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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 6597112, member: 101855&quot;]Edward II, shall we say, made his own bed and had to lie in it. At his coronation, he dressed his first &quot;good friend,&quot; Piers Gaveston, in purple robes and pearls and had him upstage the queen, Isabella, who had been a French princess, much to her embarrassment. He lavished lands on Gaveston that had previously been granted to more important people.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaveston was an accomplished knight. He made the mistake of belittling his opponents in tournaments when he defeated them. He gave demeaning nicknames to a number of the lords such as “the black dog of Arden,” “whoreson” and “burst belly.” Finally, the lords had had enough. They abducted Gaveston, ran sword through his belly and beheaded him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years later, the queen went back to France, took a lover and set out to bring Edward II down. She penned this quote which summed up her frustration:</p><p><br /></p><p>“I feel that marriage is a joining of a man and a woman holding fast to the practice of a life together. (But) someone as come between my husband and myself and is trying break the bond; I declare that I will not return until this intruder is removed, but discarding my marriage garment, shall put the robes of widowhood and mourning until I am avenged of this Pharisee.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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