Edward II of England - Edward II of England Edward II, (April 25, 1284- September 21, 1327), of Caernarvon; king of England, the fourth son of Edward I of England by his first wife Eleanor of Castile, was born at Caernarfon Castle. The story that the king presented the newborn child to the Welsh as their future native prince is unfounded. Its earliest appearance was in the work of a 16th century Welsh "antiquary", David Powel. In fact, Edward was only made Prince of Wales in the Lincoln Parliament of February 7, 1301. Edward was, however, the first English prince to hold the title. When Edward was a few months old, his elder brother, Alfonso, died, and he became heir to the throne. From childhood, his father, a notable military leader,.
Edward III of England - Edward III of England Edward III (November 13, 1312 - June 21, 1377) was one of the greatest English kings of medieval times. He was born at Windsor as the son of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France. Unfortunately, Edward II was a weak king and aroused ill-feeling by his dependence on favourites. The neglected queen, Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer, imprisoned and murdered Edward II, taking up the reins of government themselves during the minority of the heir. Edward III was crowned on January 25, 1327 after reaching majority and was declared King of France on January 26, 1340. As soon as Edward III reached the age of eighteen, he overthrew Mortimer and removed Isabella. He married Philippa of Hainault, and.
Harold II of England - Harold II of England Harold II Rank: 22nd Ruled: January 4, 1066-October 14, 1066 Predecessor: Edward the Confessor Date of Birth: 1022 Place of Birth: Wessex, England Wives: Ealdgyth Swan-neck ("handfast" marriage not approved by the Church), Edith Buried: Waltham Abbey Date of Death: October 14, 1066 Parents: Godwin and Gytha Harold Godwinson, or Harold II, England's last Saxon king, ruled from January 6 to October 14, 1066. He was born in about 1020, the son of Godwin, earl of Wessex, and his second wife, Gytha, sister to King Sweyn I of Denmark and England. Created Earl of East Anglia in 1045, Harold accompanied Godwin into exile in 1051 but helped him to regain his position a year later, succeeding to the Earldom of Wessex (a province.
Henry VII of England - Henry VII of England Henry VII (January 28, 1457-April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485-April 21, 1509), was the founder of the Tudor dynasty and is generally acknowledged as one of England's most successful kings. Henry VII King of England, Lord of Ireland Henry Tudor was the posthumous son of Edmund Tudor, a half-brother of King Henry VI of England. His mother was Margaret Beaufort, a descendant of King Edward III on the wrong side of the blanket. From his father, he inherited the title Earl of Richmond; from his mother, his questionable claim to the throne of England. He was born in Pembroke, Wales but grew up in exile in Brittany, having fled from the Yorkist kings of England. As an individual.
Henry VIII of England - Henry VIII of England Henry VIII King of England, Ireland and France Painting by Hans Holbein the Younger Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 - January 28, 1547) was King of England from April 22 (crowned on June 24), 1509 until his death on January 28, 1547. He was accorded the title King of Ireland by the Irish Parliament in 1541, having previously been styled Lord of Ireland. Born at the royal Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London, he was the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He was created Prince of Wales after the death of his older brother Arthur, Prince of Wales. A dispensation from Pope Julius II was necessary in order to allow him to marry his brother's widow Catherine of Aragon,.
Edward V of England - Edward V of England Edward V (November 4, 1470-1483?) was an English monarch, although never crowned. Edward was born in sanctuary within Westminster Abbey on November 4, 1470, while his mother was taking refuge from the Lancastrians who dominated the kingdom while his father, the Yorkist King Edward IV of England, was out of power. He was created Prince of Wales in June, 1471, following his father's restoration to the throne, and appeared with his parents on state occasions. (For a brief period after his birth and before he was officially given the title, he was one of two living Princes of Wales, the other being the only son of Henry VI of England, who was killed in May, 1471.) Edward IV, having established a Council.
Edward I of England - Edward I of England King Edward I of England (June 17, 1239 - July 7, 1307), popularly known as "Longshanks" and "Hammer" of the Scots", is best known as the king who conquered Wales and kept Scotland under English domination. He lived from 1239 to 1307, ascending to the throne of England on November 21, 1272 after the death of his father, King Henry III of England. Edward was born at the Palace of Westminster on June 17 or 18, 1239. He married twice. His first marriage to Eleanor of Castile produced sixteen children, and when Eleanor died in 1290, Edward was heartbroken. He displayed his grief by erecting the Eleanor crosses, one at each place where her funeral cortege stopped for the night. His second.
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom - Edward VIII of the United Kingdom King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor 1) (23 June 1894 - 28 May 1972) reigned as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of other commonwealth realms and as Emperor of India from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December 1936. No other British monarch has voluntarily relinquished the throne, though several have been "deemed to have abdicated" after fleeing, have suffered execution, or have given up part of their power; see abdication. The future Edward VIII was born at Richmond, Surrey, the eldest son of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York. The Duke of York, who later became King.
Edward II - Edward II The name Edward II has been used more than once: In royalty, Edward II was the name of an English king. See: Edward II of England In music Edward II is the name of a band. See: Edward II (band) In theatre Edward II is the name of a play by Christopher Marlowe. See: Edward II (play) This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix the link, so that it points to the appropriate page..
Ethelred II of England - Ethelred II of England Ethelred II the Unready Rank: 15th Ruled: March 18, 978-December 25, 1013 and February 2, 1014-April 23, 1016 Predecessor: Edward the Martyr Date of Birth: 968 Place of Birth: Wessex Wives: Elgiva and Emma Buried: Old Saint Paul's Cathedral Date of Death: April 23, 1016 Parents: Edgar and Elfrida Ethelred II(Old English: Æþelred), known as the Unready (968-1013 and 1014-1016), was a King of England. According to William of Malmesbury, Ethelred defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesize that the English monarchy would be overthrown during Ethelred's reign. Ethelred succeeded to the throne aged 10 following the death of his father King Edgar and subsequent murder of his half-brother Edward the Martyr. His nickname "The Unready".
James Francis Edward Stuart - James Francis Edward Stuart Prince James Francis Edward Stuart or Stewart (June 10, 1688 - January 1, 1766) was a claimant of the thrones of Scotland and England (September 16, 1701 - January 1, 1766) who is more commonly referred to as The Old Pretender and was a key figure in the history of the British monarchy, although his personality was not such as to have made a great impact. From the moment of his birth, on June 10, 1688, at St James's Palace, the prince was the subject of controversy. He was the son of King James II of England and his Catholic second wife, Mary of Modena. From his first marriage, the king had adult daughters who had been brought up in the Protestant faith, and.
James III of Scotland - (May 1452 - June 11, 1488), son of James II and Mary of Gueldres, created Duke of Rothesay at birth, king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488. James was an unpopular and ineffective monarch owing to an unwillingness to administer justice fairly, a policy of pursuing alliance with England, and a disastrous relationship with nearly all his extended family. His reputation as the first renaissance monarch in Scotland has sometimes been exaggerated, based on late chronicle attacks on him for being more interested in such unmanly pursuits as music than hunting, riding and leading his kingdom into war. In fact the artistic legacy of his reign is slight, especially when compared to that of his son, James IV and grandson, James V. Such evidence as there is consists of portrait coins.
John II of Brabant - John II of Brabant Jan II van Brabant, also called John II the peaceful, was born on September 27, 1275 and died on October 27, 1312. He was Duke of Brabant and Limburg (1294-1312) and Duke of Lorraine. He was the son of John I of Brabant and Margaretha of Flanders. He married Margareth Plantagenet, the daughter of King Edward I of England, on July 8, 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London. Only one child was born out of this marriage, John III of Brabant. During the reign of Jan II, Brabant continues supporting a coalition to stop French expansion. John, who suffered from kidney stones and wanted his duchy to be peacefully handed over to his son upon his death, in 1312 signed the famous Charter of.
John III of Brabant - 5, 1355. He was Duke of Brabant and Limburg (1312-1355) and Duke of Lorraine. He was the son of John II of Brabant and his wife Margaret of England, daughter of King Edward I of England. He married Marie d' Evreux, who died on October 31, 1335, the daughter of count Louis d'Evreux and Marguerite d'Artois. During the reign of Jan III, Brabant was an ally of England. Jan III fought many wars and became powerful. As a result some sovereigns in the Low Countries became his enemies from 1329 til 1334, among them Flanders, Liege, Holland and Gelre. The sovereigns were stimulated by Philip VI of France. During the peace of Amiens the French king declared that Jan III of Brabant had to hand over the cities of Tiel, Heerewaarden.
John II of France - John II of France Jean II, the Good (Jean le Bon), king of France, 1350 to 1364, was a member of the Valois Dynasty. He was born on April 16, 1319, the son of Philippe VI of France and Jeanne of Burgundy. On July 28, 1332, at the age of 13 he was married to Bona (Bonne) of Luxemburg (May 20, 1315 - September 11, 1349), daughter of John the Blind of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia. Their children were: 1) Charles V le Sage (January 21,1338 - September 16,1380) 2) Philippe II (January 17,1342 - April 27,1404) 3) Jeanne (June 24,1343 - November 3,1373) 4) Louis (July 23,1339 - September 20,1389) 5) Isabelle (October 1, 1348 - September 11,1372) 6) Jean de Berry (November 30, 1340 -.
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton, commonly known as Lord Acton (January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902), English historian, only son of Sir Richard Acton, 7th baronet, and grandson of the Neapolitan admiral, Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th baronet, was born at Naples. His grandfather, who had succeeded in 1791 to the baronetcy and family estates in Shropshire, previously held by the English branch of the Acton family, represented a younger branch which had transferred itself first to France and then to Italy, but by the extinction of the elder branch the admiral became head of the family; his eldest son, Richard, had married Marie Louise Pelline, the daughter and heiress of Emerich Joseph, duc de.
Henry I of England - Henry I of England Henry I (c.1068 - December 1, 1135), called Henry Beauclerk because of his scholarly interests, was the youngest son of William the Conqueror and reigned as King of England from 1100 to 1135, succeeding his brother, William II Rufus. He was also known by the nickname "Lion of Justice". His reign is noted for his limitations on the power of the crown, his improvements in the machinery of government, his reuniting of the dominions of his father, and his controversial decision to name his daughter as his heir. Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in England. As the youngest son of the family, he was most likely expected to become a bishop and was given extensive.
Henry V of England - Henry V of England Henry V, (August 9 or September 16, 1387 - August 31, 1422), King of England, son of Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, was born at Monmouth, Wales, in September 1387. On his father's exile in 1398, Richard II took the boy into his own charge, and treated him kindly. Next year the Lancastrian revolution forced Henry into precocious prominence as heir to the throne. From October 1400 the administration of Wales was conducted in his name; less than three years later he was in actual command of the English forces and fought against Harry Hotspur at Shrewsbury. It was there, in 1403, that the sixteen-year-old prince was almost killed by an arrow which lodged itself in his face. An ordinary.
Henry IV of England - Henry IV of England Henry IV (April 3, 1367 - March 20, 1413) was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire - hence the other name by which he was known, "Henry Bolingbroke". His father, John of Gaunt was the third surviving son of King Edward III of England. After supporting his cousin, King Richard II of England, in some early difficulties, Bolingbroke was exiled and disinherited in 1398. Returning the following year on September 30, 1399 he deposed Richard and took the throne, rising from Henry, Duke of Lancaster to King Henry IV. Henry's coronation, on October 13, 1399 is notable as the first time following the Norman Conquest that the monarch made an address in English. In 1380 Henry married Mary de Bohun; they had two daughters.
History of England - History of England The name England refers to the largest and most populous of the three main divisions of Great Britain, and dates from after the coming of the Anglo-Saxons. Technically, it is anachronistic to talk of a history of England before that time. This article admits but ignores that anachronism. The territory of England has been politically united since the tenth century. This article centers on that territory; but before the tenth century and after the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603 it becomes increasingly hard to distinguish English from British history. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Pre-Roman England 1.1 Pre-Roman Languages 2 Roman Britain 3 The Anglo-Saxon Conquest 4 England during the Middle Ages 5 Tudor England 6.
