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Hace 3 días · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
- 20 November 1272 – 7 July 1307
- Eleanor of Provence
Hace 4 días · Before he became the king of England, William I was one of the mightiest nobles in France as the duke of Normandy, but he is best remembered for leading the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, which changed the course of English history and earned him the sobriquet William the Conqueror.
- Frank Barlow
- William was the elder of the two children of Robert I, duke of Normandy and his concubine Herleva (the daughter of a tanner or undertaker from the...
- At the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, William, duke of Normandy, defeated the forces of Harold II, king of England, and then was himself c...
- In July 1087, while attempting to enforce his claim to Mantes, on the border of Normandy and the French royal demesne, William either suffered a fa...
Hace 4 días · Son of James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy and Catherine Blount Husband of Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire Father of Mountjoy Blount, 2nd Earl of Devonshire; St. John Blount; Isabella Blount; Penelope Clifton and Charles Blount Brother of William Blount, 7th Baron of Mountjoy; Sir Christopher Blount, MP; Ann Blount and Edward Blount
Hace 5 días · The Duke of Edinburgh has taken the salute at the centenary parade and service of the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades Association in London's Hyde Park. More than 3,000 serving, veteran and reserve personnel attended the parade, which originally remembered the fallen from the First World War, but now pays tribute to those from subsequent conflicts.
Hace 4 días · The Roundhead Association is part of The English Civil War Society, which is dedicated to the re-enactment of life during the English Civil War period. The Roundhead Association represent the Parliamentarians. Our army is made up of a number of Brigades whose Regiments take their names and uniforms from those of the 17th century.
Hace 2 días · In the British Museum is a MS. deposition of William Riley, one of the heralds, who declares, that the funeral of the deceased was conducted in a manner so much above his degree, that the escutcheons were more than were used at the funeral of a duke; and that he never saw so many pennons but at the funeral of one of the blood royal; and that he considered such a precedent to be destructive of ...
Hace 3 días · William I was a vigorous royal patron of the Scottish Church - he founded Arbroath Abbey, Angus in or before 1178. In 1182 Pope Lucius III sent him the Golden Rose and in 1188 Pope Clement III took the Scottish Church under his special protection. In 1192, the Pope granted a Bull to William that recognised the separate identity of the Scottish ...
