Birth and family Henry was born in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle in Monmouthshire, and for that reason was sometimes called Henry of Monmouth.[2] He was the son of Henry of Bolingbroke (later Henry IV of England) and Mary de Bohun. His father's cousin was the reignin...
House of Lancaster Family Tree Detailed Tree Timeline 1399 - 1413 Scottish MonarchName: King Henry IVBorn: April 4, 1366 at Bolingbroke Castle, LincolnshireParents: John of Gaunt and Blanche of LancasterRelation to Charles III: 17th great-granduncleHouse of: Lancaster...
Henry VIII’s brother-in-law James IV of Scotland launched an attack on England back home. Overseen by Catherine of Aragon, the English army defeated the Scots on September 9, 1513. During Henry VIII’s reign, a more peaceful Europe occurred when Pope Leo X replaced Julius, Charles V ...
It was during this period that its several guildhall were constructed and it was recorded as one of the richest parts of England with some of its most prominent families becoming extremely wealthy, like the De Vere family headed by the Earl of Oxford, and the Spring and Branch families who ...
Henry acted as Constable of England at Henry V's coronation in 1413.[3][4][5]He subsequently became Chamberlain of Henry V's household.[3][11][12] Under Henry IV, Henry served on diplomatic missions to Scotland and Denmark.[3][4][5][11]His diplomatic activity continued under Henry ...
The complications to this strand of the family tree are not from Plantagenet marriages as despite the fact that Henry IV had four sons who survived to adulthood he had only two legitimate grandsons. Blanche married the Duke of Bavaria and had a son called Rupert in 1409. He died in 1426....
King James IV of Scotland's invasion of England came to an end at the Battle of Flodden where he was killed. The English were led by Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. King Henry VIII was in France at the time.1514 (Age: 23yrs)
The death of Edward IV (1483) and accession of Richard III, left Henry the natural leader of the party opposing Richard, whose rule was very unpopular. Henry made an unsuccessful attempt to land in England during the abortive revolt (1483) of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. Thereafter ...
Gary Boyd Roberts, "Notable Kin - The Flowering of New England, Part Two: The Poets Bryant, Holmes, Longfellow, J.R. Lowell, and Whittier," Published Date : December 1989, NEXUS: New England Across the United States. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1983-1999. (Onli...