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3 days ago · By 1169, Henry had decided to crown his son Young Henry as King of England. This required the acquiescence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who traditionally had the right to conduct the ceremony. Furthermore, the whole Becket matter was an increasing international embarrassment to Henry.
1 day ago · Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne upon his father's death, at the age of nine months; and succeeded to the French throne on the death of his maternal grandfather, Charles VI, shortly afterwards.
3 days ago · Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe .
3 days ago · House of Tudor, an English royal dynasty of Welsh origin, which gave five sovereigns to England: Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509); his son, Henry VIII (1509–47); followed by Henry VIII’s three children, Edward VI (1547–53), Mary I (1553–58), and Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
4 days ago · 2. 0. King Henry VIII: Tudor Monarch Legacy & Impact Story. King Henry VIII, the infamous King of England, continues to captivate the imagination with his dramatic life and reign. But beyond his legendary marriages and larger-than-life persona, what was the true legacy and impact of this Tudor monarch?
5 days ago · Henry had 4 sons, the eldest (yet another Henry) was technically crowned whilst Henry sr was still alive, and they were co-kings, but Henry the Young King died before his father, so the true inheritance fell to the second son (Richard couer de lion), followed by the 4th son (John Lackland) who seized it from the named heir, Arthur (who was 1st ...
5 days ago · 1. The Reign of Henry III, 1216-1272. King Henry III ruled for fifty-six years between 16 October 1216 and 16 November 1272. His is the third longest reign in English history. During this period the social and political landscape of England was changed irrevocably.
