edward ii

My POD is the survival of Margaret Maid of Norway. She survives and goes to Scotland as was planned, where she receives the same education of the future kings of the time. Once she is 16, she start ruling by herself and her marriage with Edward happens after their coronation as Queen and King...

Edward of Caernarfon was the eldest surviving son of King Edward I of England and only surviving son of his first wife, Eleanor of Castille - and because of that, he was - among other things -heir apparent and the first "English Prince of Wales". But all in all,king was most of the time was...

How would the war play out if the Plantagenets had control of Scotland? The POD would be Edward II marrying a surviving Margaret maid of Norway and become king consort. now, they have been betrothed since childhood and i assume there would be some urgency from Ed I to produce an heir to...

OTL Margaret, Maid of Norway was the daughter of King Erik II of Norway and Margaret of Scotland. She was the granddaughter of Alexander III, King of Scots and Margaret of England, herself the daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. Margaret of Norway was thus a great-niece of...

During his long, pathetic retreat from the invasion of Mortimer and Isabella in 1326, Edward II and his retainers fled to the very strong defensive position of Caerphilly Castle. He abandoned it (along with much of his cash and other valuables) in early November in a probable attempt to flee...

Inspired by @Kellan Sullivan's 'Male Maid of Norway' thread and a conversation I had with a colleague this afternoon (I work in a Castle, history chats are the norm): What might have happened if Edward I had managed to successfully marry Edward II off to a surviving Maid of Norway, the young...

Point of Divergence ... To me, one of the most badass women of the Middle Ages, if not all history, was Isabella of France. And I don't just say that as her direct descendant. Married to notorious bisexual King Edward the II, Isabella had to endure years of neglect by a husband who doted on...

"On the 5th of June, in 1316, Louis X of France (also Louis I of Navarre), commonly called 'the Hutin', departed from life, most likely as the result of drinking an excessive quantity of chilled wine after a vigorous game of tennis. It was the end of a brief and unhappy reign that had begun...