England
Edward's Fall
A few years later, Edward fell in love with Hugh Despenser the Younger, whose family was based in Cheshire and Wales. Fearing another Gaveston, Lancaster led a coalition that moved from opposition to outright war with the Despenser clan. The king aided his friend, Lancaster was defeated in 1322, and was executed the following year. Edward II at this time took revenge on many of his enemies, exiling or executing them and conferring much of the spoils on Hugh.
In 1325, Queen Isabella and her son Edward III went to France. There she began an affair with Roger Mortimer, who had fought alongside Lancaster and had fled into exile. Others, disenchanted with Edward II, gathered there. The French crown was more than sympathetic.
These forces invaded in 1326. Edward's support evaporated and he fled into south Wales. The Despensers were hunted down and killed, and the king was captured and imprisoned. He died in prison at Berkeley Castle in September 1327.