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Há 5 dias · Edward promptly recalled Piers Gaveston, who was then in exile, and made him Earl of Cornwall, before arranging his marriage to the wealthy Margaret de Clare. Edward also arrested his old adversary Bishop Langton, and dismissed him from his post as treasurer.
- 7 July 1307 – 13/25 January 1327
- Eleanor, Countess of Ponthieu
10 de mai. de 2024 · In 1970 he made television history in Christopher Marlowe's Edward II as Piers Gaveston, performing tele's first gay kiss with Sir Ian McKellen. Sir Ian once said kissing James, who was not gay ...
10 de mai. de 2024 · Piers Gaveston, the favourite of the heir to the English throne, once sent into exile by the king, has returned to England. The new king Edward II has summoned him to join him. He now has no use for the poor soldiers who seek employment at Gaveston. He wants to please the king with pleasures.
13 de mai. de 2024 · It happened in the TV movie Edward III, where he played Piers Gaveston opposite Sir Ian McKellen‘s King Edward; the actors share a kiss in the film. He also had a long-tenured stage career ...
13 de mai. de 2024 · In a historic moment for British television, Laurenson portrayed Piers Gaveston in the 1970 TV movie Edward II, sharing an on-screen kiss with Sir Ian McKellen, who played King Edward. This happened shortly after England and Wales decriminalised homosexuality, and McKellen has spoken of the experience positively, as reported by The Sun .
Há 2 dias · He was not unpopular initially but faced three challenges: discontent over the financing of wars; his household spending; and the role of his favourite Piers Gaveston. When Parliament decided that Gaveston should be exiled the king was left with no choice but to comply.
Há 3 dias · In 1311 (Edward II.) five of the king's not very respectable or law-fearing household were arrested in Fleet Street for a burglary; and though the weak king demanded them (they were perhaps servants of his Gascon favourite, Piers Gaveston, whom the barons afterwards killed), the City refused to give them up, and they probably had ...
