Edward I of England
Biography
Longshanks codified statutes, summoned the Model Parliament 1295, expelled Jews 1290. He conquered Wales, ring of castles, Caernarfon, adopted his son as Prince of Wales. Scotland resisted, William Wallace, Braveheart villain to some, the hammer died marching north again. His legal legacy, Quo Warranto, statute law, shaped constitutional development.
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