Edward Iii Of England
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Edward III of England ( 13 November 1312 , Windsor Castle - 21 June 1377 , Sheen Palace , Surrey Youth Edward was born at Windsor on 13 November 1312. The reign of his father is marked by military defeats, and rebellions in the nobility and the corruption of courtiers, but the birth of a male heir in 1312 temporarily strengthened the position of Edward II on the throne . Thus, in what is probably an attempt to restore his father's royal authority after years of discontent, Edward was proclaimed Earl of Chester, just 12 days and less than two months later his father gave him a set of servants to his court. It has a certain autonomy and can live like a prince . Like all the kings of England since William the Conqueror , he was raised by French and knows no English . January 20, 1327, when the young Edward was fourteen years old, the queen, Isabella of France , and her lover, Roger Mortimer , overthrew the king. Edward III was crowned on 1 February in the Westminster Abbey in London by Walter Reynolds , Archbishop of Canterbury , with Isabella and Mortimer as regents. Mortimer became the de facto ruler of England and it submits the young king to a constant disrespect and humiliation. Grand son of Philip the Fair , it is nonetheless ousted from the succession of France in 1328. This is based on a choice made at the estate of Louis X in 1316. After the short reign of Philip V, who died without a male heir is his younger brother, Charles IV , who, enjoying the last of his senior, in turn surrounded the crown. But his reign also lasts a short time. When Charles IV , third and youngest son of Philip the Fair died without male issue in 1328 , the dynastic question is: Jeanne de Navarre was not yet son (Charles de Navarre was born four years later) and Isabelle of France , youngest daughter of Philip the Fair, has a son, Edward III, king of England. Then can transmit a right it can exercise itself by Salic law ? Edward III could be a candidate for the throne, but Philip VI of Valois, who is chosen . He is the son of Charles of Valois , brother of Philip the Fair and then descends through the male line of the Capetian. This is a geopolitical choice and a clear expression of an emerging national consciousness: the refusal to see any foreign marry the queen and rule the country . Peer of France refused to give the crown to a foreign king, following the same logic of national politics than ten years ago . The decision was taken in 1316 to oust women from succession to the crown of France became a custom in 1328 , taken from the custom code Salic law. The news did not surprise in England: only Isabella of France, who is the daughter of Philip the Fair , protested the decision depriving his son of the crown and sent two bishops in Paris, unless they are received. The English parliament met in 1329, also said that Edward has no right to the crown and must pay the homage for Aquitaine . Similarly, Jeanne de Navarre, who was ousted in 1316, the rest in 1328. His son Charles , who is the most direct male descendant of Louis X , is born in 1332 and therefore can not be a candidate. Mortimer knows that his position is precarious, and more when Edward and his wife, Philippa of Hainault , have a son, June 15, 1330 . Mortimer used his power to acquire property and titles of nobility such as that of Earl of March of Wales , most of those titles belonging to Edmund fitzAlan , ninth Earl of Arundel, who had remained loyal to Edward II in his struggle against Isabella and Mortimer, who was executed November 17, 1326. But greed and arrogance of Mortimer earned him the hatred of the nobles, all is not lost for the young king. The execution of Edmund of Woodstock brother of Edward II, in March 1330 raised the indignation among the nobility and worried greatly Edward III, who feels threatened. The young but stubborn ruler is determined to govern by itself and seeks to avoid the fate of his father and uncle and avenge the humiliation suffered. For nearly 18 years, Edward was ready to take his revenge. October 19, 1330, Mortimer and Isabella are sleeping in the castle of Nottingham. Taking advantage of the night, a group loyal to Edward enters the fortress through a secret passage and springs in the neighborhood of Mortimer. The men leading the coup Mortimer stop the king's name and he was taken to the Tower of London. Stripped of his land and his titles, he is accused of having usurped the royal authority in England. The mother of Edward - presumably pregnant child of Mortimer - demand with his son in vain. Without trial, Edward Mortimer condemns to death a month after his ouster. He was hanged on 29 November 1330. While Mortimer is executed, Isabella was exiled to Castle Rising ( Norfolk ) where it is likely to abort. For his 18th birthday, revenge of Edward is complete and he takes charge of England. At the accession of Philip VI of France Isabelle takes a hardline stance vis--vis the homage for Guyenne, Edward meets French envoys "was the son of a king and would not honor the son of a Count. " The king of England, which is even, does not in fact makes the coronation and does not recognize. But the overwhelming victory of Philip VI against the Flemings at the Battle of Cassel is not to reassure the English that can not put up any credible defense for Guyenne at its confiscation by Charles IV in 1323. Edward therefore surrendered and renders homage June 6, 1329 at the Cathedral of Amiens. But the ceremony goes wrong: he refuses to join hands in front of Philip, which means it makes simple tribute and not the liege homage (he recognizes Philip as his Lord and not as the supreme overlord). His spokesman Bishop of Lincoln, made a speech of protest with the list of legal arguments against the liege homage . Philip Edward gives up July 30, 1330 to return him to pay homage liege in good and due form, the English claim that the territories seized during the war of St. Sardos returned to them. Philip refuses, and sets a new deadline: December 15, 1330. Before a new refusal, the king of France supported his brother Charles II of Alenon to seize Holy is looted. But Edward reverses Mortimer and took over the business. He sent an embassy to Philip in February 1331 and made amends asking that his tribute can be considered an homage liege. Philippe was conciliatory and accepts the proposal, he withdrew his army from Saintes and promises compensation for the sack of the city . All these efforts are ruined reassurances when Edward Balliol , son of former pro-British King John Balliol , landed at the head of an army private, August 6, 1332 in the county of Fife , north- West of Scotland, thereby reviving the Anglo-Scottish . Since 1296 , profiting from the death of Alexander III without a male heir and an attempted takeover by marriage, Britain considers the Scotland as a vassal state. However, the Scots have contracted with France the Auld Alliance on 23 October 1295 and Robert the Bruce (later Robert I of Scotland ), crushed at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 , the British knighthood, yet far superior in number, with his pikemen who, hoot their spears into the ground, can break the cavalry charges as did the Flemish against the French at the Battle of Courtrai . These formations of pikemen can be used offensively in the manner of Greek phalanxes (the tight formation allows to combine the kinetic energy of all the fighters who can overthrow the enemy infantry) and the English ranks were broken up inflicting a severe defeat. In 1328, Robert Bruce was recognized as king of Scotland by the Treaty of Northampton. But in the latter's death in 1329, David II was only eight years and is an excellent opportunity for Edward Balliol to claim the crown . After the disaster of Bannockburn, the English took note of the end of the superiority of chivalry on the battlefield and develop new tactics. King Edward I of England and creates a law that encourages the archers to train on Sunday by banning the use of other sports, the English become skilled in the use of the long bow (long bow). The wood used is if (as England imported from Italy) which has superior mechanical qualities of the white elm arches Welsh performance are improved. The most powerful weapon may be used in massive long-range shooting. The British adapted their way of fighting by reducing the cavalry, but using more archers and men at arms on foot loads protected by piles driven into the ground (these units moving horse but fought on foot) , . To be effective, the long bow to be used by an army protected and therefore on the defensive. We must force the opponent to attack. Why the English use in Scotland on the principle of ride : the army deployed a large width devastates an entire territory, until the opponent is forced to attack to stop the looting. Thus using tactical scheme which foreshadows the battle of Crecy, with armed men holed up behind piles driven into the ground and archers positioned on the sides to prevent projectiles ricochet off the pelvis and armor shaped to deflect the blows worn face, Edward Balliol crush the Scots, however, very superior in numbers, 11 August 1332, at the Battle of Dupplin Moor. After another hit, John Balliol was crowned king of Scotland at Scone in August 1332. Edward did not participate in the campaign but, leaving do, he knows that the result is very favorable to him: he has an ally at the head of Scotland . The success of Balliol demonstrated the tactical superiority conferred by the English long bow (long bow or longbow), so when it is spilled December 16, 1332, Edward openly takes things in hand. It revokes the Treaty of Northampton that had been signed during the regency, renewing the claims of English sovereignty over Scotland and triggering the Second War of Scottish Independence. Intending to return to what England had conceded he besieged and took control of Berwick, then crushes the army to rescue the Scottish battle of Halidon Hill in exactly the same tactics as Dupplin Moor. He demonstrated extreme firmness: all prisoners are executed . Edward III is then in position to put Edward Balliol on the throne of Scotland. The latter paid homage to the King of England in June 1334, Newcastle and gave him 2000 libration of land in the counties of the South: Lothian, Roxburghshire, Berwickshire, the Dumfriesshire , Lanarkshire and Peebleshire . Philip VI is highly upset because he had to launch a crusade in bringing Edward III. He welcomes David II in May 1334 and installs it with his court at Chteau Gaillard . Edward tries to appease the King of France and to obtain return of land seized by Charles IV in Aquitaine, but in exchange requires Philippe restoration of David II: Questions in Guyenne and Scotland are now linked. Despite the defeats of Dupplin and Halidon, Bruce David's forces soon begin to regroup: in July 1334, Edward Balliol was forced to flee to Berwick and seek help from Edward III. Thanks to a tax of Parliament and obtained a loan from the bank Bardi, it spawns a Scottish country . It runs a ride devastating but the Scots have understood the lesson and avoid battles by confronting it with the tactics of desert land. The occupation of Plantagenet is endangered and the forces of Balliol lose ground quickly. Edward then raises an army of 13,000 men who engages in a sterile second season. The French mount an expeditionary force of 6000 men and waging a war of race in the English Channel . Late 1335, they engaged in battle Culblean against a supporter of John Balliol. They pretend to flee and the English, who charge by leaving their defensive positions, undergo a flank attack and disband. About this time in 1336, the brother of Edward III m "> John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall , died. gestia Annalia In his book, historian John Edward Fordun accused of killing his brother in a quarrel in Perth. Although Edward III allocates a very large Scottish army operations, the vast majority of Scotland was conquered by the forces of David II in 1337, leaving only a few castles such as those of Edinburgh , of Roxburgh and Stirling to hands of the Plantagenets. Papal mediation attempts to achieve peace: it is proposed that Balliol remains king until his death and then be replaced by David Bruce. The latter denies the instigation of Philip VI . Indeed, Philip VI mounts an expedition of 20,000 men at arms and 5000 archers. But, to transfer such a force, it must hire Genoese galleys. Edward III, informed by spies, prevents the project by paying the Genoese to neutralize their fleet: Philip VI can not afford to outbid First phase of the Hundred Years War Under the pretext that he refused to supply Robert of Artois , a declared enemy of the crown of France, King Philip VI of Valois, the King of England confiscated the duchy of Aquitaine on 24 May 1337. If the King of England is the equal of the king of France, he is also Duke of Aquitaine from the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine. It is, as such, a vassal of the King of France and he owes obedience and fidelity. Instead of seeking a peaceful solution to the conflict by paying tribute to the King of France, Edward claimed the crown of France as the only living male descendant of her late yet maternal grandfather, Philip IV the Fair. However, the French invoked the Salic Law and denigrate their claims by acknowledging the nephew of Philip IV, Philip VI , the house of Valois , as the true heir. In response, Edward declares himself King of England and France. By incorporating his own coat of arms of England, the lion rampant, the arms of France, the lilies, it has a new coat of arms staff, marking its claim to the two kingdoms . To assert his rights, he comes into conflict with France, marking the beginning of the Hundred Years War. In the war against France, Edward built alliances and fight through small French princes. In 1338, Emperor Louis IV appointed him vicar general of the Holy Roman Empire and promised his support. At the beginning of the Franco-English conflict in 1339 , his stepmother Jeanne de Valois receives at the Abbey of Fontenelle and tries in vain to appease the spirits. Aquitaine is deemed untenable since its seizure by Charles IV in 1323. Edward decides to take the fight in Flanders. Edward III has secured the alliance of Flemish cities who need English wool to run their economies, but also the emperor and princes of the region who see a dim view of progress in French lands Empire. These alliances have made under the promise of financial compensation from the king of England. But when he landed on 22 July 1338 , Antwerp, head of 1400 men at arms and 3000 archers, his allies are quick to ask him to pay his debts rather than to provide the agreed quotas. The king of England thus passes the winter in Brabant to negotiate with its creditors . To neutralize the king's troops arrived in France at Amiens August 24, he launched the negotiations that led the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Durham. The maneuver had succeeded, the king of France must return his considerable army. It leaves your hands free to the King of France in Aquitaine, the French offensive which led a force equipped with bombards connects successes: the strongholds of Penne, Castelgaillard, Puyguilhem, Bourg and Blaye are taken . The goal is not far from being achieved when the army laid siege to Bordeaux in July 1339. But the city resistant: a door is taken, but the assailants were repulsed with difficulty. Paradoxically, at this time, it is easier to hold on to the besieged their reservations that the besieging armies, often very numerous and are soon hungry. In Bordeaux, the problem of supply of 12 000 men proves insoluble, local resources are exhausted. Ride of Edward III in 1339 Route of the army of Edward III in 1346 Ride the Black Prince in Languedoc in 1355 Ride of Lancaster in 1356 Route of the Black Prince in 1356 Ride of Edward III in 1359-60 During the summer of 1339, noting progress in French Aquitaine and being under the threat of a French landing in England, Edward III decided to bring the war in Flanders forcing Philip VI to levy troops to fight in the North. The siege is lifted Bordeaux 19 July 1339 . Having received reinforcements from England, and having managed to secure its debts vis--vis its allies, Edward III works with them on Cambrai (city of the Empire but the bishop has sided with Philip VI ) late September 1339. Seeking to provoke a pitched battle with the French, he plundered everything in its path, but Philip VI does not move. October 9, beginning to exhaust local resources, the king of England must decide to fight. It therefore oblique to the south-west and crosses the Cambrsis burning and killing everything in its path: 55 villages of the diocese of Noyon is shaved . Meanwhile, Philip VI had his army together and come up Buironfosse. The two armies then walk towards each other and meet once near Peronne. Edward has 12 000 25 000 men and Philippe. The king of England finding the unfavorable terrain withdrew. Philip VI invited him to meet with 21 or Oct. 22 in the open so that their armies can do battle according to the rules of chivalry. Edward III was waiting so near the village of La Capelle , where he established his camp in fertile ground, hiding behind piles and ditches his archers positioned on the wings. The King of France, believing that a cavalry charge would be suicidal, is also subtracted, leaving the honor to the English attack. On 23 October 1339 , failing that one of the two adversaries want to take the initiative, the two armies are returning home. The French cavalry, who had planned to finance the ransom demands to potential prisoners taken during fighting, scolds and accuses Philip VI of "fox" . The first attempts of Edward not great results, the only major military victory of this phase is the English naval victory at The Lock (Sluis) , near Bruges , 24 June 1340, where 16,000 French soldiers and sailors are killed. Meanwhile, the tax burden caused by expensive Edward alliances, led to public discontent in England. In response, the king returns home unannounced November 30, 1340. Finding the affairs of the kingdom in disarray, he is serving the royal administration . These measures do not, however, stability, and a hopeless discord ensues between the King and John Stratford , Archbishop of Canterbury. Edward, the English Parliament in April 1341, is forced to accept severe limitations on its financial and administrative powers. However, in October of that year, King rejects this status, and Archbishop Stratford is politically ostracized. The extraordinary circumstances of the Parliament of 1341 forced the king to submit, but in normal times, the powers of the king in medieval England are virtually limitless, and Edward, taking advantage . The turning point of war is played out financially. Taking advantage of the truce Malestroit , Edward manages to convince the parliament that he can not win this war without sending a large force against the enemy . It is making significant efforts propaganda convincing people of the threat it poses to the King of France . The parliament vote him in June 1344 a tax over two years: What two armies together very well equipped to conduct decisive campaigns in Aquitaine and in northern France as well as smaller contingents to weigh on the War of Succession of Brittany. In early August 1345, Henry of Lancaster landed at Bordeaux with 500 men at arms, 1000 archers and 500 foot Welsh. He has the title of lieutenant of Aquitaine and freedom of action. His first goal: neutralizing Bergerac from where regular devastating raids. The city is taken as soon as August. There is hundreds of prisoners who are held for ransom. Reinforced Gascon troops and troops of Stafford (his army has 2,000 men at arms and 5000 archers and infantry) he besieged Perigueux . Jean le Bon , for the Defence of Aquitaine, Louis sends Poitiers with 3000 men at arms and 6000 infantry rescue the city. But, fifteen kilometers from Perigueux, one stops to besiege the castle Auberroche. There is surprised by Henry of Lancaster, October 21: The French army is defeated and the British are once again many prisoners . With this success, Henry takes several country houses , cleaning their French garrisons the space between the Dordogne and Garonne, and then laid siege to the Role. The town was taken from November 8, but the citadel withstands: it promises to go where no help arrives within five weeks . John the Good does not move much of his army was defeated in Auberroche and dismissed the rest. Therefore, Role Langon and then capitulates Holy Bazeille do the same in January 1346. This has a catastrophic effect to the inertia of the French, many Gascon lords change sides, as powerful families Durfort and Duras, local communities organize their own defense and therefore refused to pay royal taxes . As a result, French sovereignty over Aquitaine recedes, leaving room for the action of companies and private wars, which accentuates the phenomenon. In addition, prisoners of Bergerac and Auberroche reported nearly 70,000 pounds of ransom to Henry of Lancaster and his lieutenants are not left out: you realize, England, that the war in France can be profitable, which raises the number of vocations . Sting early fall 1346, Philip IV finally decides to act: he must find the finance to build an army. He obtained with great difficulty Finance statements of langue d'oil and Languedoc, he borrows from the Italian banks in Paris and receives most support from the pope authorizing him to take 10% of the ecclesiastical revenues of the kingdom and to give 33 000 guilders . The king hires mercenaries in Aragon and Italy. John finds himself at the head of 15,000 men whose 1400 Genoa . He began the campaign by besieging Aquitaine Aiguillon on August 1 . Instead, at the confluence of the Garonne and the Lot, is extremely well fortified and held by a strong garrison of 600 archers and 300 men in arms . John vowed not to leave before taking the city. It employs major ways: networks of trenches to protect the approach and the rear, construction of bridges over the Garonne and the Lot to block the resupply of the city. But the siege and it tramples its own forces are soon to find themselves hungry, especially as the besieged have laid hands on supplies of the besiegers in bold outputs . In late August 1346, he must lift the siege: Edward III attacked the northern kingdom, and Philip VI needs him. After many unsuccessful campaigns in continental Europe, Edward decides to launch a major offensive in 1346 , embarking for Normandy with a force of 40,000 men . His army pillaged the city of Caen and march through northern France. On 26 August he met the forces of the King of France at the battle of Crecy in which the organization of its army takes over the charges of the French chivalry is collapsing under a rain of arrows shot by the Welsh archers, sheltered by a forest of stakes. It is a decisive victory. Meanwhile, in England, William Zouche, the Archbishop of York , mobilizes an army to confront David II. He returns after having defeated and captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross on October 17. With secure its northern border, Edward feels free to continue its major offensive against France, besieging the port city of Calais , which fell after a siege extraordinarily long (11 months) - probably the largest single military operation conducted by England Middle Ages - August 4, 1347. After the death of Emperor Louis IV in October 1347, the Holy Roman Empire is about to fall into the hands of Luxembourg , which are close allies of the French. And claiming their new king of the Romans Charles IV is indeed the son of John the Blind , died at Crecy in fighting in the French ranks, and brother of Good Luxembourg , wife of John the Good and the mother of Charles V. Louis V of Bavaria (the son of Louis IV, Holy Roman Empire ) then negotiates with Edward to claim the throne of Germany against the new king of the Romans, Charles IV , but Edward finally decided in May 1348 not to attack the crown of Germany. In 1348, the Black Death reaches Europe with full force, killing a third or more of the English population . This loss of manpower and, consequently, income, means the cessation of a major campaign. The landowners are faced with labor shortages and inflation of labor costs resulting therefrom. Attempting to restrict salaries, the king and parliament meet with the Order of Workers (1349) and the Workers' Statute (1351). However, the fever does not lead to a complete breakdown in government and society, and recovery is faster . In 1356, the eldest son of Edward the Black Prince , won a great victory at the Battle of Poitiers. Forces vastly superior in number of English have not only defeated the French army also captured the King of France, Jean II le Bon says. After a succession of victories, the English acquired many possessions in France, the French King is in custody and the central government is almost totally collapsed. In addition, the country is ravaged by civil strife ( uprisings , Etienne Marcel , Charles the Bad ). If the wish of Edward obtain the crown of France was initially a mere political ploy , it now seems close to coming true. It imposes the Treaty of London to John the Good, by which it accounts for half of the French territory and demands a ransom of 4 million pounds. Thanks to a modern army as professionalized, well-formed and structured, and the tactical superiority conferred by the longbow , Edward and his son have won most of the major battles against the French, whose best known are those of Crecy and Poitiers. That earned him a reputation as a great tactician. However, it turns out worse than strategist Charles V noting that the English tactical superiority, he opposes the strategy of desert land and all-out seats supported by a powerful logistics made possible by the acceptance of tax. Edward proceeds by overlapping , but does not consolidate its conquests by controlling strongholds (with the notable exception of Calais). This war of plunder returns the French population against him. Jean le Bon was imprisoned in Bordeaux with full honors. It can freely organize a court. But in his absence, the reformist party led by Etienne Marcel and the relatives of Charles of Navarre tried to establish a monarchy controlled by the States General. In January 1358 , Charles of Navarre , who was released, is able to take power (it is considered by many to be better able to fight the English enemy and more legitimate than the puny dolphin ). Seeing this progress towards a monarchy controlled with Charles of Navarre in his head, John Bond decides to rush the negotiations, even cede much ground to Edward III. They shall take place as king to king and he was moved from Bordeaux to London. His prison conditions are royal: he was housed with his court several hundred people (caught him near Poitiers and others came voluntarily), has freedom of movement in England and accommodation to ' Hotel Savoy. It accepts the first Treaty of London which provides that England gets all its former possessions of Aquitaine and a ransom of four million crowns without renunciation of the crown of France . This agreement caused an outcry with Etienne Marcel , the provost of Paris , take the opportunity to take power in the French capital. On February 22, 1358 , it triggered a riot and 3,000 armed men invaded the Palais de la Cit to face the Dolphin which raised an army of a thousand men to pressure the Parisians and to prevent his ouster in favor of Navarre. Etienne Marcel murdered before his eyes the leaders of the Army: Marshal of Champagne Jean de Conflans Marshal of Normandy and Robert de Clermont . Believing that control the Dauphin terrorized, he does appoint Regent Charles the Bad and keep away from Paris. The Dauphin reacts, rises the nobility horrified by the murder of Etienne Marcel cons marshals and organizes the siege of the capital . Etienne Marcel cons-attack using the peasant to ensure that the northern access to the capital that allows him to maintain contact with the cities of Flanders and the north which it is allied. Charles of Navarre, feeling displaced by the provost of Paris, took the initiative by taking the head of the nobility and crushing Jacques . Etienne Marcel has no other choice but deal with him: he opens the gates of Paris and power . However, most of the nobility did not follow the Navarrese and the rallies of the Dolphin camp besieging Paris. An alliance with Etienne Marcel is impossible since the murder of the marshals. Charles de Navarre offset defections by the enlistment of British mercenaries whose presence triggered the riots in Paris , the news of the arrival of more British troops is definitely tip the Parisians : Etienne Marcel was killed and Paris opens its doors to the regent August 2, 1358. Ride of Edward III in 1359-60 In March 1359 , taking advantage of that power seems to completely escape John the Good, Edward III increases its claims and imposes conditions of detention less conciliatory. It gives a second treaty even more restrictive: This represents over half the territory and several years of tax revenue. Accept these conditions permanently discredit the Valois and risk plunging the kingdom into a new civil war which Edward III to provide the crown on a platter. Cleverly, the dolphin and Regent Charles (the future Charles V ) convene the Estates General who refused to endorse the treaty, putting his father prisoner free from retaliation. In agreement with King John and his entourage in London who does not want the eventual death of Edward III on the battlefield could trigger retaliation against them, Charles himself opposes the tactics of desert land and leads a war of Skirmishes refusing any battle. The doors remain closed at Reims. In accordance with its strategy of forcing the French to fight a great battle in open country, Edward III did not bring war machines that would have slowed. He goes to Burgundy. This ride turned into a fiasco for the British, harassed, starved, deprived of frames (for lack of fodder). Meanwhile, the Norman sailors lead a raid on the port of Winchelsea (March 1360 ), triggering a panic in England . Enraged, Edward III dating back to Paris, leaving his army committed numerous atrocities: it is more than simple extortion to feed his army, but the systematic destruction of all resources - the vines are torn , livestock slaughtered and massacred every soul in sight. These abuses cause great resentment against the English. Many of them take place during Lent and Holy Week and, when the British army is decimated by a violent hailstorm Monday, April 13, many writers see it as God's hand . Edward III decided to negotiate. He signed the peace Bretigny , where it disbanded its army of mercenaries. This, to settle, is engaged in looting in Burgundy, the only region "open" because, unlike Champagne and the Ile de France, his arrival was not planned. These mercenaries form the embryo of Great Companies. Edward III no longer believes in the possibility of ascending the throne of France, and in 1361 , he decreed that English be the official language of the kingdom of England, replacing the French in use since 1066 , in order to consolidate his continental conquests. This decision, too early increases the perception of Aquitaine English as occupants of conquered territories. If the kingdom of France, exhausted, squeezed by the airlines and the huge ransom of Jean le Bon , is a danger in the short term, its elites have learned a lot during the captivity of the king in London. Indeed the court has seen the benefits of hard currency and decentralization. Just returned, John the Good creates Franc and divides the kingdom by his son managed appendages . If it no longer has sufficient credibility to accept the tax required to create a regular army, his son Charles V, who managed the business while the country was in civil war, has it the legitimacy to do so. The Dauphin Charles is dragging the payment of ransom (suspended at the death of Jean le Bon in 1364). Edward III is obliged to respect the truce if he wants to take possession of the territories granted to Brtigny . Became king in 1364, Charles V took advantage of this respite to rid the country of companies with armies raised by his brothers in every prerogative . He justified the tax by the need for a standing army that loots over the country every demobilization. Charles V, methodically preparing the recovery, especially in alliance with Owen, pretender to the principality of Wales , Knud IV of Denmark and reviving the Auld Alliance of Scotland. He puts on his side and allied with all good reasons to do battle with England. Charles uses the forces of the son of Edward the Black Prince, in Castile where a fratricidal war rages between two suitors, one Anglophile and Francophile the other, to the throne of that country. It does this by sending Bertrand du Guesclin recruit companies and is funded largely by the pope in the guise of a so-called crusade against the Emirate of Cordoba . Pope agrees to get rid of companies who blackmail the Rhone axis which has a direct impact on the economy of Avignon, where he resides. By helping Henry Trastamara to ascend the throne of Castile, Charles enjoys a strong ally who has what France has not: a formidable fleet. The Prince of Wales is obliged to react, he restored Pedro the Cruel to the throne of Castile in inflicting Duguesclin and Henry Trastamara a severe defeat at Njera 3 April 1367, always with the tactical superiority conferred by the English archers . But the effects of this victory is short-lived: the money promised by Pedro the Cruel to finance the British army does not exist and the Black Prince, ruined, and must dismiss raising hearth money on the order of Aquitaine 26 January 1368 : these taxes directly to the origin of calls the Gascon . Meanwhile, Edward III intends to take control of Flanders by marriage. He has united his son, Edmund of Langley , to Marguerite , hey ritire counties of Flanders , of Nevers , of Rethel and Burgundy. Edmond also receive his father Calais and the county of Ponthieu, which together with Artois, Flanders and Rethel, would be an English equivalent to the principality Guyenne in northern France calls the Gascon Edward of Woodstock (the Black Prince) who returns victorious but ruined Castile, can not pay his troops. It should raise taxes on his duchy of Aquitaine, which he erected into a principality. Not only can not afford the Gascon lords who participated in the campaign, but the demobilized troops looted the Rouergue, possession of the Earl of Armagnac. The latter, rather than being reward for having fought alongside the Black Prince in Castile, must take the hearth money on his own possessions. To avoid this, he appealed to Edward III, who answered negatively . He turned (May 1368 ) to Charles V of the Treaty of Brtigny after the transfer of sovereignty should take place only after the ceded territories and the ransom paid, which is far from being the case . Accordingly, by agreeing to respond to his call, 3 December 1368 , Charles V act of sovereignty over the Guyenne . The king leaves the Court of Justice in Paris to lead the slow procedure to condemn the Black Prince and benefits of time to try to get a maximum of Gascon lords joined the Count of Armagnac. The English try at all costs to block the call and to save peace not to lose the acquired Bretigny. The time saved is busy turning the French Gascon lords. It starts with the relatives of the Count of Armagnac in May 1368 , the marriage of his nephew, Count of Albret , is endowed by the King of France, which also grants a pension against the liege homage . King exempt from taxes for 10 years who joined him on the pretext that they will need money to fight against the Prince of Wales. Cities, the bishops and lords knows Prigord Charles V seduced by its diplomacy (when Edward of Wales is considered arrogant), rallied the French camp . Legally, nothing prevents the resumption of conflict. The king of England proclaimed the new King of France on 3 June 1368 , Charles V declared the confiscation of Aquitaine on 30 November of that year. The war resumed but Charles V, in excellent lawyer, has put the law on his side, especially as the skillful diplomat has rallied much of Gascony in his camp. Charles V turns the conflict to its advantage. Bearing in mind the debacle of Poitiers , where chivalry was charged in a disorderly manner without waiting for orders from his father John the First , turning an easy victory into a disaster, and considering he has no military talent, he decided to entrust command small armies of volunteers trained to seasoned leaders and experienced believers (like Bertrand du Guesclin ). He renounces the battles and embark on a war of skirmishes and seats , munching patiently enemy territory. The Great Companies, who returned from Spain in 1367, looted the Languedoc, are incorporated from 1369 to the French army, which relieves the territories that choose to turn pressurizes French and those who remain loyal to the Prince of Wales . Ride of Lancaster in 1369 Ride in 1370 by Robert Knowles Ride of Lancaster in 1373 The indebtedness of the Black Prince is a real problem. Because calls the Gascon, the tax goes wrong. He did not have the means to mount an army to oppose the French. Edward III then sends 130,000 livres . But parliament is reluctant to pay for Guyenne, which seems to cost more than it reported. It does eventually consent after acceptance is no longer mandatory to pass the wool through Calais (the tax on wool is the main income of the crown at the time) . Tax revenues are reduced by 25% in 1369, because of the great plague in England. The English are not able to compete with tax - up to 1.6 million francs per year - that Charles V is accepted in France to maintain standing armies equipped for siege warfare in which the belligerents did not turn into Large Companies at the first truce. The English will be subjected to constant pressure on all fronts for years . The English tried to counter the turnaround made by Charles V. Much of the territories they control thought they rebelled and lost tax revenue that their possessions in Guienne could provide. Edward calls in Parliament for the resources to attack-cons, but can not get the funding for all garrison towns of Aquitaine, it is also more certain to hold. In total, the King of England is far from having the financial resources of Charles V's parliament gives him the means of self-financing war by looting, especially as the ride of the Duke of Lancaster to Harfleur in 1369 is a relative success. The idea is always to crush the French in battle as at Crecy , Poitiers and Najera thanks to the tactical superiority given by the English longbow. Indeed, in early August 1369, John of Gaunt arrived in Calais and launches a ride to Harfleur, where Philip the Bold is currently preparing a landing Franco-Flemish in England . He opposes the strategy of desert land and the ride can take the city. The English army was harassed by the troops of the Duke of Burgundy and, fearful of being trapped, returns to Calais . English raids, they are devastating for the countryside, can not regain the lost ground. Through its management calls the Gascon, Charles V was able to rally a large part of Aquitaine. The Count of Armagnac taking most of the fortresses on his land, he could only win a few cities fearing reprisals seneschals English, but all end up accepting the conditions more favorable offered by the envoys of the king ( Jean Berry , Louis of Anjou and the Gascon nobility already rallied to beat the country). Within months, more than sixty cities align the French. Millau yields as last December, after the King of France obtained a tax exemption for twenty years . Few remaining English garrisons, but their isolation does not allow them to hold ground, Louis d'Anjou in Guyenne progresses while Jean de Berry contains English Poitou in La Roche-sur-Yon . Meanwhile, the North, Ponthieu is taken in one week: April 29, Abbeville opens in Hue de Chatillon (master of the rafters ), and the days following nearby locations come under the authority of the king of France, confirming their privileges . In 1370, the English are trying to regroup and make an example of Limoges who dared turn the French and the Duke of Berry left little defended. The Prince of Wales made to pay dearly for their rallying Limougeaux: September 19, after five days of siege during which the walls are undercut and undermined, he took over the city, supported by the dukes of Lancaster and Cambridge, and massacred the population and then burn the city . The goal is to make a deterrent example to stop the hemorrhaging of turning French cities, but the opposite happens: the conduct encourages and strengthens Anglophobia nascent national sentiment . To the north, Edward III tries to launch rides whose purpose is to entertain the French armies of their methodical conquest of Guyenne. But what worked in 1346 is without effect in 1370: Robert Knowles , head of a cavalcade of 2500 archers and 1,600 men in arms, from Calais in late July 1370 and plundered the countryside skirting Amiens , Noyon , Reims and Troyes. The calculation of the King of France is that the rides do not hold ground and fanning Anglophobia territories looted. Charles V continued to focus on siege warfare and propaganda, which allows him to regain ground, city after city, often without fighting . It enhances the prestige of the crown of France by these victories, despite the sufferings caused by the tactics of desert land (he leaves the rides English plunder the countryside where the population has taken refuge in the fortresses that have been rebuilt in all Kingdom) and the return of the plague. Thus the ride of Knowles is repressed in Burgundy. She spends two days before the gates of Paris, looting the suburbs under the eyes of Parisians to shelter behind the walls of the capital . To look good, the king coward Bertrand du Guesclin at his heels. This book is a skilful war of harassment and eventually to the surprise Pontvallain as he prepares to cross the Loir . The discord has won the English captains, the cavalcade arrived in Britain is falling apart. The pressure continued and the bad news flowing in London. In 1371, the unreliable ally Charles the Bad , seeing that the situation is largely in favor of the king of France, made peace and did homage to Charles V for his Norman possessions . In 1372, the Castilian fleet intercepts a British expeditionary force to La Rochelle June 22, 1372 and destroyed 23, using guns and midges drift (the Castilians have waited for the tide to ensure that their vessels with low draft have an advantage over the heavy English ships embarrassed to maneuver through the shallow sandy Rochelle) . It's a disaster for England, who lost control of the seas. Poitevin barons who overwhelmingly chose English party (Poitou exports salt to England) could no longer count on its support . Isolated and under pressure from the royal army offensive launched soon after the Battle of La Rochelle , they negotiate their surrender and the cities of Poitou and Saintonge are set by the French. In 1373 Edward III tries to reduce the pressure on the Guyenne awakening this Franco-Breton. Duke John IV was educated at the English court and is the step-son Edward, but the Breton nobility tends to neutrality after the long conflict which ravaged the Duchy. In March 1373, is an army that landed at St. Malo : 2000 men at arms and 2000 archers under the command of the Earl of Salisbury . For such an operation, the agreement of Duke is essential. It is a casus belli, and Charles V gave the order to attack. Between his army in Britain with the support of much of the nobility who joined en masse under the banner of the constable. In two months, almost all of the duchy was occupied: the St. John, the English do more than Brest , Auray , Bcherel and fortress of Derval . John IV of Brittany left for England from April 28 . Lacking the logistical and financial support of the war of siege imposed by Charles V and which seems to lead to the gradual reconquest of the entire Aquitaine Edward III attempts to undermine the French effort in Guyenne by the opening new fronts. Edward III tries to ruin a ride supposed to France in its forces. June 12, 1373, he established his son, the Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt , lieutenant and captain-general special in the kingdom of France . Accompanied by John IV of Brittany , he drove across France a cavalcade of the most devastating. But it remains under control: Philip the Bold is bridges and castles on its right wing, the following Guesclin and prevents any retreat to Calais. It crosses the Picardie and the Vermandois, but can not go west, she goes to Reims, Troyes and then she found closed doors . Sens Clisson defeated by the Duke of Lancaster can join Britain, so he tries to rally the Guyenne across the Limousin . His men are starving, the dead horse (or eaten), the end of the expedition is on foot and lost half of its workforce (the defections are many). Too heavy armor were discarded . She is saved from disaster by the most complete city of Tulle, Brive and Martel who open their doors without a fight. But morale is gone, the Chiefs won the discord: Montfort drops the ride . The arrival of the pitiful remnant of the troops of John of Lancaster in Bordeaux break the morale of the faithful to the King of England: the French put forward clearly, repeating Tulle and Brive Martel, but especially when entering Role which locks the Bordeaux and whose the citizens know not to count on any help . In total, between 1369 and 1375 , the French regained the English almost all concessions and land owned by the enemy even before the war began, except Calais , Cherbourg , Brest , Bordeaux , Bayonne , and a few strongholds in the Massif Central. But having reached this point knows Charles V unable to regain more ground, the Bordelais are too Anglophile because of trade links (they export their massive wine to England). His whole strategy is based on the recovery of hearts before the territories, he does not want to bother a city ready to rebel at the earliest opportunity . Everything is finally open to negotiate, to Bruges , a treaty ending the war by recognizing the sovereignty of the French reconquered territories. In 1375, John IV arrives in Saint-Mathieu-de-Fineterre with 6000 men under the command of the Earl of Cambridge . The success and rapid but short-lived: only the truce of Bruges signed between the French and British that British troops leave Brittany and places French Brittany revert . John IV must return to England. With war came to a standstill when it becomes difficult to move the lines, the two parties met in Bruges. But however they can not find a point of agreement. Under the influence of Gregory XI , the belligerents signed on 1 July 1375 a truce that lasts until June 1377. At the signing of the truce of Bruges , the British no longer have in France a narrow Guyenne and Calais, France recovers the duchy of Brittany , with the exception of three cities. While the early years of the reign of Edward had been energetic and full of success, his last years in power were marked by apathy, the failures of military and political unrest. The daily affairs of state were less interested than Edward's military campaigns. Thus, during the 1360s, Edward has more and more about using his subordinates, particularly William Wykeham. Wykeham, an upstart, is made Lord Privy Seal in 1363 and Lord Chancellor in 1367, even if Parliament is forced to abandon the Chancery in 1371 because of his political difficulties related to his inexperience . The main difficulties lie in Edward's death his trusted men, most in the new wave of plague in 1361-62. William Montagu , a companion of Edward in the coup of 1330, died in 1344. William Clinton, who was also with the king at Nottingham, died in 1354. One of the counts of 1337, William de Bohun , died in 1360, and the following year Henry of Grosmont , perhaps the best captain of the king, died, probably of the plague. Their deaths rejuvenates the entourage of the king who is naturally closer to the princes of the king himself. The second son of King Lionel of Antwerp , is trying to submit by force the Anglo-Irish lords of Ireland , largely independent. The attempt fails and the only brand that allows law enforcement lies in the statutes of Kilkenny of 1366 . Military setbacks abroad and the tax burden associated with the campaigns leading to political discontent inside. The problems reach their peak in the parliament of 1376, known as the Good Parliament. The parliament was convened to define the tax but the House of Commons takes this opportunity to present specific demands. Critics are especially directed against the king's closest advisers. The Lord Chamberlain, William Latimer, and the Lord Steward, John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Bary, were relieved of their duties. The king's mistress, Alice Ferrers, who is seen as too influential on the aging king, is banished from the court . However, the real opponent of the House of Commons, supported by powerful men such as Wykeham and Edmond de Mortimer, is John of Gaunt. In that time, the King and the Black Prince are both weakened by disease, leaving John of Gaunt the reins of government. This one is forced to accept Parliament's demands, but at its reconvened in 1377, most of the achievements of the Good Parliament are canceled . However, Edward himself is not particularly interested in this issue. After 1375, he played a limited role in the government . Around September 29, 1376, he fell ill with an abscess important. After a brief recovery period in February, the king dies of a stroke (some sources, however, a gonorrhea ) to Sheen June 21 . His grandson, 10 year old son succeeded him: the King Richard II of England , son of the Black Prince, the latter being himself died June 8, 1376. Edward is buried in the chapel of St. Edward in the Westminster Abbey in London. The middle of the reign of Edward is a period of significant activity. The legislation best known is perhaps the Workers' Statute of 1351, which seeks to solve the problem of shortage of workers arising from the black plague. The statute sets wages to their level before the fever and control the mobility of farmers stating that the Lords have the priority to secure the services of their men. Despite concerted efforts to maintain its status, it ultimately unsuccessful not because of competition among landowners for workers . The law was described as an attempt to "legislate against the law of supply and demand "which the doomed to failure . Nevertheless, the shortage of labor has created a community of interest involving small landowners in the House of Commons and the owners of major House of Lords. The various attempts to prejudice the workforce resulting make farmers furious, which leads the peasant revolt of 1381 . The reign of Edward III coincides with the " Babylonian captivity "of the papacy to Avignon. During the wars with France, an opposition emerges vis--vis the perceived injustices by the English company that is associated with a papacy largely controlled by the French crown. The heavy taxation of Pope paid by the English Church are suspected of financing the enemies of the nation, while practice provisions - Pope allocates money to church, often non-resident aliens - is causing resentment in a English population increasingly xenophobic. Of the statutes and statutes of praemunire Provisor, respectively 1350 and 1353, aimed to change this by prohibiting the profits of the Pope, but also by limiting the powers of the papal court on English subjects . However, the statutes do not cut the ties between the king and the Pope, which are dependent on each other. It was not until the Great Schism of 1378 that the English crown was able to free themselves completely from the influence of Avignon. Another important legislation included the Treason Act of 1351, concerning the act of treason. This is precisely the harmony of the reign which resulted in a consensus on the definition of this crime controversial . However the most significant legislative reform is certainly one for the Justice of the Peace. This institution began its activity before the reign of Edward III but in 1350 she was offered not only the power of investigation in crimes and that of arrests, but also to try cases, including cases of felony. With this, a persistent support in the administration of local justice English is created . Parliament (Lords and Commons. Commons elected in the vote-censal with a very high threshold. Until the sixteenth century only 10% of the voting population. Universal suffrage will intervene in 1918) - The Parliament as institution "representative" is already well established at the time of Edward III, but his reign is nevertheless central to its development. During this period, membership in the barony English, originally a group somewhat indistinct, is reduced to those receiving an official summons to parliament . This happens when the parliament is gradually developing as an institution bicameral. However, it is not in the House of Lords that the greatest changes take place but in the House of Commons. The expansion of its political power can be highlighted by the crisis of the Good Parliament, where members of the House of Commons - though aided by the nobles - are first responsible for triggering a political crisis. In this process, the procedure of impeachment and the office of Speaker of the House of Commons are created. Although the political gains are only temporary, this parliament is a cold shower in the political history of England. The political influence of the House of Commons is the source's right to consent to taxation. The financial demands related to the Hundred Years War is enormous, and the king and his ministers are trying different methods to cover expenses. The king has a regular income related to crown lands, and may also be paying substantial sums by Italian financial or local. However, to finance wars on the scale of those of Edward III the king must have recourse to tax. Taxation takes two primary forms in medieval England: the emergence and customs. The lift is proportional to the overall movable, usually a tenth and fifteenth cities to farmland. This can represent large sums of money, but each exercise must be approved by parliament and the king must prove its necessity . Therefore Customs provide a welcome addition, as a source of stable and reliable income. A tax on the export of wool had existed since 1275. Edward I had tried to add an additional tax on wool, but the idea of this "unjust extortion" was abandoned early. Then, a series of plans to increase the royal revenues from the export of wool are introduced. After initial problems and discontent, it is accepted through the statutes of the Staple of 1353 that the new Customs must be approved by parliament, though in reality they become permanent . Through the heavy taxation of the reign of Edward III, the parliament - and especially the House of Commons - gaining political influence. A consensus appears to indicate that a fee be considered just the king had to prove its necessity and should be allocated to the community of the kingdom and the benefit thereof. In this way, the system is beneficial for everyone. In addition to managing the taxation, the parliament has a right to petition to balance with the grievances of the king, usually on a bad government by men of the king. Through this process, members of the House of Commons and the community they represent, are gradually gaining awareness and political foundations of British constitutional monarchy is established . Stopping Traffic Channel repeated strongly influences the Flemish textile industry which at the beginning of the conflict, the importance of English wool. To fill this gap, Edward III tries to make his kingdom economically less dependent of Flanders in helping to create a textile industry directly transforming wool into clothing . It takes incentives and tax on clothing less than wool. From 1337, it confers broad privileges to all foreign workers settling in British towns and ban the export of wool to Flanders and imported sheets . Finally, the insecurity of the roads is bad for the economy of Flanders and France: the Flemings are deserting the Champagne fairs that are in decline. The textile trade is by sea, bypassing the Iberian peninsula, for the benefit of Italian merchants. This helps to ensure that England becomes a textile power to the detriment of Flanders. Faced with this situation, many itinerant Flemish weavers came to try their luck in England, especially with the great plague , Flanders undergoing a demographic crisis resulting in high emigration . In total, Edward III initiated the transformation of the English economy from an agricultural to an industrial economy. Central to the policy of Edward III was the confidence in the nobility in terms of war and administration. While his father was in regular conflict with peers, Edward III developed a spirit of camaraderie between him and his greatest nobles. Edward I and Edward II had both conducted a policy of limiting, not allowing the creation of a few nobles during the 60 years before the reign of Edward III. The young king reverse this policy when, in 1337, preparing for the impending war, he appoints 6 new counts on the same day . Meanwhile, Edward broadens the range of degrees of nobility up by introducing the title of duke to the king's close relatives. In addition, Edward promotes a sense of community within this group by creating the Order of the Garter , probably in 1348. The project he had in 1344 to restore the Round Table of King Arthur never ends, but the new order refers to this legend by the circular shape of the Garter. Polydore Virgil tells how the young Joan of Kent , Countess of Salisbury - la favorite du roi en ce temps fit accidentellement tomber sa jarretire un bal Calais. Le roi douard rpondit la foule en attachant la jarretire son propre genou en prononant ces mots : honni soit qui mal y pense . Le renforcement de l'aristocratie peut tre peru comme li la guerre en France, tout comme l'mergence du sen s national identity. Just as he has been with the war in Scotland, the fear of French invasion helps strengthen national unity and causes of nationalization of the aristocracy was largely Anglo-French from the Norman Conquest. Since the time of Edward I, a popular myth suggests that the use of French would lead to the extinction of the English language, and like his grandfather did before him, Edward takes the most out of this fear and the following year, parliament was first opened English . At the same time, the vernacular is seen as reviving literary language, through the work of William Langland , John Gower and especially in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. However, the magnitude of the anglicized should not be exaggerated. The statute of 1362 was actually written in French and has had only limited immediate effect, and Parliament has not been opened in English before 1377 . The Order of the Garter, although institution specific to England, also included foreigners such as John IV , Duke of Brittany and Sir Robert de Namur . Edward III - Bilingual himself - saw himself as the rightful king of England and France and therefore could not show preferential treatment to one of these languages. Edward III knew he was alive unprecedented popularity, and even the troubles of the end of his reign were not charged to the king himself . Jean Froissart , a contemporary of Edward, wrote in his Chronicles that "Such a thing had not been seen since the days of King Arthur" . This view persisted for a while but, over time, the king's image changed. Historians Whigs prefer more contemporary constitutional reforms to foreign conquests and criticize Island for ignoring its responsibilities to its own nation. Here are the words of Bishop William Stubbs : - Free translation of William Stubbs, The Constitutional History of England Stubbs was influential as he had long before this vision is contested. In a 1960 article titled Edward III and the historians, May McKisack stresses the purposive judgments Stubbs. A medieval king was not supposed to work for the future ideal of parliamentary monarchy, his role was more pragmatic - to maintain order and solve problems as they arose. In it, Edward III excelled . The king was also accused of being too generous with his younger son as well and created a dynastic conflict that culminated in the War of the Roses. But this was rejected by KB McFarlane, considering that besides being a common policy at that time it was the best . More recent biographies such as those of King Mark Ormrod and Ian Mortimer have followed this trend historiography. However, vision screening has not been totally neglected, and in 2001, Norman Cantor Edward III described as a "greedy and sadistic thug" and a "destructive force and without pity" . From what we know about the character of Edward, he could be impulsive and moody, as can be seen in its actions against Stratford and ministers in 1340-1341 . At the same time, he was known for his clemency, the little son of Mortimer was not only innocent but he came to play an important role in the wars against France and was eventually knighted by the Order of the Garter . In his vision of religion as in its interests, it was a conventional man. His main hobby was the art of war, and in this he was consistent with the medieval vision of the good king . As a warrior, he was a brilliant historian of modern military history was described as "the greatest general of English history" . He seems to have been devoted to his wife, Queen Philippe. Much has been said about the sexual libertinism of Edward, but there is no evidence of infidelity on the part of the king before Alice Ferrers becomes his lover, and at that moment the queen was already convicted by the disease . It is rather unusual among the kings of medieval England that it has no known illegitimate child. This devotion spread to the rest of his family, unlike many of his predecessors, Edward was never well known opposition on the part of his five son . Edward is the main character in the play Edward III that is sometimes attributed to William Shakespeare. It is also child of Edward II Christopher Marlowe. Edward III has rarely been depicted on screen. He was represented by Charles Kent in a silent short film The Death of King Edward III (1911), by Michael Horden in The Black Armour (1955), about the son of Edward the Black Prince, and child Stphane Combesco in French TV adaptation of Marlowe's play Edward II (1982) and Joby Graber in the version of Derek Jarman of Edward II (1991). Although not shown in the film, Edward is said to be the son of Isabella and the Scottish rebel William Wallace in the movie Braveheart. In truth, it is extremely unlikely that William Wallace and Isabella have met. Like his father and grandfather before him, arms of Edward as heir to the English crown are differentiated by the presence of a blue banner with three branches, then loses it when he came to throne . In 1340, he amended his arms and attaches the French arms, signaling his claim as king of France. Arms as crown prince Gules three leopards of gold (until 1340) quartered, in 1 and 4 azure lily of gold, 2 and 3, gules three leopards of gold In York Minster 24 January 1328, he married Philippa of Hainault (1314-1369), daughter of William of Hainault , Count of Holland and Zealand. They have 12 children: Edward, Prince of Wales, died before his father. The heir to the kingdom is a child, Richard II , which is a difficult situation. The Wars of the Roses is the result of a struggle between two heirs of King Edward son Cadet: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and Edmund of Langley, Duke of York. We know a mistress to Edward III in the person of Alice Ferrers. 1066 William I the Conqueror 1087 William II 1100 Henry I 1135 Stephen of Blois 1141 Empress Matilda 1141 Stephen of Blois 1154 Henri II 1170 Young Henry 1189 Richard I Lion Heart 1199 King John 1216 Henry III 1272 Edward I 1307 Edward II Edward III 1327 1377 Richard II 1399 Henry IV 1413 Henry V 1422 Henry VI 1461 Edward IV 1471 Henri VI 1471 Edward IV 1483 Edward V 1483 Richard III 1485 Henry VII 1509 Henry VIII 1547 Edward VI 1553 Jeanne 1553 Mary I and Philip 1558 Elizabeth I 1603 Jacques I. 1625 Charles I ( English Interregnum from 1649 to 1660) 1660 Charles II 1685 Jacques II 1688 Mary II and William III 1702 Anne 1714 George I 1727 George II 1760 George III 1820 George IV 1830 William IV 1837 Victoria 1910 George V 1936 Edward VIII 1936 George VI 1952 Elizabeth II Childhood
Removal of Edward II
Succession to the throne of France
Changes of power
Reign
Early reign
Homage for Guienne
War of Scotland
The Ride of 1339
Campaign of Henry of Lancaster in Aquitaine
English Victories
Reversal and French tactics of desert land
The Treaty of London would definitely discredited the Valois and would probably have restarted the civil war in favor of Edward. But by summoning the Estates against the treaty unacceptable, the regent reunited the country against the English. 
Loss of French possessions
Diplomatic War
Military Operations
Ride the Duke of Lancaster
End of reign
Review of the reign
Legislation
Parliament and taxation
Economy
Knighthood and national identity
Appreciation and character
Edward III in the culture
Weapons
Ancestry
> Henry III of England ( in 1207 - one thousand two hundred seventy-two ), Henry of Winchester
King of England, Duke of Aquitaine
> Edward I of England ( in 1239 - 1 307 ),
King of England, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitiers
> Eleanor of Provence ( in 1223 - 1 291 ),
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> Edward II of England ( one thousand two hundred and eighty-four - 1327 ), Edward Caernarvon
King of England, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Ponthieu
> Ferdinand III of Castile (c. 1201 - 1252 ) Ferdinand St.
King of Castile, King of Leon
> Eleanor of Castile ( 1 241 - in 1290 )
Infanta of Castile, Countess of Ponthieu
> Jeanne Dammartin ( in 1220 - one thousand two hundred seventy-nine )
Countess of Ponthieu, Countess of Aumale
Edward III of England ( 1312 - one thousand three hundred seventy-seven ),
King of England, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Ponthieu
> Philip III of France ( 1 245 - one thousand two hundred eighty-five ), Philip the Bold
King of France
> Philip IV of France ( one thousand two hundred sixty-eight - 1 314 ), Philip the Fair
King of France
> Isabella of Aragon ( in 1247 - 1 271 ),
Infanta of Aragon
> Isabella of France ( one thousand two hundred and ninety-two - 1358 ), La Louve de France
Regent of England
> Henry I of Navarre (died 1274 ), Henri le Gros
King of Navarre, Count of Meaux and Troyes
> Jeanne Ire de Navarre ( one thousand two hundred and seventy-one - 1305 ) Jeanne de Champagne
Queen of Navarre
> Blanche d'Artois (c. 1248 - 1302 )
Regent of Navarre
Descendants of Edward III
Notes
Related articles
Bibliography
General Works on the Hundred Years War
King
War
Knighthood
Parliament
Law and Administration
References
Preceded by Edward III of England Followed by Edward II 
King of England and Lord of Ireland
Pretender to the throne of France 1327 - 1377 Richard II Count of Ponthieu 1327 - 1336 Forfeiture by County
Philip VI of France Duke of Aquitaine 1325 - 1362 Edward of Woodstock created by the Treaty of Bretigny Lord of Aquitaine 1360 - 1369 Title deleted Normans 
Plantagenet Tudor Stuart Hanover Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Windsor Kings Stuart are also kings of Scotland 
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