His eldest son would be responsible for playing a major role in this, and in fact much of his life would be taken up with fighting the French in what was to become known as the Hundred Years' War. King Edward's father, King Edward II, had proved to be a disastrous military leader and his son was determined to restore something of the traditional glory to the English crown that had been so tarnished during his father's reign. At last we have a modern biography to put him in his proper perspective.īorn in 1330, Prince Edward was the eldest of thirteen children of King Edward III and Queen Philippa. Generally known during and shortly after his lifetime as Edward of Woodstock, after the palace in Oxfordshire in which he was born, the eldest son of King Edward III was arguably one of the Kings that never was.
Jones' biography defends him against the blackening of his reputation at the hands of French historian Froissart, and praises him as a fine if sometimes flawed soldier. Summary: Generally known during and shortly after his lifetime as Edward of Woodstock, the eldest son of King Edward III was arguably one of the Kings that never was.
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