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  2. 1 day ago · Henry V's own reign, which began in 1413, was largely free from domestic strife, leaving the king free to pursue the Hundred Years' War in France. Although he was victorious, his sudden death in 1422 left his infant son Henry VI on the throne and gave the French an opportunity to overthrow English rule.

  3. 2 days ago · Queen of England: King Edward VI 1537–1553 r. 1547–1553 King of England: Francis II 1544–1560 King of France: Queen Mary I 1542–1587 Mary Queen of Scots Mary Stuart: Henry Stuart 1545–1567 1st Duke of Orkney: James Hepburn c. 1534 –1578 4th Earl of Bothwell: Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk 1517–1554 2nd Duke of Suffolk & 3rd ...

  4. 1 day ago · Date accessed: 15 April, 2024. See Author's Response. Michael Hicks’s new book on the Wars of the Roses seeks to offer a general explanation of the civil wars that dominated English political life in the second half of the 15th century.

  5. 4 days 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.

  6. 5 days ago · In 1603 James VI, through his great-grandmother Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England, inherited the English throne as King James I. After the execution (1649) of James’s son Charles I, the Stuarts were excluded from the throne until the restoration of Charles II in 1660.

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  7. 5 days ago · King Edward III of England (r. 1327- 1377) claimed to have better right to the French throne than did its occupant, King Philip VI (r. 1330-1350). Another factor was the struggle for control both of the seas and international trading markets.

  8. 20 hours ago · The Anglican Church became England’s official church during Queen Elizabeth’s reign from 1558 to 1603. At this time there was growing tension between Catholics and Protestants dating back to when Queen Elizabeth’s father, King Henry VII, broke from the Catholic Church in the 1530s.

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