Edward's son, Edward II, proves a disaster.…
1252 CE to 1395 CE
A weak man, he spends most of his reign trying in vain to control the nobility, who in return show continual hostility to him.
Meanwhile, the Scottish leader Robert Bruce begins retaking all the territory conquered by Edward I.
In 1314, the English army is disastrously defeated by the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Edward also showers favors on his companion Piers Gaveston, a knight of humble birth.
While it has been widely believed that Edward was a homosexual because of his closeness to Gaveston, there is no concrete evidence of this.
The king's enemies, including his cousin Thomas of Lancaster, capture and murder Gaveston in 1312.
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