Edward I of England Timeline

Birth of Edward I of England.

Prince Edward (future Edward I of England) marries Eleanor of Castile.

Simon de Montfort imprisons Henry III of England and Prince Edward and declares himself king.

Prince Edward, future Edward I of England, manages to escape his captors and form a royalist army to try and reinstate his father, Henry III of England.

Prince Edward, future Edward I of England, defeats the pretender Simon de Montfort at Evesham.

Reign of Edward I of England.

Death of Henry III of England of a stroke.

Edward I of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.

The Statute of Westminster encodes 51 new laws, many based on the Magna Carta.

An army of Edward I of England defeats Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, then Prince of Wales.

Caernarfon Castle in Wales is built, a project begun by Edward I of England.

Harlech Castle in Wales is built by Edward I of England.

Conwy Castle in Wales is built by Edward I of England.

The Statute of Rhuddlan redivides Wales into shires on the English model of local administration.

Edward II of England is born in Caernarfon Castle in Wales.

Edward I of England expels all Jews from his kingdom.

Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England and wife of Edward I, dies.

A great court is arranged by Edward I of England at Berwick to decide the next king of Scotland: the Great Cause.

Edward I of England selects John Balliol as the new king of Scotland.

The Welsh leader Madog ap Llywelyn attacks and burns Caernarfon Castle.

Harlech Castle is twice attacked by the Welsh rebel leader Madog ap Llywelyn.

King Edward I of England is trapped at Conwy Castle over the winter by a force of Welsh rebels.

Beaumaris Castle in Wales is built by Edward I of England.

Edward I of England recaptures Caernarfon Castle in Wales.

England's Model Parliament meets for the first time.

Scotland formally allies itself with France against England, the beginning of the 'Auld Alliance'.

John Balliol, King of Scotland, is imprisoned in the Tower of London by Edward I of England.

Edward I of England captures Edinburgh Castle.

John Balliol, King of Scotland, renounces his fealty to Edward I of England.

John Balliol, king of Scotland, surrenders to an English army after defeat at the Battle of Dunbar. Edward I of England removes the Stone of Scone to Westminster Abbey.

John Balliol, King of Scotland, is publicly stripped of his crown and royal insignia.

A small force led by William Wallace attacks and kills the English sheriff at Lanark.

A froce led by William Wallace attacks several English garrisons between the rivers Forth and Tay.

A Scottish army led by William Wallace defeats an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

An English army attacks Scotland.

William Wallace is knighted and made the Guardian of Scotland.

Edward I of England is victorious at the Battle of Falkirk where 20,000 Scots are killed. Stirling Castle is regained.

Edward I of England marries Margaret of France, daughter of Philip III of France.n

An English army again attacks Scotland.

Prince Edward, son of Edward I of England, is formally awarded the title of Prince of Wales.

Yet another English army attacks Scotland.

Another English army attacks Scotland and regains control of Stirling Castle.

Sir William Wallace is captured by the English in Glasgow.

The Scottish national leader William Wallace is charged with treason and executed in London.

Robert the Bruce declares himself king of Scotland.

Death of Edward I of England from dysentery.

Edward II of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey.