Gaveston, a foreigner and favorite of the King, and who for some years had made himself obnoxious to the barons and people of England, is made prisoner and beheaded; peace ensues between Edward II and his barons.
Robert, King of Naples, seizes the principal forts in Rome; Henry VII is, notwithstanding, crowned emperor in the Lateran Church by three cardinals.
1313. In conjunction with the Genoese and Sicilians, Emperor Henry VII prepares to attack Robert of Naples, but dies suddenly.
Birth of Boccaccio.
1314. Defeat of the English by the Scots under Robert Bruce. See "Battle of Bannockburn," vii, [41.]
Louis of Bavaria and Frederick, son of the late Albert of Austria, are elected by opposite parties to the crown of Germany; they make war on each other.
Ireland invaded by Edward Bruce, a Scottish adventurer, and a younger brother of Robert Bruce.
Louis X succeeds his father, Philip IV, in France.
Molay, grand master of the Knights Templars, is burned at the stake in Paris. See "Extinction of the Order of Knights Templars," vii, [51.]
1315. Louis Hutin, King of France, emancipates all serfs within the royal domains on payment of a just surrender charge.