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1 day ago · Scottish leaders appealed to King Edward I of England for help in determining who was the rightful heir. Edward chose Alexander's three-year-old Norwegian granddaughter, Margaret. On her way to Scotland in 1290, however, Margaret died at sea, and Edward was again asked to adjudicate between 13 rival claimants to the throne.
5 days ago · Earls Palatine of Chester. Wales. Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester (1181–1232) John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (1232–1237) Edward I of England (1254–1264) Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1264–1265) Alphonso, Earl of Chester (1273–1284)
1 day ago · The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain —which contains England, Wales, and Scotland —as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The name Britain is sometimes used to refer to the United Kingdom as a whole. The capital is London, which is among the world’s leading commercial, financial, and ...
4 days ago · Palace of Westminster. / 51.49917°N 0.12472°W / 51.49917; -0.12472. The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the ...
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6 hours ago · Part of a main road in Leicester is set to close to allow for "essential" maintenance work to a bridge. St Margaret's Way will be shut overnight to traffic travelling towards the city centre on 31 ...
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4 days ago · The name Wessex is an elision of the Old English form of “West Saxon.”. Cerdic, illustration from an edition of John Speed's The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. Wessex grew from two settlements: one was founded, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, by Cerdic and his son (or grandson) Cynric, who landed in Hampshire in 494 or 495 ...
4 days ago · David I (born c. 1082—died May 24, 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, Eng.) was one of the most powerful Scottish kings (reigned from 1124). He admitted into Scotland an Anglo-French (Norman) aristocracy that played a major part in the later history of the kingdom. He also reorganized Scottish Christianity to conform with continental European and ...
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