Piers Gaveston

This blog is dedicated to Piers Gaveston, Earl Of Cornwall. Piers, also known as Perrot, was the favourite of Edward II. Depending on historical interpretation, the definition of 'favourite' ranges from 'brother', 'beloved friend' or 'lover'. This blog will be a mix of historical narrative, personal opinion and hopefully some lighter postings! The Plus will cover other historical matters.

Thursday, 14 April 2022

Princess Nest

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Following on from my St David's Day post and Pembroke Castle, here's a tale from another  Welsh castle,  Carew about Princess Nest. ...
Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Celebrating St David's Day with Pembroke Castle

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  Wales is often called the land of castles, and an awful lot of them were built by Edward 1st.  However, they had always been hill forts, w...
Saturday, 5 February 2022

A New Year, but same old myths.......

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  As I'm sure a lot of people did, I got quite a few books for Christmas, and am making my way through them.  I'm currently reading ...
Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Best Books of 2021

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 As is usual for me this time of year, here are my ‘best reads’ of 2021.  Been a bit of a struggle for me in 2021, as I know it has been for...
Monday, 20 December 2021

It has been a tough year for so many. Let us hope 2022 will be better.

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Monday, 1 November 2021

November 1307 - Marriage of Piers Gaveston and Margaret de Clare

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 As soon as Edward II recalled Piers Gaveston from exile he set about making Piers part of his family - the Royal family.  The best way to d...
Saturday, 16 October 2021

Piers Gaveston's First Exile

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 Piers Gaveston had been appointed to Prince Edward's household in 1300 by his father, Edward Ist.  It seems Piers was chosen because of...
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I have a B.A. Honours in History, specialising in Medieval/Tudor history.
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