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Silver Coin from Henry VII’s Reign is Oldest English Coin Found in Canada
... the reign of the first monarch of the House of Tudor, Henry VII. Newfoundland is a large island off the east coast ... the reign of the first monarch of the House of Tudor, Henry VII. This is likely to be the oldest English coin ever ... peacefully handing over the crown to his successor, Henry VIII. A better-preserved example of a Henry VII half-groat in ...
Sahir - 13/11/2021 - 21:57
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Scotland’s Great Tragedy: The Bloody Battle of Flodden
... when the so-called Treaty of Perpetual Peace was signed. Henry VII of England and James IV of Scotland were eager to ... Andrew Barton. The Complicated and Disturbing Life of King Henry VIII Mary, Queen of Scots: Tragic Heroine or Conniving ...
Aleksa Vučković - 25/04/2021 - 18:58
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Dover Castle: The Key to England at the Gateway to Europe
... at Dover Castle. (HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014 / CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Henry II Spared No Expense When Building Dover Castle The current Dover Castle was built by Henry II during the 12th century. The complete rebuilding of ... had to enhance the defenses at Dover. The arrival of Louis VIII in England from the Chronica Majora. ( Public domain ) ...
dhwty - 13/07/2021 - 01:51
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Disastrous Historical Hitches: 8 Worst Royal Wedding Nights in History
... challenges behind the palace doors. 1. King Henry Of Navarre - A Red Wedding You know a Royal wedding is ... a bloody massacre. That’s just what happened when King Henry of Navarre married Margaret of France during the French ... to Ildico remains unknown ( Public Domain ) 8. Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves - The Ugly Truth Considering the fact ...
Robbie Mitchell - 17/01/2024 - 13:40
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Groom of the Stool: Was The King’s Toilet Guy The Worst Job Ever?
... Close Stool) was officially created during the reign of Henry VII , it seems that a similar role was already in ... and on your shoulder a towel.” In around 1495 AD, Henry VII, the first king of England from the House of Tudor, ... the Bishop that Made it It was during the reign of Henry VIII, Henry VII’s son and successor, that the role of the ...
dhwty - 27/11/2020 - 18:00
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Mary Rose: Tudor Painting and Tidal Analysis Offer Clues as to why it sank
... end of the Isle of Wight. The fate of England, and King Henry VIII’s crown, hung in the balance on July 19 1545 – a calm, hot, summer Sunday. Henry’s main army was in France, defending the English ...
ancient-origins - 13/09/2016 - 03:40
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Tower of London: A Palace, a Prison and a Place of Execution
... among the royal class. Lavish banquet hall where Henry VIII entertained visiting royalty is discovered beneath ... William de Marescis, who was implicated in the murder of Henry III’s messenger, Henry Clement, was captured and ...
ML Childs - 25/07/2017 - 13:59
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Mary Rose Crew Exposed By Teeth Analysis
... analyzed the teeth of eight crewmen recovered from King Henry VIII’s sunken ghost ship, the Mary Rose. Not only have the ... The Mary Rose was the famous carrack-type warship of King Henry VIII , known as the pride of the English Tudor navy. ...
ashley cowie - 06/05/2021 - 23:07
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Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days Queen of England’s Religious War Period
... Leicestershire, England . She was the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, the 3rd Marquess of Dorset, and his wife, Lady ... was the daughter of Mary Tudor , the youngest sister of Henry VIII. Mary Tudor in turn was the daughter of Henry VII, the ...
dhwty - 31/07/2021 - 15:00
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Queen Elizabeth I: The Controversies and the Accomplishments
... I was born on September 7, 1533. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn . Before Elizabeth ... reserved for male heirs at the time. Elizabeth's parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Anne was executed less than three ...
dhwty - 01/07/2020 - 19:06
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Windsor Castle Through the Ages: Embodiment of 1,000 Years of British History
... after the basics of Windsor Castle had been completed, Henry II moved in and began making his own alterations. In ... could be used for ceremonies. The Round Tower was added by Henry II in the late 12th century (Giogo / CC BY SA 4.0 ) ... wars largely unscathed. In December 1936, King Edward VIII made his abdication speech from Windsor Castle. He ...
Robbie Mitchell - 20/12/2022 - 14:00
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Mary, Queen of Scots: Tragic Heroine or Conniving Conspirator?
... for a royal marriage between Prince Edward, the son of Henry VIII of England (who was also Mary’s grand-uncle). Henry was hoping to unite England and Scotland through this ...
dhwty - 22/03/2020 - 13:04
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The Life and Times of the Notorious Medieval Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
... Annulment of Marriage to Louis VII and Marriage to Henry Plantagenet In any event, the Second Crusade was a ... her! The former queen, however, had another man in mind: Henry Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and Duke of Normandy. The ... where she was to marry the future French king, Louis VIII. In the same year, Eleanor helped her son John defend ...
dhwty - 20/06/2020 - 18:45
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Something in the Water: Kenilworth Castle and a History of Rebellion
... the lands and town of Kenilworth was granted by King Henry I to his chamberlain, Geoffrey de Clinton. It was ... of Kenilworth Castle were so strong that the new king, Henry II , felt that the castle should be in royal hands. ... some work at Kenilworth Castle. For example, King Henry VIII was responsible for dismantling the Pleasance in the ...
dhwty - 29/06/2021 - 14:52
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King Arthur’s Glastonbury Grave: The Greatest Hoax of the 12th Century
... the dissolution of monasteries in 1536-1541 under King Henry VIII. Glastonbury had long enjoyed the patronage and ... reburial of King Arthur and Guinevere’s remains. King Henry II, the first Angevin king, links his name and destiny ...
Meagan Dickerson - 31/03/2021 - 22:56
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St George’s Chapel: A Right British Royal Peculiar
... George’s Chapel traces all the way back to the reign of Henry I , who ruled England during the first half of the 12th ... St. George’s Chapel. (Aurelien Guichard/ CC BY SA 2.0 ) Henry I established a college of eight secular priests, who ... after Edward’s death, in 1528, during the reign of Henry VIII . The architecture of St George’s Chapel is greatly ...
dhwty - 13/01/2020 - 14:00
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Bloody Mary: The Marriage, Reign, and Death of a Queen of England
... reforms introduced by her father, the famous King Henry VIII and subjecting England once again to the pope's ... was re-instating the legal marriage between her parents: Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon . Initially she was ...
ancient-origins - 09/10/2015 - 03:37
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7 of the Most Scandalous Divorces in Ancient History
... made by an otherwise brilliant strategic mind. 2. King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon- First of Many It would be ... to write an article on historical divorces and not mention Henry VIII . The man literally changed his country’s ...
Robbie Mitchell - 02/05/2023 - 22:36
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What was Sweating Sickness, the Mysterious Tudor Plague of Wolf Hall?
... around the time Thomas Cromwell, later chief minister to Henry VIII , was born, at the end of the dynastic Wars of the Roses ... it arrived with the invading army of the first Tudor king, Henry VII , in 1485. Portrait of Thomas Cromwell by Hans ...
ancient origins - 13/01/2019 - 22:58
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The Life, Achievements and Atrocities of Oliver Cromwell
... Protector was Thomas Cromwell. Thomas Cromwell served as Henry VIII ’s chief minister and was promoted to the earldom of ... for the king and the German princess, Anne of Cleves), Henry had him executed in 1540. Despite having the same ...
dhwty - 05/01/2021 - 18:26