Edward II (1284-1327), king of England. He was the son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. He was born at Caernarvon Castle, Wales, and in 1301 was given the title "Prince of Wales," then extinct by the death in battle of the last Welsh prince. He was the first of the English princes to bear this name. Edward II resembled the pleasure-loving Stuarts more than he did his martial father. He was governed by an insolent and unworthy favorite, Piers Gaveston, whom, indeed, Edward's barons executed. This is the "Proud Edward" who in 1314, invaded Scotland at the head of a large force and was defeated ignominiously by Robert Bruce at Bannockburn. Edward was unfortunate in family affairs. Queen Isabella, sent on a mission to France, entered into a traitorous, not to say criminal, intrigue with Roger Mortimer, a disaffected young baron, and returned to England at the head of an armed force. The conspirators seized the Tower of London and took Edward prisoner. A Parliament, completely under their influence, deposed Edward and placed his son, a mere boy, on the throne. A few months later, Edward was sent from the Tower to Kenilworth Castle and later to Berkeley Castle, where he was assassinated by two ruffians in the pay of Mortimer.