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Hace 1 día · King Edward II of England had court favourites who were unpopular with his nobility, such as Piers Gaveston and Hugh Despenser the Younger. Gaveston was killed during a noble rebellion against Edward in 1312, while Despenser was hated by the English nobility.
Hace 2 días · Both were granted to Piers Gaveston in 1307 but reverted to the Crown when Gaveston was murdered five years later. In 1328 Edward II's brother John was granted the earldom and in 1334 was given the honor and castle of Berkhamsted. He died in 1336 and the following year the king created his eldest son Edward (the Black Prince) duke of ...
Hace 2 días · Edward II is believed by many historians to have been gay. He certainly had favourites and this added to the resentment of men like Mortimer and others who were jealous of what they saw as undeserved honours and property rights granted to such men as Piers Gaveston and Hugh Dispenser.
Hace 2 días · In 1312, when Piers Gaveston was besieged in the castle, the Earls of Pembroke and Warren and Henry Percy persuaded him to come out and confer with them in the church of the Friars Preachers; 'there in the presence of the Body of Christ, with their hands upon the Gospels, they swore that if the Lord Peter would go home with them they ...
Hace 4 días · In April the king gave the custody to Piers Gaveston, enjoining him to deliver it to none but the king, nor to him if brought there a prisoner; if the king died he was to retain the castle in fee.
Hace 2 días · When Edward of Caernarfon demanded an earldom for his favourite Piers Gaveston, the King erupted in anger and supposedly tore out handfuls of his son's hair. Some of his contemporaries considered Edward frightening, particularly in his early days.
Hace 2 días · Edward II granted Scarborough Castle to his favourite, Piers Gaveston. The castle was subsequently besieged by forces led by the barons Percy, Warenne, Clifford and Pembroke. Gaveston was captured and taken to Oxford and thence to Warwick Castle for execution.
