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William Montagu was Edward III's closest personal friend from boyhood. He was 29 in October 1330 when he led the small group of armed knights who climbed through the secret tunnel into Nottingham Castle, seized Roger Mortimer in the queen's bedchamber, and gave Edward III sole control of the English crown. Montagu was rewarded with the earldom of Salisbury.
Read the story →William Montagu was Edward III's closest personal friend from childhood. On the night of 19 October 1330 he led the small armed party that entered Nottingham Castle through an underground tunnel, broke into Isabella's bedchamber, and seized Roger Mortimer. The coup ended the Mortimer-Isabella regency and made Edward III an effective king at seventeen.
Read the story →William Montagu was Edward III's close personal friend and the principal organiser of the October 1330 coup at Nottingham Castle that overthrew the Mortimer-Isabella regency. He led the small armed party through the underground passage. He died of wounds eleven years later jousting at his own son's wedding.
Read the story →Roger Mortimer escaped the Tower, invaded England, deposed a king, and ran the country for three years. His own teenage king-by-grace overthrew him in a midnight coup.
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