Edward's father was the previous King of Daventry before Edward the Benevolent. Little is known about him, or about his queen.
Background[]
Little is known about Edward's younger years. Apparently under his father the previous kingdom had been small.[1][2] The kingdom was apparently disordered, and made up of smaller warring nation states (marauding armies ruled by various warlords, nobles, and would-be kings, enemies both within the kingdom and without).
His father successfully defended his small province within Daventry as best he could with the Shield of Achille. He funded his troops with the Chest of Gold, and made sure his people were kept fed via the power of the Merlin's Mirror. It was the three great treasures helped the small realm successfully maintain it's power, as the greatest region in the fractured realm (as it had been for over 500 years).
It is known that when Edward was a young prince the site of his future castle (as much of the castle was later built for his love Maylie as a wedding gift) was surrounded by tall trees (there were at least sections of the castle that predate Edward's Castle it seems).[3] It is also known that upon his father's death, that the Shield of Achille was passed onto him, and thus it was his duty to keep the kingdom safe from any marauding armies.[4]
Also it appears at some point either when his father was still ruling the kingdom or when he began his own reign, the kingdom was ruled from the smaller old Castlekeep near Daventry town. Though he may also have ruled from Royal Summer Palace as well. or another of the palaces.
Edward with the help of his father's shield, evidently consolidated the present kingdom of Daventry, increasing its size severalfold when he became king, finally putting the kingdom into order (ending the uprisings and civil war, and stopping invasions from without). It was Edward who built the current Castle Daventry as a wedding gift for his new Bride (apparently built on the ruins of older castle).
A painting of his father and his mother, and other previous kings and queens of the previous kingdom are kept in the hallways of Castle Daventry.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
What little is discussed about Edward's father is mentioned in the second KQ1 manual, and in KQ1SCi. Hoyle I might also suggest that Daventry's grandfather may have been a knight under Edward's father.That is about the earliest generation in which Graham's ancestors became residents of Daventry (at least according to the novels). Oswold's father or grandfather would have been Seneschel around this time as well.
Some of history pre-Edward can only be gleaned through references in the Companion, and the novels. It is stated in Companion that Edward's Castle was built for Maylie implying that it was new (see Castle Daventry). Thus Edward's father likely hadn't ruled from there very long (if he had ruled from a former castle there at all).
However, the SCI remake could indicate that Edward actually did rule from a castle there at one point. This could only mean that something happened, that older castle was abandoned, he must have switched to rule from one of Daventry's other keeps (Castlekeep Ruins) are one strong possibility, but there is always possibility he ruled from the Royal Summer Palace as well (or other castles in the kingdom).
Note the line in KQ5SCI about the trees being just as tall when Edward was a prince, doesn't necessarily confirm that there was a castle in use in that section of the forest at the time of Edward's father, necessarily. But it would seem that certainly was at least parts of the castle there according to the novels.
In any case after Edward took over, and married Maylie he apparently built a new castle at the site of his father's old castle (or previous kings castle) (possibly expanding and renovating) on what was left there before. The novels suggest that at least part of the castle including the moat (and its moat monsters) goes back several centuries/thousands of years to the founding of the kingdom.
Of course its possible that the various accounts especially that taken from SCI remake are all from different parallel universes and game realities of the multiverse (so what little is known about Edward's father may only apply to certain realities, and not others). In fact the Companion already confirms that SCI remake was part of a separate 'game reality' (though this wiki still chooses to use it as a source of information (often listing both alternate versions within articles)). The novels may even represent its own 'reality' which differs slight differences from prime reality (Companion history), see BB universe, and the game realities (besides having some of its own original details, it tends to blend elements of both AGI and SCI versions of the universe).