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Edward II
[Na].
English king from ad 1307, of the House of Anjou (Plantagenets). Born ad 1284, eldest surviving son of Edward I and Eleanor . Married Isabella , daughter of Philip IV of France. Deposed January 1327, and killed September ad 1327 aged 43, having reigned nineteen years.
Edward III
[Na].
English king from ad 1327, of the House of Anjou (Plantagenets). Born ad 1312, eldest son of Edward II. Married Philippa , daughter of William , count of Hainault. Died in ad 1377, aged 64, having reigned 50 years.
Edward IV
[Na].
English king from ad 1461, of the house of York. Born ad 1442, eldest son of Richard of York, who was the grandson of Edmund , fifth son of Edward III, and the son of Anne , great-granddaughter of Lionel , third son of Edward III. Married Elizabeth Woodville , daughter of Richard , Lord River, and widow of Sir John Grey . Acceded March ad 1461, deposed October ad 1470, restored April ad 1471. Died in ad 1483, aged 40, having reigned 21 years.
Edward V
[Na].
English king of the house of York. Born ad 1470, eldest son of Edward IV. Deposed June ad 1483, died probably July–September ad 1483, aged 12, having reigned 2 months (April–June).
Edward VI
[Na].
English king from ad 1547, of the House of Tudor. Born ad 1537, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour . Died ad 1553, aged 15, having reigned six years.
Edward the Confessor
[Na].
King of England from ad 1042, Edward had close links with Normandy and suffered from the unrest of some of his nobles, especially Earl Godwin of Wessex. He was noted for his piety and was later canonized. He was the son of Aethelred II. Died in ad 1066.

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