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Born: 1417: Died: 9 March 1477: Spouse: Dorothea of Brandenburg: House: House of Mecklenburg: Father: John IV, Duke of Mecklenburg: Mother: Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg
- Birth & Family
- Rivalry with Richard II
- Seizure of The Throne
- Rebellion
- The Long Parliament
- Death & Successor
Henry was born in April 1366 CE at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, the son of John of Gaunt (l. 1340-1399 CE), himself the son of Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377 CE) and so a claimant for the throne of Richard II (who was the grandson of Edward III and the son of Edward the Black Prince, l. 1330-1376 CE). John was a powerful but unpopular f...
By 1386 CE Henry Bolingbroke had risen to be one of the foremost barons in England, and he was a member of the disgruntled group of noblemen who took exception to the king's favouritism towards Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford. Richard had made the hugely unpopular de Vere the Duke of Ireland in December 1387 CE. The dissatisfied barons made their mo...
Henry set off from Boulogne and landed at Spurn Head northeast England with a small army, perhaps only 300 men, and then marched south to press his claim in June-July 1399 CE. The timing of the invasion was excellent because Richard was then away in Ireland. Without their king, the royalist support faded away, perhaps, too, because Richard had neve...
Henry faced an immediate crisis in September 1400 CE in Wales where Owain Glyn Dwr (b. c. 1359 CE) had declared himself the Prince of Wales. Even more ominously, the Welshman had the support of The Earl of March, whose son Edmund Mortimer, as the great-great-grandson of Edward III, was a possible claimant to Henry's throne. Also supporting the Wels...
Another source of friction at court was the king's relationship with Parliament. The so-called 'Long Parliament' of 1406 CE sat an unusually long time from March until December as it deliberated over the ever-prickly issue of state finances. Parliament was not impressed with the lack of success against the Welsh rebels or the presence of French tro...
Henry IV died on 20 March 1413 CE. He was only around 46 and had been wasting away, wracked by disease - possibly leprosy or severe eczema - since 1406 CE. In addition, the king suffered multiple strokes at the end of his life and this when his mind had already long been troubled with remorse for his treatment of King Richard. He was buried in Cant...
- Mark Cartwright
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Death of John of Gaunt. Richard Cavendish explains the life and death of Henry IV's father, on February 3rd, 1399. King of England and its first Lancastrian monarch. He usurped the throne after leading a revolt against Richard II. He clashed with the church, Parliament and Wales.
For Hall, the long span of events from Henry IV’s deposition of Richard II in 1399 to Henry VIII’s accession in 1509 represented a movement from “division” to “union,” from wrong and civil war to right and peace, and from uncertain title to undoubtable (“undubitate”) authority.
Timeline. 1337 - 1453. The Hundred Years' War between England and France. Apr 1366. Henry Bolingbroke, future Henry IV of England, is born at Bolingbroke Castle. 5 Feb 1381. Henry Bolingbroke, future Henry IV of England, marries Mary of Bohun. 16 Sep 1387. Prince Henry, future Henry V of England, is born at Monmouth Castle.
- Mark Cartwright
- Publishing Director
Henry was born in Lancashire in April 1367. His parents were cousins, his father John of Gaunt, third surviving son of Edward III, his mother descended from Henry III.
Henry IV was the first king from the House of Lancaster. His father was John of Gaunt third son of Edward III. Henry was born in 1366 at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire and, therefore, is often referred to as Henry Bolingbroke.
