![]() ( Public Domain ) Robin Hood, the Heroic Outlaw of Nottingham Isabella, however, was spared, and died many years later in 1358.ġ5th-century manuscript illustration of Isabella of France with Roger Mortimer. Roger was subsequently put on trial, and executed. Using a secret tower to enter Nottingham Castle, Edward had Isabella and Roger captured. In October 1330, Edward and a few of his trusted companions staged a coup d’état against his mother and her lover. As Edward’s son, Edward III, was a minor, Isabella ruled the kingdom as regent, alongside her lover, Roger Mortimer. Four years prior to that, the King of England, Edward II, was deposed by his wife, Isabella of France, and died in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire in the following year. The next important event that took place at Nottingham Castle occurred in 1330. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) The Trial of Isabella and Roger
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