Friday, November 20, 2009
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRINTANNICA
EDWARD I- 1239-1307, king of england. son of henry III + eleanor, daughter of provence. in 1252 named govenor of gascony + in 1254 married eleanor, daughter of alphonso of castile. 1264 battle of lewes, impetuous, defeated barons, but left king defenceless + royals routed. king taken prisoner , but + joined earl of gloucester + defeated de monfort. in 1269, at request of pope, went of crusade. got there in 1270 + 1271 captured nazareth + killed all the turks. in revenge an assassin stabbed him 3 times w/ poisoned arrow, but he was too vigorous + revovered. but king died same year, in sicily when he heard, but went to italy + france + in a tournament. his followers quarreled w/ count of chalou's peeps + he killed the count in single combat. got to england in 1274 + crowned. blah blah issues of state. reformed feudalism + freed people from oppression(statutes of westminster) 1277 conquered wales, but 1280 war restarted til llewelyn died in 1282. more reform, germ of house of commons. 1295 banished jews. 1297 refused bull of pope boniface VIII forbiding taxing of clergy. + 1299 the right of people to fix their own taxation. 1290 eleanor dies + 1293 negotiations to marry margaret, sister of philip IV of france, but french treachery + broke off, but married in 1299. scottish stuff between 1293-1299 blah blah baliol blah blah1301 invaded scotland the 5th time. king of france made him call france blah blah william wallace executed blah bruce murders comyn. getting old, but still warring, but dies. he was a good warrior + good general + good statesmanship. good ruler + good foreign policy. (not georgee) father of constitutional freedom. far zseeing foreign policy. gave up influence in france for control of scotland. harsh to get scotland tho.
9 kids 16 births
