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Edward I

Type Figure Region England Time 1239–1307 Also known as Longshanks

King of England of the Plantagenet dynasty (r. 1272–1307), heir apparent from 1261 to 1270, who joined the Eighth Crusade to Tunis in 1270 and was gr…

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  1. 1239–1264London · EnglandEldest son of Henry III, he received knightly training from the 1240s and took part in Gascony affairs in the 1250s; during the Second Barons' War of 1264–1265 he was briefly held by Simon de Montfort, and returned to royal authority after the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
  2. 1265–1272Acre · LevantHe joined the Eighth Crusade launched by Louis IX of France in 1270, learning of the French king's death upon reaching Tunis; in 1271 he moved on to Acre in the Holy Land, was gravely wounded by an assassin in June 1272, his father died that November, and he returned to England to take the throne in 1274.
  3. 1274–1307London · EnglandAfter his 1274 coronation he reformed the common law and parliamentary system, conquered Wales from 1277 to 1283 and built a ring of castles around Wales, and invaded Scotland from 1296, becoming famous under the nickname "Longshanks."

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