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== Morte (1327) ==
=== Morte e consecuencias ===
[[Ficheiro:Edward II's cell - geograph.org.uk - 585477.jpg|miniatura|upright|Pasarela ata a cela no [[castelo de Berkeley]], onde tradicionalmente se considera que estivo encerrado Eduardo.]]
Os contrarios ao novo goberno comezaron a deseñar planes para liberar a Eduardo, e Roger Mortimer decidiu trasladar ao rei ata [[castelo de Berkeley]] en [[Gloucestershire]], onde o antigo rei chegou arredor do [[5 de abril]] de [[1327]].{{sfn|Phillips|2011|pp=542–543}} Unha vez no castelo, Eduardo quedou baixo a custodia de [[Thomas de Berkeley, 3º barón Berkeley|Thomas Berkeley]], e [[John Maltravers, 1º barón Maltravers|John Maltravers]], que recibiron 5 [[libras esterlinas|libras]] ao dia para o mantemento de Eduardo.{{sfn|Phillips|2011|p=541}} Non esta claro o It is unclear how well cared for Edward was; the records show luxury goods being bought on his behalf, but some chroniclers suggest that he was often mistreated.<ref name=Phillips2011P541/> A poem, the ''[[Lament of Edward II]]'', was once thought to have been written by Edward during his imprisonment, although modern scholarship has cast doubt on this.<ref name=Poemdetails>{{harvnb|Galbraith|1935|p=221}}; {{harvnb|McKisack|1959|p=2}}; {{harvnb|Smallwood|1973|p=528}}; {{harvnb|Valente|2002|p=422}}</ref>{{refn|For a sceptical comment, see [[Vivian Hunter Galbraith|Vivian Galbraith]]; [[May McKisack]] reserved judgement, noting that "if he was indeed the author of the Anglo-Norman lament ascribed to him, he knew something of versification;" M. Smallwood feels that "the authorship question has not been settled"; Claire Valente writes "I think it unlikely that Edward II wrote the poem".<ref name=Poemdetails/>|group="nb"}}
Concerns continued to be raised over fresh plots to liberate Edward, some involving the Dominican order and former household knights, and one such attempt got at least as far as breaking into the prison within the castle.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=543–544}}</ref> As a result of these threats, Edward was moved around to other locations in secret for a period, before returning to permanent custody at the castle in the late summer of 1327.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=546–547}}</ref> The political situation remained unstable, and new plots appear to have been formed to free him.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=547}}</ref>
On 23 September Edward III was informed that his father had died at Berkeley Castle during the night of 21 September.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=548}}</ref> Most historians agree that Edward II did die at Berkeley on that date, although there is a minority view, described below, that he died much later.<ref name=MainstreamList/>{{refn|Mainstream historical interpretations of Edward's death include those of Seymour Phillips, who argues that it is "likely that he was murdered, probably by suffocation"; Roy Haines who suggests that the King was probably murdered and that "there is little reason to doubt that Edward of Caernarfon's corpse has remained there [Gloucester Cathedral] undisturbed since December 1327 or thereabouts"; Mira Rubin, who concludes that Edward may have been murdered; Michael Prestwich, who has "no doubt" that Mortimer plotted to murder Edward II, and that he "almost certainly died at Berkeley"; Joe Burden, who believes that Mortimer issued orders for Edward to be killed, and that the King was buried at Gloucester; Mark Ormrod, who argues that Edward was probably murdered, and is buried at Gloucester; Jeffrey Hamilton, who finds the argument that Edward survived Berkeley "fantastic"; and Chris Given-Wilson, who believes it is "almost certainly ... true" that Edward died on the night of 21 September and was murdered.<ref name=MainstreamList>{{harvnb|Rubin|2006|pp=54–55}}; {{harvnb|Prestwich|2003|p=88}}; {{harvnb|Burden|2004|p=16}}; {{harvnb|Ormrod|2004|p=177}}; {{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=563}}; {{harvnb|Haines|2003|pp=198, 226, 232}}; {{harvnb|Given-Wilson|1996|p=33}}; {{harvnb|Hamilton|2010|p=133}}; {{Cita web | url=http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/reviews/history/article750063.ece | title=Holy Fool |mode=cs2 | accessdate=22 April 2014 | last1= Given-Wilson | first1= Chris | website=Times Literary Supplement | publisher=Times Literary Supplement | date = 9 July 2010 }}</ref>|group="nb"}} Edward's death was, as Mark Ormrod notes, "suspiciously timely", as it simplified Mortimer's political problems considerably, and most historians believe that Edward probably was murdered on the orders of the new regime, although it is impossible to be certain.<ref>{{harvnb|Ormrod|2004|p=177}}</ref> Several of the individuals suspected of involvement in the death, including Sir Thomas Gurney, Maltravers and William Ockley, later fled.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=572–576}}; {{harvnb|Haines|2003|pp=235–236}}</ref>{{refn|Thomas Berkeley was spared by Edward III, after a jury concluded in 1331 that he had not been involved in the killing of the late King. The same jury found that William Ockley and Edward Gurney had been responsible for the death. Ockley was not heard of again, but Gurney fled and was pursued across Europe, where he was captured in Naples; he died as he was being returned to England. John Maltravers was not formally accused of murdering Edward II but left for Europe and from there contacted Edward III, possibly to make a deal over what he knew about the events of 1327; after a period in exile he was ultimately pardoned and given permission to return to England in 1345.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=575–576}}; {{harvnb|Haines|2003|pp=236–237}}</ref>|group="nb"}} If Edward died from natural causes, his death may have been hastened by [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] following his imprisonment.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=563}}</ref>
The rule of Isabella and Mortimer did not last long after the announcement of Edward's death. They made peace with the Scots in the [[Treaty of Northampton]], but this move was highly unpopular.<ref>{{harvnb|Haines|2003|pp=198–199}}</ref> Isabella and Mortimer both amassed, and spent, great wealth, and criticism of them mounted.<ref>{{harvnb|Haines|2003|pp=199–200}}</ref> Relations between Mortimer and the young Edward III became strained and in 1330 the King conducted a ''[[coup d'état]]'' at [[Nottingham Castle]].<ref>{{harvnb|Haines|2003|pp=214–216}}</ref> He arrested Mortimer and then executed him on fourteen charges of treason, including the murder of Edward II.<ref>{{harvnb|Haines|2003|pp=216–217}}</ref> Edward III's government sought to blame Mortimer for all of the recent problems, effectively politically rehabilitating the late King.<ref>{{harvnb|Ormrod|2004|pp=177–178}}</ref> The King spared Isabella, giving her a generous allowance, and she soon returned to public life.<ref>{{harvnb|Rubin|2006|pp=55–56}}</ref>
===Burial and cult===
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