KING EDWARD THE THIRD OF ENGLAND

BY KRIS HECKERT

WHO IS EDWARD THE THIRD?

EDWARD THE THIRD WAS….

• EDWARD THE THIRD WAS THE KING OF ENGLAND FROM JANUARY 25TH 1327 TO

HIS DEATH IN JUNE OF 1377. HIS LONG RULE MARKS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES IN

ENGLISH HISTORY THAT A KING RULER CONSECUTIVELY FOR FIFTY OR MORE

YEARS.

• HIS FATHER WAS EDWARD THE SECOND OF ENGLAND AND HIS MOTHER WAS

ISABELLA OF FRANCE.

• ALTHOUGH HE WAS CROWNED AT AGE 14- A TIME WHEN VERY PEOPLE COULD

BE PRODUCTIVE RULERS- AND HE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE

BLACK DEATH, IT HAS BECOME A POPULAR OPINION IN RECENT YEARS THAT HE

HAS BEEN NOTED FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS.

THE LIFE OF EDWARD THE THIRD CONT.

• HE WAS ENGAGED TO HIS WIFE WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 12 AND HE WAS AN

INFANT. HER NAME WAS PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT. THEY GOT MARRIED JANUARY

24TH OF 1327 AND HAD A SON TOGETHER ON JUNE 15 1330.

WHAT WERE THE IDEAS OF EDWARD THE THIRD?

EDWARD THE THIRD’S IDEAS INCLUDE….

• EDWARD THE THIRD WAS NOT ONE FOR SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE, AND

ACTUALLY QUITE DISLIKED THE TREATY WHICH ENDED THE CONFLICT BETWEEN

SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND FOR A TIME.

• EDWARD BELIEVED THAT SINCE HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF THE PHILIP THE

FOURTH OF FRANCE, HE WAS THE RIGHTFUL HEIR TO THE FRENCH THRONE. HE

ONLY BEGAN ON THIS IDEA WHEN THE FRENCH TOOK AWAY HIS DUCHY OF

AQUITAINE.

WHAT DID HE DO DURING HIS LIFE?

DURING HIS LIFE, EDWARD…

• IN HIS LIFE, EDWARD WOULD BEGIN ONE OF THE LONGEST CONFLICTS IN HISTORY BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND THE FRENCH- WHICH WOULD LATER BE CALLED THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR. DESPITE THE FACT IT LASTED 116 YEARS.

• WHEN HE WAS LESS THEN A YEAR OLD, HE WAS GIVEN TWO TITLES BY HIS FATHER EDWARD IN ATTEMPT TO HELP HIS POOR SITUATION. HIS BEING EDWARD THE SECOND.

• WHEN HE WAS AROUND THE AGE OF 18, EDWARD HAD THE DE FACTO RULER OF ENGLAND, A MAN BY THE NAME OF MORTIMER, KILLED SO HE COULD TAKE THE THRONE.

WHAT WERE EDWARD’S POLITICAL IDEALS AND WHAT DID HE DO

CONCERNING POLITICS?

CONCERNING POLITICS.

• ESPECIALLY DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE

HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR, EDWARD WOULD TAKE

SUPREME ADVANTAGE OF THE PRACTICALLY

UNLIMITED POWERS OF A MEDIEVAL KING-

THOUGH HE HAD SOME TROUBLE

INTENTIONALLY WHEN TRYING TO RAISE

TAXES DESPITE THAT HIS KINGDOM WAS A

MESS.

• ALTHOUGH MORE INTERESTED IN MILITARY

CAMPAIGNS THEN POLITICS, HIS CROWNING

ACHIEVEMENT POLITICALLY WAS THE STATUTE

OF LABORERS OF 1351 WHICH WAS DESIGNED

TO DEAL WITH THE SHORTAGES OF LABOR

WORKERS AFTER THE BLACK DEATH KILLED

ABOUT A THIRD OF THE ENGLISH

POPULATION.

FINAL REMARKS

INFO SOURCES

• UNIT 7’S READINGS

• HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/EDWARD_III_OF_ENGLAND

PICTURE SOURCES

• HTTP://WWW.OPENLETTERSMONTHLY.COM/I-AM-THY-MAN/

• HTTP://ENJOYBETTERHEARING.COM/MYTHS-AND-FACTS-OF-HEARING-LOSS/QUESTION-MARKS-2/

• HTTPS://ERINLAWLESS.WORDPRESS.COM/2013/01/02/ENGLANDS-BLACK-QUEENS/PHILIPPA-OF-HAINAULT/

• HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/EDWARD_III_OF_ENGLAND

• HTTP://WWW.EMERSONKENT.COM/HISTORIC_PLACES_AND_LOCATIONS/AQUITAINE.HTM

• HTTP://WWW.HERITAGE-HISTORY.COM/INDEX.PHP?C=ACADEMY&S=CHAR-DIR&F=EDWARD2E

• HTTP://WWW.SHAKESPEAREANDHISTORY.COM/ROGER-MORTIMER.PHP

• HTTP://HISTORY-WORLD.ORG/BLACK_DEATH.HTM

• HTTP://FREEMASONRY.BCY.CA/HISTORY/STATUTES/HENRY_VI.HTML

• HTTP://ETC.USF.EDU/MAPS/PAGES/300/342/342.HTM