Edward III of England
King of England from 1327 to 1377
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- Fame66.6
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- Historical Figures rank#134
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He came to the throne at fourteen after his mother and her lover deposed his father, then staged a coup at seventeen to seize real power. The fifty-year reign that followed made England a military force that terrified France and reshaped medieval Europe.
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Edward III was crowned in January 1327 after Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer forced his father, Edward II, from the throne. Three years later he led a successful coup against Mortimer and took control himself. A campaign in Scotland went well, but his claim to the French throne in 1337 launched the Hundred Years' War. The first phase—the Edwardian War—brought stunning English victories at Crécy and Poitiers, culminating in the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, where England gained territory and Edward renounced his claim to France. His later years unraveled: failing health, domestic trouble, a…
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