Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Edward III NPG D19629

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Pierre François Basan, after George Vertue

The eldest son of Edward II and Isabella of France, Edward became king at the age of fourteen after his father was deposed by his mother and her lover Roger Mortimer and subsequently murdered. They retained power as regents until 1330 when Edward imprisoned Mortimer and imposed confinement on his mother. He was popular with his people and in 1340 was the first English king to assume the title of King of France, which started the Hundred Years War. At home, Edward’s reign… more

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Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.