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Há 1 dia · De Clare was allowed to hold onto Leinster as a fief of the English king. Henry undertook an extensive programme of castle-building during his visit in 1171 to protect his new territories—the Anglo-Normans had superior military technologies to the Irish, and castles gave them an advantage.
- Richard I
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as...
- Richard I
Há 1 dia · Henry I ( c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus inherited Normandy and England ...
Há 2 dias · Henry IV was the grandson of Edward III and the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster; hence, his dynasty was known as the House of Lancaster. For most of his reign, Henry IV was forced to fight off plots and rebellions; his success was partly due to the military skill of his son, the future Henry V .
Há 3 dias · Henry VIII, the notorious English monarch with a tumultuous personal life and political reign, forever changed England’s history through his break from Rome and establishment of the Church of England.
- Henry was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV. When his elder brother, Arthur, died in 1502, Henry became the heir to...
- Henry VIII married six times between 1509 and 1543 in pursuit of heirs and political alliances. His wives were Catherine of Aragon (the mother of M...
- Henry VIII was survived by three children, each of whom sat on the throne of England: Edward VI (ruled 1547–53), Mary I (ruled 1553–58), and Elizab...
- Henry VIII was the king of England (1509–47). He broke with the Roman Catholic Church and had Parliament declare him supreme head of the Church of...
- Of his six wives, Henry VIII had two killed: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He accused Anne of adultery, and she was convicted and beheaded on M...
Há 5 dias · Germany - Civil War, Henry IV, Saxons: Although he intended to cooperate with Henry IV at the outset of his papacy, Gregory VII was drawn into a terrible conflict with the king because of Henry’s refusal to obey papal commands. Emboldened by his success in 1075 against the Saxons, Henry took a firm stand against Gregory in disputes ...
Há 5 dias · Charlotte detém o posto de segunda consorte com mais tempo no trono britânico: 57 anos e setenta dias. Seu recorde foi batido apenas pelo príncipe Philip, marido da rainha Elizabeth 2ª (1926 ...
Há 5 dias · Keir Starmer: quem é o provável futuro primeiro-ministro de Inglaterra. Depois do imprevisível Boris Johnson, do cometa Liz Truss e das polémicas com Rishi Sunak, o eleitorado britânico parece inclinado para um primeiro-ministro menos tempestuoso. O condecorado advogado de direitos humanos chegou tarde à Câmara dos Comuns, mas em menos ...
