Edward III

American  

noun

1. 1312–77, king of England 1327–77 (son of Edward II).

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Edward III British  

noun

1. 1312–77, king of England (1327–77); son of Edward II. His claim to the French throne in right of his mother Isabella provoked the Hundred Years' War (1337)

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Michael Livingston, a professor of medieval history at the Citadel, previously picked up that gauntlet with books offering new interpretations of Agincourt and of Edward III of England’s victory at Crécy in 1346.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

And an hour later, Mr Hyde, who has been metal detecting for about nine months, unearthed the Edward III quarter noble.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023

As the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, Charles received an annual windfall from the Duchy of Cornwall, established by King Edward III in 1337 to support his son.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023

Poinar found an answer to that problem in the East Smithfield Cemetery in London, on land that King Edward III bought for a plague pit.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2022

The most notable facts in the history of the times of Edward III, of Elizabeth, and of Victoria are that Chaucer and Shakespeare and Tennyson and their contemporaries lived and wrote.

From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)