Edward III, 14th century King of England gesticulating Inscribed 'Asellus niger

Inscribed 'Asellus niger

'Buy my 4 Ropes of Hard Onyons'

Group of children on Waterloo Pier

'Portrait of the Emperor Alexander III'

foreign minister

Edward III, 14th century King of England gesticulating Inscribed 'Asellus nigerEdward III, 14th century King of England, (1825). Edward (1312 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. His fifty year reign began when his father, Edward II of England, was deposed on 25 January 1327, and lasted until 1377. In 1337 he declared himself the rightful heir to the throne of France, beginning the Hundred Years War. From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825.