Edward III of England

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Detail from his bronze effigy in Westminster Abbey.

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was king of England from 1327 to 1377. He had great initial successes in the Hundred Years’ War.

The descendants of his seven sons and five daughters contested the throne for generations, climaxing in the Wars of the Roses (1455–85).

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