Edward II

American  

noun

1. 1284–1327, king of England 1307–27 (son of Edward I).

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Edward II British  

noun

1. 1284–1327, king of England (1307–27); son of Edward I. He invaded Scotland but was defeated by Robert Bruce at Bannockburn (1314). He was deposed by his wife Isabella and Roger Mortimer; died in prison

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Example Sentences

Edward II was married to Isabella of France but was openly in a long-term relationship with knight Sir Piers Gaveston.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2023

Army in Germany, Mr. Johnson took a low-level job at State Street Bank before joining the small mutual fund in which his father, Edward II, had invested.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

As a young journalist at The Times of London, he fabricated a quote about King Edward II from a historian, who also happened to be his godfather.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022

His performance as Marlowe’s Edward II, shown on television, shot through the young me like a bolt of electricity.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2019

The fact that this village was the birthplace of Richard de Badow, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, in the time of Edward II, may be assimilated en voyage.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)