Ēadweard III Engla Cyning

Ēadƿeard III (13 Blōtmōnaþ 1312 oð 21 Sēremōnaþ 1377) ƿæs Engla Cyning from 25. Æfterra Gēola 1327 oð his dēaþ on 21 Sēremōnaþ 1377.  Lofƿeorþig is he for his gūþe blǣde, and þe he eft arǣrede cynelic ealdordōm æfter his fædres, Ēadƿeardes II, sƿincfullum rīce and ungeƿunelicum. Ēadƿeard III forscōp Engla Rīce to ān onmang Europan strengstum rīcum in his beadumægne. His lang cynedōm of fiftig ƿintrum ƿæs se lengsta cynedōme on Englum in þæm Middelyldum and in þæm ylde fremmede se cyning grōƿþ in rihtbōte and in leodƿearde, for in his yld blēoƿ se Englisca Ƿitenagemōt.  Ēac þolede se folc mid þæm Sƿeartan Cƿealme.

Þan ƿæs he feoƿertiene ƿinteryld fang Ēadƿeard to rīce æfter þe his fæder Ēadƿeard II ahƿearpen be his mōdor, Isabella of Franclande, and hiere copenere Roger Mortimer. Æt seofentiene ƿinterylde læd Ēadƿeard Cyning fremful rīcessæc ƿiþ Mortimer se ǣr ƿæs Englalandes rica of þǣre ƿyrde, and þærmid begann Ēadƿeardes rīce in his agnum naman.

In 1337 æfter fremfule fare in Scotland abannede Ēadƿeard þe he bēo riht ierfa þæs Frenciscum cynedōm forþæm he ƿæs Philippes IV Francna Cyninges dohtorsunu, ac his crafing andsacoden Francas þā gehalgode Philippes brōdorsunu sƿa Philippus V Cyning in 1328. Þis þing begann þone Hundredƿintra Geƿinn. Æfter ǣrum edƿendnum æt gūðe onfang stāg þes geƿinn sƿīþe tile for Englum.  For his sigum æt Crecy and Peiteuia geƿonne Ēadƿeard þone Brétigny Foremæl.

In Ēadƿeardes Cyninges lætra gearum cƿōm ungōd hælþ and þærmid ƿæron unfriþ in earde and mistīd in elelandum.

Ēadƿeard III ƿæs hātheort mann ac mid unƿunelicum miltse. Sƿa sƿa manigfealdu cyningas in his ylde his mǣste cearu ƿæs ƿig. He ƿæs geƿundrod in his agnum gearum and for gearum hundredum þæræfter.Mortimer (2006), p. 1.Omrod (2012).

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