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Æthelred II ( Old English: Æþelræd, [n 1] pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; Old Norse: Aðalráðr; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. [1] His epithet comes from the Old English word unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his ...
t. e. England became inhabited more than 800,000 years ago, as the discovery of stone tools and footprints at Happisburgh in Norfolk have indicated. [1] The earliest evidence for early modern humans in Northwestern Europe, a jawbone discovered in Devon at Kents Cavern in 1927, was re-dated in 2011 to between 41,000 and 44,000 years old. [2]
White Hart as a Royal Badge of Richard II. The White Hart ("hart" being an archaic word for a mature stag) was the personal badge of Richard II, who probably derived it from the arms of his mother, Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent", heiress of Edmund of Woodstock. It may also have been a pun on his name, as in "Rich-hart". [1]
Richard II of England (1367–1400) was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed on 30 September 1399. Richard II may also refer to: People. Richard II, Duke of Normandy (c. 980–1026) Richard II of Aquila (fl. 1156) Richard II of Capua (died 1105/1106) Richard M. Daley or Richard II (born 1942), mayor of Chicago, Illinois; Other uses
King Richard Coeur-de-lion v. King Philip II of France.. The royal standards of England were narrow, tapering swallow-tailed heraldic flags, of considerable length, used mainly for mustering troops in battle, in pageants and at funerals, by the monarchs of England.
The names listed below were Earls ( suo jure or jure uxoris) or Countesses ( suo jure) during the reign of King Richard II of England, who reigned from 1377 to 1399. Earl of Arundel. Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, 9th Earl of Surrey (1376–1397) Earl of Buckingham. Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Buckingham ...
Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, [why?] 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 ...
