Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military...
After that Simon was made to serve the king directly.Step by step,he rose from one important task to another,until he became one of the best soldiers of that time.He is known in history as General La Roche,and considered as one of the greatest men of France. If Simon had not,early ...
ON the night captain Marcel Desailly made history by becoming France's mostcapped player, Thierry Henry stole the show in their friendly with Egypt in Paris by scoring twice as Les Bleus cruised to a 5-0 win.Chelsea star Desailly won his 104th cap for France in their first match against...
Earl of Surrey, the son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Norfolk had taken over Fitzroy’s care following the fall of Cardinal Wolsey. In October 1532, Fitzroy accompanied his father, the king, and Anne Boleyn on their trip to Calais to meet Francis I of France. Afterwards...
He did all the usual things that Tudor nobles did. He went to war in France in 1512 so was not on hand when James IV of Scotland took the opportunity to invade England. By 1522 he was back on the borders and indulging in some light feuding with the Dacre family. The problem was tha...
France in the 12th century was far from one unified, indivisible country. In fact, it was a series of counties and duchies with their own rulers, who paid homage to the King of France; the French king’s own domains at the time were the Île-de- France, which incorporated Paris and...
“Henry Chalfant: 1980”, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, 2016; Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France, 2017; Paris Photo, Paris, France, 2017. Group exhibitions include: New York/New Wave, P.S.1, New York, 1981; "The Comic Art Show", Whitney Downtown, New York, 1983; "Content, a ...
Spain, along with France, were the two major powers in Europe. Henry VII constantly feared an invasion from his powerful neighbour. Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile were also concerned about the possible expansionism of France and responded favourably to Henry's suggestion of a possible...
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They left France at the revocation of the edict of Nantes and migrated to the British American Colonies.[1] Laurens, the son of John and Esther Grasset Laurens, was educated in Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina. Upon “graduation”, through the contacts of his affluent father,...