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4 days ago · Beatrice I of Provence. Beatrice of Savoy (d. ca 1267) Original Female Character (s) Philip III de France. Rosalind (The Rose Trilogy) Blanche Capet Infanta of Castile (d. 1323) Jean de Joinville. Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester. Edward I of England.
2 days ago · Life France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till ...
May 16, 2024 · Henry Lee III, called "Light Horse Harry", (January 29, 1756–March 25, 1818) was a cavalry officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was the Governor of Virginia and a U.S. Congressman, as well as the father of American Civil War general Robert E. Lee.Lee was born near Dumfries, Virginia, the son of Maj. Gen. Henry ...
May 1, 2024 · 6. Eleanor of Castile. Answer: Edward I. Eleanor, the daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile, married The Lord Edward, eldest son of King Henry III of England, in 1254. Edward eventually became king as Edward I on the death of his father in 1272, with Eleanor taking her place as Queen Consort.
May 2, 2024 · The son of Henry III, Edward came to the throne in 1272 at the age of 33 and reigned for the next 35 years. He had already established himself as a military leader, having put down a rebellion and participated in the Ninth Crusade. Upon becoming king, Edward went about annexing Wales into his kingdom, with complete success.
1 day ago · Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the ...
May 18, 2024 · Bolingbroke then reigned as King Henry IV of England (1399-1413), the first of the descendants of John of Gaunt to hold the throne of England. John was the fourth son of King Edward III of England. His first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, was also his third cousin; both were great-great-grandchildren of King Henry III.
