritation of Englishmen at these grievances was increased by the pope's residence at Avignon, under the influence of the French king.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05321a.htm (1445 words)

	The Age of Chivalry - Edward III Plantagenet, King of England 1327-1377 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Edward III wasted no time in glamorising chivalry and created the Order of the Garter having been inspired by King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
		Edward III prepared for another war with the French and after the victory at Poitiers and some of the French king's ransom he found little difficulty in raising a large army of 30,000 men - all eager for riches in France.
		Edward's Queen, Philippa, died in 1369 and he fell under the thrall of his mistress Alice Perrers who quickly became very unpopular at court, as she enriched herself with some of the jewels of the late Queen and had few scruples.
	www.taoc.co.uk /content/view/60/43 (1679 words)

	Britannia: Edward III, the Confessor
		The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward III was the oldest son of Æthelred II and Emma.
		Edward stayed there during the reign of Canute and, at that king's death in 1035, led an abortive attempt to capture the crown for himself, but was, for some reason, recalled to the court of Hardacanute, his half-brother.
		Edward sought to revenge himself on Godwin by insulting his own wife and Godwin's daughter, Edith, and confining her to the monstery of Wherwell.
	www.britannia.com /history/bb1042.html (524 words)

	Edward II and the Poker Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Edward's dad is King Edward I (Patrick McGoohan), also known as 'The Hammer of the Scots', and in the film Ed's a floppy-haired fop much given to fashion and worthless favourites, one of whom his father memorably throws out of a window.
		Edward was first taken to Kenilworth, where he agreed to abdicate in favour of his son.
		Edward was moved from one castle to another in secret just in case he had any supporters left who might try to spring him.
	www.mb007a2628.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /edward2.htm (1434 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Edward II lacked the royal dignity of his father and failed miserably as king.
		Edward sent his queen, Isabella, to negotiate with her brother, French king Charles IV, regarding affairs in Gascony.
		The king was deposed in 1327, replaced by his son, Edward III, and murdered in September at Berkeley castle.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon31.html (391 words)

	Edward III , King of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Edward III was one of the most successful medieval warrior kings.
		Edward led his first raid into French territory in 1338 to defend his claim to the duchy of Aquitaine (Philip VI of France had moved to confiscate the duchy).
		Edward was succeeded by his grandson Richard II in 1377 because his son Edward, the fl Prince, had died the year before.
	ehistory.osu.edu /middleages/hundredyearswar/PeopleView.cfm?pid=171 (355 words)

	History House: Edward II, Part II: The She-Wolf of France
		Edward II of fourteenth-century England frittered away large sums of money and land on undeserving wretches who managed to worm their way into his favor.
		Edward marched off, crying, but at least took temporary solace in the fact that his son was crowned Edward III.
		Edward should have taken heart: his son Edward III overthrew and killed Mortimer a scant four years later, and sent Isabella, forever after known in history as the "She-Wolf of France", away from Court with a stipend but a stern watch.
	www.historyhouse.com /in_history/isabella (2040 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Plantagenets > Edward III
		Edward III was 14 when he was crowned King and assumed government in his own right in 1330.
		In 1337, Edward created the Duchy of Cornwall to provide the heir to the throne with an income independent of the sovereign or the state.
		Following a sea victory at Sluys in 1340, Edward overran Brittany in 1342 and in 1346 he landed in Normandy, defeating the French King, Philip VI, at the Battle of Crécy and his son Edward (the Black Prince) repeated his success at Poitiers (1356).
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page66.asp (296 words)

	Shakespeare Society of America, 1986, Edward III
		Edward's corruption of Warwick, framed between these two scenes, was equally impressive.
		At Crecy King Edward paced the stage, refusing to come to the aid of his embattled son, determined to force him to win his own fight or die in the effort.
		With a flair he removed the sheet from the corpse, revealing it to be that of his enemy, the King of Bohemia, an ally of the French.
	ise.uvic.ca /Annex/DraftTxt/Edw/Edw_com/performance/SAA1986.html (456 words)

	BBC - History - Edward III (1312 - 77)
		The eldest son of Edward II, Edward became king aged 15 after his father was deposed by his mother and her lover, Roger Mortimer.
		Yet this was repudiated by the new French king, Charles V. Edward, growing old, re-established his claim to the French crown but left most of the hard work to his sons Edward and John of Gaunt.
		Edward's constant need for money pushed him to attack the wealth and privileges of the church and by now he was past his prime.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/edward_iii_king.shtml (385 words)

	Overview of King Edward III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Edward III was born at Windsor, the eldest son of Edward II and Isabella of France.
		Edward was crowned in 1327, and the uneasy truce with Scotland was quickly ended, with the Scottish army invading.
		Edward was forced to support Balliol's precarious rule on two further occasions (1335, when he marched to Perth and 1336, when he burned Aberdeen), before tiring of what he saw as an unprofitable campaign and turning his attentions to France.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst913.html (300 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Anglo-Saxon kings > Edward III
		With few rivals (Canute's line was extinct and Edward's only male relatives were two nephews in exile), Edward was undisputed king; the threat of usurpation by the King of Norway rallied the English and Danes in allegiance to Edward.
		With reinforcements from the earls of Mercia and Northumberland, Edward banished Godwin from the country and sent Queen Edith from court.
		Edward subsequently formed a closer alliance with Godwin's son Harold, who led the army as the king's deputy (he defeated a Welsh incursion in 1055) and whom Edward may have named as heir on his deathbed.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page40.asp (325 words)

	GENUKI: Kings of England - E(2)
		Edward left by his first wife, four sons and nine daughters; and by his second, Margaret of France, whom he married in 1299, two sons and one daughter.
		Edward aimed at the acquisition of Flanders, hoped to get his son Edward, the Black Prince, made Earl of Flanders by the aid of Philip van Arteveldt and the free towns; but Philip was murdered in an insurrection at Ghent.
		Edward came to the throne in the midst of the fierce struggle between the Yorkists and Lancastrians, in which he greatly distinguished himself by his courage and military skill.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/kingedw.html (1857 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		The start of Edwards life was in the shadow of his mother and her lover Mortimer.
		Edward III was a popular, chivalrous King and picked his advisers wisely.
		Edward went on to lay siege to Calais but even its defeat did not mean that he could control France.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/rulers/edward_iii.html (715 words)

	Edward II and Edward III
		Edward II and Edward II Piers Gaveston, Hugh le DeSpenser, and the murder of Edward II.
		Edward II Edward II (1307-27) was a poor king, bored by the responsibilities of his position and easily swayed by a succession of male favourites.
		Edward's queen, Isabella, finally had enough and raised a rebellion with French aid.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/Edward_II_and_Edward_III.htm (560 words)

	§5. "Edward III". X. Plays of Uncertain Authorship Attributed to Shakespeare. Vol. 5. The Drama to 1642, Part One. ...
		Edward III was first published, anonymously, in 1596, and a second edition followed in 1599; but it was not until Capell re-edited the play in his Prolusions (1760) that the claim for Shakespearean authorship was seriously put forward.
		Soliloquy is unknown in the battle scenes, whereas, in the countess episode, one sixth of the total number of verses are spoken in monologue.
		The situation in which the two women are placed is almost identical; but, whereas Ida is a slight, girlish figure who, for all her purity, has little save conventional commonplace wherewith to rebut the Scottish king’s proffers, the countess rises in the face of trial and temptation to supreme queenliness.
	www.bartleby.com /215/1005.html (1277 words)

	Edward III
		Edward III, the oldest son of Edward II and Isabella of France, was born in 1312.
		In 1327 his mother and her lover usurped the throne of Edward II and gave it to Edward III.
		This war was sparked by the cooperation of the French with the scots in their continuing rebellion against England, fighting in Gascony, and Edward's claim to the throne of France through his mother.
	home.bluemarble.net /~dlhatf/king.htm (516 words)

	Edward III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Edward then finagles and pulls rank on Warwick to force him to persuade her, his own daughter, to become the King's mistress.
		The drumming is Prince Edward, and the boy's resemblance to his mother the Queen strikes the King with some degree of guilt: "Shall the large limit of fair Brittany / By me be overthrown; and shall I not / Master this little mansion of myself?" (II.ii.94-96).
		Edward states that he is "awakened from this idle dream" (199) -- he is ashamed and praises the Countess' savvy.
	www.wsu.edu /~delahoyd/shakespeare/edward3.2.html (342 words)

	Edward III
		Edward, the eldest son of Edward II and Isabella of France, was born in 1312.
		Edward was only fourteen when his father was murdered and for the first three years of his reign was under the influence of his mother and her lover, Roger Mortimer.
		In 1333 Edward defeated David II of Scotland at the Battle of Halidon Hill.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MEDedwardIII.htm (370 words)

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