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On this day in history . 1st February 1327 . Coronation of King Edward III . . Edward III was crowned King of England, although the country was ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. . . 👑 Edward III (b.13 November 1312 – d.21 June 1377) was King of England from 25 January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success & for restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II. . 👑 Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years also saw vital developments in legislation & government in particular the evolution of the English parliament as well as the ravages of the Black Death. . 👑 Edward was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed by his mother & her lover Roger Mortimer. At age seventeen he led a successful coup against Mortimer, the de facto ruler of the country, & began his personal reign. . 👑 After a successful campaign in Scotland he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne in 1337 but his claim was denied due to the Salic law. . 👑 This started what would become known as the Hundred Years’ War. Following some initial setbacks the war went exceptionally well for England; victories at Crécy & Poitiers led to the highly favourable Treaty of Brétigny. Edward’s later years, however, were marked by international failure & domestic strife, largely as a result of his inactivity & poor health. . 👑 Edward III was a temperamental man but capable of unusual clemency. He was in many ways a conventional king whose main interest was warfare. Admired in his own time & for centuries after. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1327 #EdwardIII #Coronation #d1Feb #KingEdwardIII #EdwardIIIofEngland #EnglishMonarchy #KingofEngland #History #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenets #BritishMonarchy #Royalhistory #onthisday #otd #HistoricArt #Art #portraitpainting #heritage #Plantagenet #theking (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8BQi4-g4mE/?igshid=1lvvh7k9z39r8

On This Day In History . 24th January 1328 . . Edward III married Phillipa of Hainault. . . ◼ Edward married his cousin, Phillipa of Hainault, granddaughter of Phillip III of France. . . ◼ The marriage had been negotiated by Edward's mother, Isabella, in the summer of 1326, Isabella, who was estranged from her husband, Edward II, visited the Hainaut court, along with Prince Edward, to obtain aid from Count William to depose King Edward in return for the couple's betrothal. . ▪ After a dispensation had been obtained for the marriage of the cousins (they were both descendants of Philip III), Philippa arrived in England in December 1327 escorted by her uncle, John of Hainaut. . ◼ The marriage, celebrated at York Minster on 24th January, 1328, was a happy one, the two became very close & produced a large family. . ▪ Phillipa was kind & inclined to be generous & exercised a steadying influence on her husband. Their eldest son Edward, later known as the Black Prince, was born on 15th June 1330, when his father was eighteen. Phillipa of Hainault was a popular Queen Consort, who was widely loved & respected, & theirs was a very close marriage, despite Edward's frequent infidelities. She frequently acted as Regent in England during Edward's absences in France. . ▪ Edward & Phillipa produced twelve children in all, among them were John of Gaunt, later the 1st Duke of Lancaster, (father of King Henry IV) . . 👑 Follow @york_minster_official . . .. #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayinHistory #TheYear1328 #History #RoyalWedding #EdwardIII #EdwardIIIofEngland #KingEdwardIII #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenets #KingofEngland #EnglishMonarchy #PhillipaofHainault #D24jan #Plantagenet #BritishMonarchy #YorkMinster #heritage #York #Yorkshire #HistoryFacts #weddingday #historicart #Crown #England (at York Minster) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCNf6hF2JI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=28fkktpxfs6j

On This Day In History . 21 June 1377 . King Edward III died . 👑 Around 29 September 1376 he fell ill with a large abscess. After a brief period of recovery in February 1377, the king died of a stroke at Sheen on 21 June. He was succeeded by his ten-year-old grandson, King Richard II, son of the Black Prince, since the Black Prince himself had died on 8 June 1376. . . About Edward III; . ◼ Born on 13 November 1312, Edward was King of England from 25 January 1327 until his death in 1377; he is noted for his military success & for restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II. . ◼ Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years also saw vital developments in legislation & government, in particular the evolution of the English parliament, as well as the ravages of the Black Death. . ◼ Edward was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed by his mother & her lover Roger Mortimer. At age seventeen he led a successful coup against Mortimer, the de facto ruler of the country, & began his personal reign. After a successful campaign in Scotland he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne in 1337 but his claim was denied due to the Salic law. This started what would become known as the Hundred Years' War. Following some initial setbacks the war went exceptionally well for England; victories at Crécy and Poitiers led to the highly favourable Treaty of Brétigny. Edward's later years, however, were marked by international failure & domestic strife, largely as a result of his inactivity & poor health. . ◼ Edward III was a temperamental man but capable of unusual clemency. He was in many ways a conventional king whose main interest was warfare. Admired in his own time & for centuries after, Edward was denounced as an irresponsible adventurer by later Whig historians such as William Stubbs. This view has been challenged recently & modern historians credit him with some significant achievements. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1377 #EdwardIII #KingEdwardIII #EdwardIIIofEngland #HouseofPlantagenet (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/By_M0x9Asn6/?igshid=1g1pzkxyog6g7