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
