Henry II of England - Henry II of England Henry II Plantagenet (March 25, 1133 - July 6, 1189), was Duke of Anjou and King of England (1154 - 1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. His soubriquets include "Curt Mantle" (because of the practical short cloaks he wore), "Fitz Empress," and sometimes "The Lion of Justice," which had been used for his grandfather Henry I. He would be known as the first of the Angevin Kings. Following the disastrous reign of King Stephen, Henry's reign was one of efficient consolidation. Henry II is regarded as England's greatest medieval king. He was born on March 5, 1133, to the Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey the Fair, Duke of Anjou. He was.
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.
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.
Henry II - Henry II Rulers with this title include: Henry II of Castile Henry II of England Henry II of France Henry II of Germany Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II of Navarre Henry II, Duke of Saxony.
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.
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.
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.
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, made.
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 their eldest.
King Henry - King Henry There has been a bewildering array of monarchs with the name "Henry". The years shown below are the regnal years. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Byzantine Empire 2 England 3 France 4 Germany and Holy Roman Empire 4.1 Dukes of Saxony 4.2 Princes zu Reuss 5 Portugal 6 Spain 6.3 Navarre Byzantine Empire Henry of Flanders (1206-1216) (Latin Empire) England Henry I of England r. (1100 - 1135) Henry II Plantagenet of England r. (1154 - 1189) Henry III of England r. (1216 - 1272) Henry IV of England r. (1399 - 1413) Henry V of England r. (1413 - 1422) Henry VI of England r. (1429 - 1471) Henry VII of England r. (1485 - 1509) Henry VIII of England r. (1509 - 1547).
James Henry Leigh Hunt - James Henry Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859) was an English essayist and writer. He was born at Southgate, Middlesex, where his parents had settled after leaving the USA. His father, a Philadelphia lawyer, and his mother, a merchant's daughter, had been forced to come to Britain because of their loyalist sympathies in the American War of Independence. Leigh Hunt's father was took orders, and became a popular preacher, but was unsuccessful in obtaining a permanent living. He was engaged by James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos, as tutor to his nephew, James Henry Leigh, after whom Leigh Hunt was named. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, of which he left a personal account in his autobiography. As a boy,.
John of England - John of England King John (December 24, 1167 - October 19, 1216) was King of England from 1199 to 1216. He was the youngest brother of King Richard I who was known as "Richard the Lionheart". Nicknames are "Lackland" (in French, sans terre) and "Soft-sword". John is best known for angering the barons to rebellion, so that they forced him to agree to the Magna Carta in 1215, and then signing England over to the Pope to get out of the promises he made in that Great Charter. The truth, however, is that he was no better or worse a king than his immediate predecessor or his successor (which is still not much of a compliment). Born at Oxford, he was the fifth son of King Henry.
Henry Purcell - Henry Purcell Henry Purcell was an English Baroque music composer. He lived from 1659 to 1695, and is considered to be one of England's greatest composers. (Larger image) PURCELL, HENRY (1658—1695), English musical composer, was born in 1658 in St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street, Westminster. His father, Henry Purcell (or Pursell pronounced with an accent on the first syllable), was a gentleman of the chapel-royal, and in that capacity sang at the coronation of Charles II.; he had three sons, Edward, Henry and Daniel— the last of whom (d. 1717) was also a prolific composer. After his father's death in 1664 young Henry Purcell was placed under the guardianship of his uncle, Thomas Purcell (d. 1682), a man of extraordinary probity and kindness. Through the.
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor - Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, (1081 - May 23, 1125) was the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He forced the abdication in 1105 of his father, the emperor Henry IV and secured his own election as king, assuming the imperial crown in 1111. Despite initial Papal support for his accession, Henry continued the Investiture Controversy started by his father against the Pope's insistence on control all ecclesiastical appointments in Germany. Invading Italy twice (1110 and 1116) and setting up a rival antipope in opposition to the Pope in Rome, Henry eventually secured a compromise (the Concordat of Worms, 1122) under which the Pope would invest church appointees with their spiritual offices, the Emperor with their lay rights. In.
Henry Pu Yi - Henry Pu Yi Henry Pu Yi or Aixinjueluo Puyi (愛新覺羅·溥儀 in pinyin: ai4 xin1 jue2 luo2 · pu3 yi2), English name Henry Aisin-gioro, (1906 - October 17, 1967) was the last Emperor of China. He ascended to the throne in 1908 at the age of nearly 3 and was deposed in 1911 when the Qing dynasty fell. Aixinjueluo as emperor Aixinjuelo, or Aisin-gioro, is the imperial Manchu family name. Puyi is Aixinjuelo's Chinese given name, and Henry his English given name. After the collapse of the dynasty, Puyi retained the title of emperor and the royal family lived in the Forbidden City. There he was taught the English language and chose the name "Henry" for himself, reputedly after King Henry VIII of England. Zhang Xun restored.
Henry Benedict Stuart - Henry Benedict Stuart Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart (March 11, 1725 - July 13, 1807), born in Rome, Italy, Prince of England and Scotland and Duke of York, was known by the Jacobites as Henry IX, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland (January 31, 1788 - July 13, 1807). He was the second son of James Francis Edward Stuart, known as The Old Pretender. His mother was Maria Clementina Sobieski, daughter of the Polish prince John III Sobieski. He was in France in 1745 preparing to help his brother, Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie), with the Scottish Jacobite Rebellion. After the suppression of the rebellion, Henry Stuart returned to Italy where he entered the Roman Catholic Church and in 1747 was made a.
Henry Cardinal Beaufort - Henry Cardinal Beaufort Henry Beaufort, the second son of John of Gaunt and his mistress Katherine Swynford, was born in Anjou (France) in about 1374 and educated for a career in the Church. In about 1390 their cousin Richard II of England declared him and his two brothers and one sister legitimate. (There is some confusion on this point; there seems to have been another such procedure in 1397, involving Parliament.) In 1398 Henry Beaufort was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln. When his half-brother deposed Richard and took the throne as Henry IV of England, he made Bishop Beaufort Chancellor of England in 1403, but he resigned that position the next year to become Bishop of Winchester. Between 1411 and 1413 Bishop Beaufort was in political disgrace.
Henry the Lion - Henry the Lion Henry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral) Henry the Lion (1129/1131-1195; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was Duke of Saxony from 1142 and Duke of Bavaria from 1156. He was the richest of the German nobles, at least until the enrichment of the rival Hohenstaufen dynasty during the reign of Frederick I. The Lion was his heraldic animal. Henry achieved this great wealth in large part by the combined legacies of his four grandparents. He was the son of Henry the Proud, duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who was the son of duke Welf IV and an heiress of the Billungs, former dukes of Saxony. Henry's mother was Gertude, only daughter of the Emperor Lothar II and of.
Henry the Young King - Henry the Young King Henry the Young King (1155-1183) was the first of four sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Fostered by Thomas a Becket, in 1170 the fifteen-year-old Henry was crowned king during his father's lifetime, but he never actually ruled and is not counted among the monarchs of England. He is now known as "Henry the Young King" to distinguish him from his nephew Henry III of England. He broke with his father and allied with his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine and brothers in a lengthy civil war (1173-74) in which he tried to wrest the power of the crown from his father. When he died at the age of 28 of dysentery, during the middle of a second rebellion,.
Henry Percy - Henry Percy Henry Percy was the name of several nobles in the line that produced the earls of Northumberland. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland Sir Henry Percy, also called Harry Hotspur (1364 ? - 1403) was the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and 4th Lord Percy of Alnwick. His nickname is suggestive of his impulsive nature. Harry acquired a great reputation as a warrior, fighting against the Scots and the French. He fought against the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. With his father he helped depose Richard II of England, but later with his uncle.
