The first Yorkist King of England, King Edward IV of England, was born on April 28, 1442, in Rouen, Normandy (now in France). He was the fourth of the thirteen children, but the first surviving son ofRichard of York, 3rd Duke of YorkandCecily Neville, both great-grandchildren ofKing ...
1473, at theDominican Friary in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Richard was the sixth of the ten children and the second of the three sons ofKing Edward IV of England,
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My father was born in a poor part of northern England at the end of the great depression, the youngest child of a family of ten children. He would tell me of his Christmases growing up and how his brothers and sisters looked forward to getting an apple, an orange and some nuts in ...
Little Joan was named after her maternal grandmother, Queen Joan I of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France. The king, also in London at the time of Joan’s birth, but not at the Tower, granted an £80 respite on a £180 loan to Robert Staunton, the man who brought him news of...
5. Edward Jenner was made Physician Extraordinary to King George IV. His work on smallpox made him very famous in his lifetime and he received honorary degrees and tributes including a special medal from France, gift of a ring from the Empress of Russia and a string and belt of Wampum be...
Boulogne had once been a vassal state of Flanders but when Baldwin IV of Flanders was a minor Boulogne took the opportunity to declare its independence. As the eleventh century progressed the relationship between the Flemish and the people of Boulogne evolved from one of animosity to alliance and...
Bertie had eight siblings: Victoria, Princess Royal(1840-1901) marriedFriedrich III, German Emperor and King of Prussia, had four sons and four daughters Princess Alice(1843-1878) marriedLudwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, had two sons and five daughters ...
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