Edward I(1272-1307)“the Long Shanks”

Born in June 1239PARENTS

Eleanor of Provence Henry III

Marriage

At the age of 15 to 9-year-old Eleanor of Castile

1265 – the battle at Evesham against the army of his godfather Simon de Montfort

The result : the country was pacified and the royal authority was set

1271-1272 – the Crusade to the Holy Lands suggested by the French king Louis IX

The result: the relief of Acre and Nazareth

1272 –came succeeded the throne

1274 – was crowned in Westminster Abbey

1284 – Wales was brought into the English legal framework and the shire system was extended after Llewellyn’s death.

1301 – the title of Prince of Wales was instituted by Edward I ( he invested his eldest son Edward)