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A King couldn't rule without the support of his powerful nobles. |
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They would help him keep order in the kingdom and defend it from attack, |
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while the King himself offered leadership and security. |
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But that's just what the nobles thought Edward wasn't doing. |
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His father, the great warrior King Edward I, |
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had defended the country and earned the title "Hammer of the Scots" |
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for his ferocious attempt to conquer Scotland. |
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But these hard-won gains were now being lost by his son |
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and the nobles laid the blame on his obsession with Gaveston. |
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Eventually, seeing no other option, a group of nobles came to parliament, armed and angry. |
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They demanded that Gaveston be banished, |
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and forced Edward to agree that 21 of them should rule on his behalf. |
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This was not what Isabella had signed up for when she married the King of England. |
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But she was still little more than a child, and she was powerless to stop the conflict. |
