Artists renditions of Rulers of England. Many are from portraits in the National Portrait Gallery and British Museum. Each image has a snippet of history of each ruler. William I,Based on the engraving by G. Vertue in the British Museum ...
15. As first consul, Napoléon held the power of government. In 1804, he became emperor. 16. Abdicated first time, June 1814. Reentered Paris, March 1815, after escape from Elba; Louis XVIII fled to Ghent. Abdicated second time, June 1815. He named as his successor his son, Napoléon ...
6. Henry VI, 1421–71, king of England 1422–61, 1470–71 (son of Henry V). 7. Henry VII, (Henry Tudor) 1457–1509, king of England 1485–1509: first king of the house of Tudor. 8. Henry VIII, (“Defender of the Faith” ) 1491–1547, king of England 1509–47 (son of...
Queen Elizabeth Tudor of England: The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and the sister of Mary I and Edward VI, Elizabeth ruled with great poise and determination in England. She wanted what was best for the English people and she wished to unify the country religiously and ...
Although Anglo-Normans had been in Ireland since 1169, the Tudor period witnessed a consolidation of English power that would have consequences into the present day. England had to maintain control of Ireland to prevent a French invasion via the island, so Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I use...
After the execution of his father, Charles I (1649), Charles II was proclaimed king of Scotland by the Scottish Presbyterian parliament. In 1660 he was proclaimed king of England, hisreturn to London marking the restoration of the Stuarts in En-gland. Despite the constitutional guarantees establi...
1. When was Elizabeth I queen of England? a) 1625-1649 b) 1558-1603 c) 1547-1553 d) 1660-1685 2. When was Elizabeth I born? a) 12 January 1600 b) 30 April 1620 c) 7 September 1533 d) 1 November 1511 3. Where was Elizabeth I born? a) Windsor b) Ipswich c) Greenwich d)...
Philip was supposedly a British aristocrat who lived in the middle of the seventeenth century. He was a royalist during the period of the Commonwealth and a Catholic at a time England was controlled by Protestant Puritans. His wife, Dorothea, was a beautiful woman, but somewhat distant and se...
In 1603 James VI, through his great-grandmother Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England, inherited the English throne as King James I. After the execution (1649) of James’s son Charles I, the Stuarts were excluded from the throne until the restoration of Charles II in 1660. Char...
Francedeveloped out of the Frankish kingdoms that succeeded the Roman Empire, and more directly, out of the declining Carolingian Empire. The latter had been established by the greatCharlemagnebut began splitting into pieces soon after his death. One of these pieces became the heart of France, an...