the story of Britain’s greatest and worst dynasty—“a real-life Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal) From the author of Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty The first Plantagenet kings inherited a blood-soaked realm from the Normans and transformed it into an empire that stretched at...
Who were the kings of the United Monarchy? Who was the first king of an absolute monarchy? Who was the last king of England? Who was the last Plantagenet king? What was the first absolute monarchy in England? Who was the first king of the United Kingdom? Who used constitutional monarchy...
Who first called it the Glorious Revolution? Which monarch fled England during the Glorious Revolution? Who led the Roundheads in the English Civil War? Which two English kings were involved in the Glorious Revolution? Who betrayed James II in the Glorious Revolution? Who was involved in the Jac...
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence Dec. at 28 (1449-1478) George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478), KG, was a son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English Kings Edward IV and Richard III. He pla...
Ramesses II: Ramesses II was among the longest-serving and most powerful kings in the history of Egypt. Ramesses II lived close to a hundred years and had about two hundred wives and concubines and about one hundred children. Only five of the many wives that he had were officially recognized...
Who ruled Scotland after Robert the Bruce?Question:Who ruled Scotland after Robert the Bruce?Rulers of Scotland:The rulers of Scotland have not always been hereditary. Some of the monarchs committed acts of violence to obtain the throne, while others were appointed by their predecessors. Some of...
Who was the original Silly Billy? William IV, Duke of Clarence(1765-1837) Many sources suggest that the phrase 'Silly Billy' was originally coined for William IV. Plantagenet Somerset Fry's book, Kings and Queens of England, suggests that he earned this nickname because, as a young man, ...
However, when Henry VI gave part of Richard’s lands, which were part of his Despencer inheritance, to a rival member of the nobility who was a favorite of the king, Richard began to collaborate with his uncle-by-marriage, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, who was in open rebellion aga...
The only explanation of the Wars of the Roses lies in the motives of those who fought in the battles. If nobody had had any reason to fight, there could have been no battles and no Wars. The political principles of later centuries are hardly relevant at all. Who, then, were these men...
Katherine and John were finally wed in 1391, and thus she became his third Duchess towards the last few years of John’s life, legitimizing their adult children in the process (who bore the surname of Beaufort and through which their decedents eventually claimed the throne of England). As an...