Edward 1

 

Edward I AKA Edward Longshanks 

Edward was born somewhere between 17 or 18 of June and died on July 1307 he was the king of England from 1272 to 1307 before his accession to the throne he was commonly referred to as the lord Edward. The first son of Henry III. 

Edward was involved from an early age in the political intrigues of his father'e reign Which included an outright rebellion by the English barons in 1259 he briefly sided with baronial reform movement supporting the provisions of Oxford. after reconciliation with his father, however he remained loyal throughout the subsequent armed conflict known as the second barons war which I will be talking more about next time 

After the battle of Lewes Edward was hostage to the rebellious barons, but escaped after a few months and defeated the baronial leader Simon de Montfort at the battle of Evesham in 1265 within two years the rebellion was extinguished and with England pacified

Edward joined the ninth crusade to the holy land he was on his way home in 1372 when he was informed that his father had died. Making a slow return he reached England in 1274 and was crowned at Westminster abbey

Edward spent much of his reign reforming royal administration and common law. Through an extensive legal inquiry he investigated the tenure of various faudal liberties while the law was reformed through a series of statutes regulating criminal and property law. Increasingly however Edward's attention was drawn towards military affairs after suppressing a minor rebellion in Wales in 1276-77 Edward  responded to a second rebellion in 1282-83 with a full scale war of conquest after a successful campaign he subjected Wales to English rule, built a series of castles and towns in the countryside and settled them with English people next his efforts were directed towards the kingdom of Scotland

Edward died on July 7 1307 aged 68 he was suffering badly from dysentery and his opponents were anticipating his end. A supposed prophecy of Merlin was in circulation that after his death the Scots and Welsh would unite and have things as they wished