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While his passion for men seems to be confirmed by numerous contemporary sources, Edward did father at least five children. There appear to have been two key male lovers in his life. First, Piers Gaveston – a knight from Gascony. Later, there was Hugh Despenser – an English lord.

Compared to the strong reigns of his father Edward I and his son Edward III, the reign of Edward II is generally considered to have been a disastrous period in England’s history – most notable for the defeat of his army at Bannockburn, which ended English control over Scotland. Edward’s connections with Wales began with his birth at Caernarfon Cast...

While he remained alive, Edward II posed a potential risk to the rule of Isabella. On 11 October 1327, Edward was murdered at Berkeley Castle near Gloucester and buried in the Gloucester Cathedral. While contemporary chroniclers suggest that Edward was suffocated or strangled, the popular version of events is that he was killed by being impaled by ...

Christopher Marlowe’s play was published in 1593 – soon after his death. The full title of the play is The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer. Marlowe is widely accepted to have been gay. This wasn’t the first time that he’d addressed gay relationships in his work, ...

Released in 1991, iconic queer filmmaker Derek Jarman brought his visual flair and deconstructed storytelling to the rise and fall of Edward II – using Marlowe’s play as his jumping off point for this adaptation. Critically acclaimed as one of Jarman’s best, the film stars Steven Waddington as Edward II, Andrew Tiernan as Piers Gaveston, and Tilda ...