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Edward II was King of England for 20 years from 1307-1327.

He's the sixth of 14 Plantagenet Kings who ruled England between 1154 and 1485.

He’s best known for being overthrown by his wife and her lover Roger Mortimer.

It’s most likely this happened because of his close (possibly gay) relations with a courtier called Piers Gaveston and, later, a nobleman called Hugh Dispenser.

He’s also known for his disastrous rule, which saw English forces thrashed by the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn.

Edward II is the sixth of the Plantagenet Kings, shown here.

He’s here in our timeline, ruling around 700 years ago.

Edward was born in 1284, 12 years into his father Edward I’s reign as King.

His father had already crushed the Welsh at that point and had also committed himself to gaining control over Scotland.

To achieve this he tried and failed to marry the six year old Prince Edward to seven year old Margaret, the daughter of the King of Norway who was, believe it or not, the sole heir to the Scottish throne.

Though the plan fell apart when Margaret died on her way to Scotland, the king d placed his own man John Balliol on the Scottish throne anyway.

The Scots didn’t like that, so they revolted and their leader William Wallace was captured and executed by the English.

But the revolt continued under Robert the Bruce and in 1307 King Edward was forced to march north to suppress the revolt. On his way there … he died.

Suddenly, the 23-year-old prince was King Edward II.