Edward I of England
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Date: 19/08/2021

Edward is an Anglo-Saxon name, and was not commonly given among the aristocracy of England after the Norman conquest, but Henry was devoted to the veneration of Edward the Confessor, and decided to name his firstborn son after the saint. There were tales of unruly and violent conduct by Edward and his Lusignan kinsmen, which raised questions about Edward's personal qualities. In 1284, King Edward had his son Edward born at Caernarfon Castle, probably to make a deliberate statement about the new political order in Wales. The issue of homage did not reach the same level of controversy as it did in Wales; in 1278 King Alexander III of Scotland paid homage to Edward I, who was his brother-in-law, but apparently only for the lands he held of Edward in England. His papal bull addressed to King Edward in these terms was firmly rejected on Edward's behalf by the Barons' Letter of 1301. Another account of his deathbed scene is more credible; according to one chronicle, Edward gathered around him Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln; Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick; Aymer de Valence; and Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, and charged them with looking after his son Edward. During the 17th century, the lawyer Edward Coke wrote extensively about Edward's legislation, terming the King the "English Justinian", after the renowned Byzantine lawmaker, Justinian I. Later in the century, historians used the available record evidence to address the role of parliament and kingship under Edward, drawing comparisons between his reign and the political strife of their own century. Tout came to view Edward as a self-interested, conservative leader, using the parliamentary system as "The shrewd device of an autocrat, anxious to use the mass of the people as a check upon his hereditary foes among the greater baronage."Historians in the 20th and 21st century have conducted extensive research on Edward and his reign. Genealogical table See also Cultural depictions of Edward I of England List of earls in the reign of Edward I of England Notes.