Edward II
Americannoun
noun
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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
Nathaniel Sullivan sang the King — Edward II, as imagined by Christopher Marlowe then reimagined by Crimp — with sniveling command, the monarch’s weakness to the fore.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 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 same MS. contains, besides some religious poetry, a number of political songs of the time of Edward II.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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