In 1290, Edward’s father Edward I of England, had confirmed the Treaty of Birgham, in which he promised to marry his six-year-old son to the young Margaret of Norway, who had a potential claim to the crown of Scotland. Margaret was the daughter of King Eric II of Norway and Margaret of Scotland, the firstborn child of King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret of England (Margaret of England was the daughter the second child of King Henry III of England and his wife, Eleanor of Provence).
Alexander III died in 1286, his posthumous child was stillborn, and Margaret inherited the crown. Owing to her young age, She was finally sent to England in September 1290, but died in Orkney, sparking off the succession dispute between thirteen competitors for the crown of Scotland.
Edward II, King of England and Lord of Ireland, Duke of Aquitaine.
Edward’s mother, Eleanor of Castile…
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