An introduction to Edward II | The British Library The complex portrayal of Edward II’s love for his male favourite Gaveston has fascinated audiences for centuries. Here Martin Wiggins discusses the play’s depiction of same-sex love, homophobia, power and tragedy.
Let me be clear from the outset: this study does not set out to cast Edward II as a medieval representative of any one modern category of sexual orientation, heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, whatever.
Edward II, who ruled from 1307-1327, is one of England’s less fondly remembered kings. His reign consisted of feuds with his barons, a failed invasion of Scotland in 1314, a famine, more...
Edward II, who ruled from 1307-1327, is one of England’s less fondly remembered kings. His reign consisted of feuds with his barons, a failed invasion of Scotland in 1314, a famine, more...
No, Edward VIII was not gay. He did have more effeminate actions, and he had some gay friends, but for Edward it was more about being stuck a child in a man’s body. He even took to maintaining the body and physique of a pre-pubescent boy if at all possible, which it really was not. Edward ate sparingly and exercised several hours a day.
Edward II, byname Edward of Caernarvon, (born April 25, 1284, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales—died September 1327, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England), king of England from 1307 to 1327. Although he was a man of limited capability, he waged a long, hopeless campaign to assert his authority over powerful barons. The fourth son of King Edward I, he ascended the throne upon his father’s ...
While the incredibly camp characterisation of Edward in Braveheart is based purely on homophobic stereotypes, the idea that Edward II was “England’s first gay king” goes much farther back. In fact, while he was still on the throne, insinuations about the King’s infatuation with his close advisors were common.
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