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EdwardIII(13121377),Kingof SalvadorSobral
Englandfrom1327untilhisdeath, (pictured),representing
restoredroyalauthorityafterthe Portugal,winsthe
unorthodoxanddisastrousreignofhis EurovisionSong
father,EdwardII.EdwardIIItransformed Contestwiththesong
theKingdomofEnglandintooneofthe "Amarpelosdois".
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attackinvolving
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medievalEngland,sawvitaldevelopmentsinlegislation
severedisruptionaroundtheworld.
andgovernmentinparticulartheevolutionoftheEnglish Atleast28peoplearekilledinMastung,
parliamentaswellastheravagesoftheBlackDeath. Pakistan,inasuicideattacktargeting
Edwardwascrownedatagefourteenafterhisfatherwas AbdulGhafoorHaideri,theSenate
deposedbyhismother,IsabellaofFrance,andherlover DeputyChairman.
RogerMortimer.Atageseventeenheledasuccessfulcoup TheFreeNationalMovement,ledby
againstMortimer,thedefactorulerofthecountry,and HubertMinnis,winstheBahamian
beganhispersonalreign.Afterasuccessfulcampaignin generalelection.
ScotlandhedeclaredhimselftherightfulheirtotheFrench RemainsofHomonalediaredatedtothe
thronein1337,buthisclaimwasdenied,startingthe MiddlePleistocene,suggesting
HundredYears'War.Followingsomeinitialsetbacksthe coexistencewithearlyHomosapiensin
warwentwellforEnglandvictoriesatCrcyandPoitiers southernAfrica.
ledtothefavourableTreatyofBrtigny.Edward'slater MoonJaeiniselectedPresidentofSouth
yearsweremarkedbyinternationalfailureanddomestic Korea.
strife,largelyasaresultofhisinactivityandpoorhealth.
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