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Jan 1, 2007 · The man who founded the Tudor dynasty was born on January 28th, 1457. Henry Tudor (1457-1509) The future Henry VII was born with a claim to the English crown which was extremely slight and intriguingly complicated. He was to spend his youth in the nightmare politics of the Wars of the Roses but he was a survivor.
Mar 12, 2024 · Henry IV (born November 11, 1050, Goslar?, Saxony—died August 7, 1106, Liège, Lorraine) was the duke of Bavaria (as Henry VIII; 1055–61), German king (from 1054), and Holy Roman emperor (1084–1105/06), who engaged in a long struggle with Hildebrand (Pope Gregory VII) on the question of lay investiture (see Investiture Controversy), eventually drawing excommunication on himself and doing ...
Henry VIII (r.1509-1547) Henry VIII was born at Greenwich on 28 June 1491, the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He became heir to the throne on the death of his elder brother, Prince Arthur, in 1502 and succeeded in 1509. In his youth he was athletic and highly intelligent. A contemporary observer described him thus: 'he speaks ...
Mar 8, 2024 · Since Owain Glyndwr's rise to power and even swifter decline, his has been glorified in myths and legends, even playing a role in Shakespeare's Henry IV. Glyndwr's exploits in the course of 12 short years are worthy of legendary praise, but unlike other British epic heroes such as King Arthur and Robin Hood, his accomplishments are historical ...
Portrait by Meynnart Wewyck, c. 1510. Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: / ˈboʊfərt / BOH-fərt or / ˈbjuːfərt / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. [1] A descendant of King Edward III ...
Apr 25, 2020 · A contract was signed on 6 December 1423 between Katherine Duchess-Regent of Mecklenburg and Friedrich I von Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg for the marriage of Heinrich and Friedrich's daughter Dorothea. who was not quite four, having been born on 9 February 1420. If Heinrich was to die before the wedding then she was to marry his brother ...
May 14, 2018 · Henry IV. Henry IV (1553-1610) was king of France from 1589 to 1610. The first Bourbon monarch, he faced internal discord caused by the Wars of Religion and the economic disasters of the late 16th century and external danger posed by the powerful Hapsburg monarchy of Spain. Born at Pau in Béarn on Dec. 14, 1553, Henry IV was the son of Antoine ...
