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...
Who was Greensleeves – and did Henry VIII really write the song? Picture: Getty/Universal Pictures Most historians now believe ‘Greensleeves’ dates back to Elizabethan times – after the reign of Henry VIII. The song – whose full, less elegant title is ‘A Newe Northen Dittye of ye...
Its name, however, comes from the legend that King Henry VIII waited on top of the mound on 19th May, 1536, watching for a rocket to be launched from the Tower of London that would confirm his wife Anne Boleyn had been executed for treason (and so allow him to marry Jane Seymour). ...
Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr The First Wife: Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Name: Catherine of Aragon Marriage Dates: 1509–1533 Children: Henry, Duke of Cornwall; Mary I of England Henry VIII's first wife was Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536). Cathe...
Henry III was the duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI, 1027–41), duke of Swabia (as Henry I, 1038–45), German king (from 1039), and Holy Roman emperor (1046–56), a member of the Salian dynasty. The last emperor able to dominate the papacy, he was a powerful
While the park had been used by King Henry VIII as a hunting ground, it wasn’t until 1637 – during the reign of King Charles I – that it was first enclosed. The tree, which is said to be one of 1,400 “veteran trees” in the park, was pollarded for several hundred years whic...
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James Henry Breasted was an American Egyptologist, archaeologist, and historian who promoted research on ancient Egypt and the ancient civilizations of western Asia. After graduate studies at Yale and Berlin, Breasted began teaching Egyptology at the Uni
Henry II, first of theAngevin Kings, was one of the most effective of all England's monarchs. He came to the throne amid the anarchy of Stephen's reign and promptly brought his rebellious barons under royal control. He refined Norman government and created a capable, self-standing bureaucracy...
Occupation:Queen consort (third) to England's King Henry VIII; had been a maid of honor to bothCatherine of Aragon(from 1532) andAnne Boleyn Significant Dates:1508 or 1509–October 24, 1537; became queen by marriage on May 30, 1536, when she married Henry VIII; proclaimed queen on June...