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1 day ago · King Edward VI of England, in whose reign the reform of the English Church moved in a more Protestant direction When Henry died in 1547, his nine-year-old son, Edward VI , inherited the throne. Because Edward was given a Protestant humanist education, Protestants held high expectations and hoped he would be like Josiah , the biblical king of ...
3 days ago · Edward II, King of England 1284–1327: Thomas, 1st Earl of Norfolk 1300–1338: Edmund, 1st Earl of Kent 1301–1330: Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster c. 1278–1322: Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster c. 1281–1345: Edward III, King of England 1312–1377: John, Earl of Cornwall 1316–1336: Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent 1326–1331: John, 3rd Earl of ...
May 6, 2024 · Edward VII (born November 9, 1841, London, England—died May 6, 1910, London) was the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions and emperor of India from 1901. He was an immensely popular and affable sovereign and a leader of society. Albert Edward was the second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria ...
May 24, 2024 · The King's eldest son Edward, known to history as the Black Prince, won the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 in which the French king John II was captured. In the Treaty of Brétigny of 1360, Edward renounced his claims to the French throne and was awarded outright sovereignty over Calais, Ponthieu, and Aquitaine.
4 days ago · Osburh. Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and ...
May 24, 2024 · The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
May 23, 2024 · Windsor Castle. / 51.48333°N 0.60417°W / 51.48333; -0.60417. Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history .
