King Henry VI began his reign at a young age and inherited both the English and French crowns. During his reign, he had periods of debilitating mental ...
Highlights include the earlier surviving armour of King Henry VIII – a silvered and engraved armour which was made in the years following his coronation in 1509 – as well as the gilded armours of King Charles I and King James II. WHERE: White Tower, Tower of London (nearest Tube station...
Catherine of Aragon is now infamous as King Henry VIII’s rejected queen—but few people know her even darker history. Tragic Facts About Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s First Wife June 7, 2018 Christine Tran Dear reader,Want to tell us to write facts on a topic? We’re always lookin...
It was rebuilt and repaired a number of times, including during the reigns of King Edward III and that of King Richard II (during whose reign it was also ransacked in the Peasant’s Revolt of 1381). Other kings to visit it over the years included King Henry VII and King Henry VIII. A...
Nevertheless, Henry VIII liked it so much that he had Parliament re-confer it upon him, which every British monarch ever since has kept.</ref>, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg<ref>The Hanoverian kings had significant holdings in continential Europe. They ruled as Dukes of Hanover until 1814, ...
at ye digging of the foundation for the aforesaid new building a large quantity was supposed, tho’ not 100 were owned to have been found by ye workmen & labourers, who were thought to have disposed of them otherwise, of gold coins of King Henry ye 5th& others, which were as was surm...
In 1534,Henry VIIIbroke awayfrom the Catholic Church, declaring himself supreme head of the Church of England. He expected his nephew,James Vof Scotland, to follow suit, but James did not. When Henry scheduled a meeting with James in northern Engl...
Strype, John.Ecclesiastical memorials, Relating Chiefly to Religion, and The Reformation of It, and the Emergencies of the Church of England, Under King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary I with Large Appendixes, Containing Original Papers, Records, &c. Historical memorials, Ecclesiastical...
and thus Peterborough was born. Or maybe a simpler explanation is that no one could actually pronounce Medeshamstede. Whatever the reason, the abbey church was finally re-consecrated as a cathedral in the 16th century when that old bed-hopping plunderer Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and ...
Wikimedia Commons 4. His Parents Beat Him Louis's childhood was a nightmare.Henry did not approve of his son’s awkwardness, and how different the boy was from him. He used corporal punishment in an attempt to toughen the boy up. Not that his mother was any better: Queen Marie would ...