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2 days ago · e. The House of Plantagenet [a] ( /plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins, who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the ...
May 4, 2024 · 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.
Apr 30, 2024 · Hainault: man arrested on suspicion of murder after 14-year-old boy dies in east London sword attack – as it happened. Officers say 36-year-old suspect is in hospital and they can find no ...
5 days ago · House of Wittelsbach The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of Bogen, who became extinct in 1242. When Louis I married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of Bogen , he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and ...
2 days ago · War Cross. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, [1] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 [fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Philippa of Hainault’s effigy in Westminster Abbey It was Philippa who brought a focus on stitched, close fitted clothes to the English world. Her orders for cloth and lists of clothes still remain, showing Philippa as a modern woman who insisted on new, vivid garments and who used clothes to indicate the in-touch nature of the court and the ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Hainault: man arrested on suspicion of murder after 14-year-old boy dies in east London sword attack – as it happened. Officers say 36-year-old suspect is in hospital and they can find no ...
