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31 de oct. de 2019 · In 1415, Henry and his army set sail for France. They successfully captured the town of Harfleur, but the month-long siege took a heavy toll, with around one-third of the king’s men dying of ...
He died on 31 August 1422, at the age of 35, leaving behind a young son, Henry VI, who succeeded him as King of England. Henry V's accomplishments as a warrior king and his vision for a united England and France were profound and far-reaching. Though he did not live to see his dream realized, his legacy as a great military leader and statesman ...
17 de mar. de 2019 · Henry V of England. Henry V weds Catherine of Valois. An icon of chivalry, a conquering hero, an exemplar of kingship and a supreme self-publicist, Henry V is among the triumvirate of the most famous English monarchs. Unlike Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, Henry V forged his legend in a little over nine years, but the long-term effects of his ...
Henry became Count of Anjou and Maine upon the death of his father, Count Geoffrey V, in 1151. His marriage in 1152 to Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Louis VII had recently been annulled, made him Duke of Aquitaine. He became Count of Nantes by treaty in 1185. Before he was 40, he controlled England, large parts of Wales, the eastern ...
4 de dic. de 2019 · Henry I reigned as the king of England from 1100 to 1135 CE. The son of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087 CE), Henry succeeded his brother William II of England (r. 1087-1100 CE) after he had died in a hunting accident and left no heir. A third brother, Robert Curthose (l. c. 1052 - c. 1135 CE), Duke of Normandy, was also ambitious for the ...
26 de feb. de 2021 · In 1471 Henry and Jasper escaped to exile in Brittany. Despite a tenuous claim to the throne, Henry would eventually become the one to end the Wars of the Roses and establish the Tudor dynasty. On 22 August 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III’s Yorkist army was defeated, Richard was killed and Henry became King of England.
Henry III. Henry III was one of England’s greatest royal builders exceeding in scale of patronage anything achieved by his predecessors since 1066 – in all, over his reign, spending some £30,000 on his residences. He was extremely interested in architecture, sculpture and painting, passions shared by his wife, Eleanor of Provence (m. 1236).
