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Hace 1 día · William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
Hace 2 días · Irish War of Independence. Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the ...
Hace 4 días · Isabella of Angoulême. Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. [1] The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry assumed the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First Barons' War.
Hace 3 días · Grey, Duke of Suffolk. — Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, having become possessed of Shute-park, and other large estates in this county, by a marriage with the heiress of Bonville, resided occasionally at Shute. All these estates were forfeited by the attainder of his son Henry, who had been created Duke of Suffolk, in 1551, and was beheaded ...
22 de may. de 2024 · Let’s explore the life of Katherine Grey, the lesser-known sister of the Nine Days’ Queen and the often-forgotten cousin of Queen Elizabeth I. She was born in 1540 and she was the second daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon. So her mother was the niece of Henry VIII, thus connecting Katherine to the royal lineage ...
21 de may. de 2024 · About the year 1545 a Royal Mint was established in a part of the building where, early in his reign, Edward VI commissioned certain "new moneys of gold"—the sovereign, royal, angel and half angel—to be made. (fn. 21) The mint was closed in 1551 owing to the discovery of frauds amounting to £4,000. (fn. 84) King Philip and Queen Mary spent ...
Hace 6 días · Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC (9 January 1735 – 13 March 1823) was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Jervis served throughout the latter half of the 18th century and into the 19th, and was an active commander during the Seven Years' War , American War of Independence , French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars .
