Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, died in his Paris home in 1972 of throat cancer. The royal family attended his funeral. He was succeeded by his son Edward II. A supposed prophecy of Merlin was in circulation, that after his death the Scots and the Welsh would unite and have things as they wished. In September 1326 the couple invaded England, executed the Despensers, and deposed Edward in favour of his son, who was crowned (January 1327) King Edward III. For a king whose reign is otherwise well documented it is curious that the cause of Edward’s death remains a mystery. Here's the true … Edward V, (born November 2?, 1470, London, England—died 1483? Edward contracted measels and smallpox in April 1552 and was never well thereafter. On July 6, 1553 at the age of 15, Edward died of Tuberculosis in Colburn.. 11th October 1327 He died on September 21, 1327 (aged 43)? I agree that the story of Edward II's `poker' death and Despenser's sexual mutilation are little more than gossip. At this point, the preponderance of the evidence suggests that Edward II was basically exiled to Europe after the coup of 1330 where he lived in comfort under an assumed identity-but in total obscurity. King of England from 1307, son of Edward I. King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936 so that he could marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee (something the … . Many people believe that Elvis still lives. 11th October 1327 He died on September 21, 1327 (aged 43)? He died on September 23, 1327. In my opinion, it has not been proved that Edward II cheated death in 1327 any more than Elvis Presley can be proved to be alive and well and living in Hemel Hempstead. In 'The Crown' season 3, we see the Duke of Windsor, also known as the Former King Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth's uncle die. Was the king in a relationship with another man, and just how much did … So on the one hand, we have every fourteenth-century chronicler stating that Edward II died at Berkeley Castle in September 1327, even if the wide variation in the causes of death they give indicates that few or any of them really knew what had happened, and the parliament of November 1330 presided over by Edward III himself stating that his father had been murdered. A defiant Edward decided that he must take the field himself. It is not known how Edward II died. Edward II was imprisoned and, according to the traditional account, died in September 1327, probably by violence. Instead, after Edward III's fatal stroke, his ten-year-old grandson Richard II took the throne. Born at Caernarfon Castle, he was created the first Prince of Wales in 1301. But this could have been made up since it first came to light I think in writing from someone who was very anti Edward II's enemies and may have been trying to portray them as more barbaric. The problem with medieval history is that much of what we `know' is based on the witterings of monks writing about events which allegedly took place decades, or … Asked in History of England, Monarchy Who reigned after Edward I?