Height and weight are also available on the page Henry Vaca, in addition, you can view the date of birth and position Henry Vaca on the field. If the player is on the field, then the most important statistics will be the number of goals scored, if we have a goalkeeper in front of ...
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 that Percy saw the warden role in the east and middle...
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...
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...
Also buried in Greyfriars was Queen Isabella, the widow (and adversary) of the ill-fated King Edward II. Isabella, who was also known as the ‘She-wolf of France’, is said to have been buried in the clothes she wore at her wedding to the King 50 years earlier. Despite rumours to ...
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 ...
rare surviving paintings from the Royal Collection including The Embarkation of Dover– depicting the Tudor navy – andThe Field of Cloth of Goldwhich details Henry VIII’s summit with King Francis I of France in 1520. Also on show is a gold ring believed to have belonged to the Boleyn fami...
Queen Elizabeth has also always had dogs, her family of Corgies is famous Her Majesty delivers her Christmas message to the Commonwealth from Sandringham Great Windsor is a castle, with a tower, on a hill, and sterling silver furnishings like the SunKing’s adorn its chambers still!
of France. Betrothing children this young wasn’t that unusual. It actually had little to do with the children themselves and more to do with agreements over land and alliances. In this case it was stipulated that if Young Henry died, one of his brothers could be substituted. The two ...
Most “shameful” of all, however, was what the Marquess did with himself after his fall from grace. In utterly reduced circumstances, he was forced to take his young adopted girl and retire to France on a “measly” income of £3,000 a year—again, this is what he used to spend ...