Edward I (known also as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots) was an English king who lived during the 13 th and 14 th centuries AD. Edward belonged to the House of Plantagenet, whose ancestry may be traced back to the Geoffrey V, the Count of Anjou. Not only is Edward remembered for his military campaigns against the Welsh and the Scots, but also for the important legal and administrative reforms he carried out in the kingdom.