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...
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“The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings andQueensWho Made England” by Dan Jones Covering the medieval era of English history, this book examines the charismatic rulers of the Plantagenet dynasty, including Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, and Edward III. It explores their ...
Henry II was from the house of Plantagenet, originating from French language backgrounds. But by the 14th century, English kings were likely bilingual.This Norman Conquest, led by William the Conqueror (also titled the Duke of Normandy), came before the Hundred Years War involving England and ...
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, ...
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...
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...
Where were the Early Syrian Kings of Ebla Buried? : the Ur-Eridu Survey Neural Model as an Artificial Adaptive System for the probabilistic localizationof ... Chengdu is the lucky place where Liu Bei enjoyed the most favorite climate,fertile farmland and united people in his whole life.Since...
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...