Posted on 02/17/2008 6:44:21 PM PST by blam
So does this mean that those who killed can now be charged with a “hate crime?”
Is that same lover who got throw through window by Edward II father Edward I in Braveheart
Still got a kick out of the fact that Longshanks was portrayed by Prisoner #6.
The window thing must have been all Hollywood, since this guy got his head lopped off.
But yes, this is the same Edward II who was in the movie.
It’s good to be King. And sometimes bad to be the King’s booty call.
OH OKAY yeah that crazy that Prisoner 6 is King Edward 1 what get me is
He protray wardern in Clint Eastwood classic Escape from Alcatraz
And will his descendants be able to ask the Queen of England for reparations for this terrible hate crime??
So did they still bury the body, or what there was of it, in consecrated ground? that would seem surprising and may be an interesting story.
Rule 1....No Pooftahs!
Bump
If Braveheart was in true story BOY Edward 2 was a wimp
If you want read good book folks read Queen Isabella She wolf of France by Alison Weir she didn’t kill Edward 2 it was actually her lover who did the deed
Well wadda you know...one of those coincidence moments.
I’ve just started reading Ken Follett’s “World Without End “... his sequel to his previous, massive historical novel, “The Pillars of the Earth”.
It is placed in 1337 and I have just reached the part (early in the novel) where it looks like the big secret concerns Isabella, Edward II et.al.
Could be this poofter revelation.
One of the most horrible deaths leading to one of the most frightening ghost sounds:
“Screams of a murdered king
Edward II remains famous for one thing above all others - the grisly manner of his death.
The king, son of Edward I , proved to be something of a disappointment to his father, who conquered Wales for the English and was given a bloody nose by the Scots.
Edward II was a weak king who handed a good deal of his power over to the English noblemen - but even that didn’t help him in the end.
He was horribly tortured at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire but only died when a red-hot poker was thrust up his rectum.
It was reported at the time that his screams could be heard as far away as the village of Berkeley and sometimes his screams can still be heard.
The castle - still owned by the same family as it was then - is open to the public and a part of it is preserved in the style of the day as Edward’s cell, although it can’t be proved that this room is where he met his death”.
http://beehive.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=7542&PageID=40239
Fascinating addition to this story. Thanks Blam!
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