Edward II forced to abdicate
January 1327
A parliament summoned in Isabella's name declared Edward II unfit to rule and asked his fourteen-year-old son to take the crown. The boy hesitated, then accepted under pressure from his mother and Mortimer. His father, imprisoned at Berkeley Castle, would die in September, the official cause natural, the persistent rumor a red-hot poker.
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Also in 1327 (3 other events on record)
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- Edward II dies at Berkeley Castle · Europe · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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