Edward II of England

On September 21, 1327, Edward II, King of England (1307-1327), was likely assassinated at the age of 43. An excerpt from the article:

"Death & Successor
Edward II, aged just 43, was murdered on 21 September 1327 CE at what had become his prison, the castle keep of Berkeley Castle. The orders for the execution likely came directly from his wife Isabella and her consort Roger Mortimer who quickly tired of the rumours and plots by the old king's supporters to restore him to his throne. Wishing to make it look like Edward had died a natural death, he was starved of food, but he still stubbornly clung on to life. The next method employed - if we are to believe later medieval chroniclers - was more successful but considerably more brutal: a red hot iron bar was shoved up into the ex-king's bowels. Whatever the actual method of execution, Edward was at least granted a decent burial in Gloucester Cathedral. Edward II's brutal reign and sticky comeuppance would later be immortalised in Christopher Marlowe's historical play Edward II (c. 1592 CE) which helped secure the king's lasting infamy as one of England's worst-ever monarchs."