He was crowned Henry IV, the first king from the Lancastrian branch of the House of Plantagenet. This made young Henry the new Prince of Wales. Henry studied at the Queen’s College at Oxford under the ...

Consider the hundreds of years of chaos sparked by Henry’s descendant, the eighth Henry, with his separation of England from the Roman Catholic church – chaos that resulted in civil war and the ...

His father and great-grandmother were both beheaded, yet James II showed little fear of history repeating itself. The post Meet the last catholic King of England appeared first on New Idea.

RIGHT: The 12th-century Topographica Hiberniae (Topology of Ireland) was dedicated to King Henry II of England, and features a rare contemporary image of the king. (Wikipedia). On December 4, 1154, ...

Henry, the first Lancastrian king, died exhausted, probably of leprosy, at the age of 45. HENRY V 1413 – 1422 The son of Henry IV, he was a pious, stern and skilful soldier. Henry had honed his fine ...

By the time he was crowned king of England, he already had two sons: Henry (born 1594) and Charles (later Charles I) (born 1600). Handsome, charismatic, and accomplished, Prince Henry enjoyed far ...

As seen in The Spanish Princess, the first Tudor monarch King Henry VII's death was hidden for days before Henry VIII was proclaimed king. Here's what happened.

Henry's first task was to consolidate his position. Most rebellions were quashed easily, but the revolt of the Welsh squire Owen Glendower in 1400 was more serious.

The origins of the beloved baked treat traditionally made with currants, spices, flour, and eggs is closely linked to a cathedral dedicated to St. Alban, England’s first saint and martyr.

As he pointed out, Henry was the first king of France to suffer such a fate. If President Hollande is the most unpopular French president, Henry III was the most unpopular French king. His reputation ...

If the team finds Henry I's remains, it won't be the first time that a king has been found under a parking lot. King Richard III's remains were found in Leicester, England a few years ago.