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The Wars of the Roses  The last Angevin ruler, King Richard II, died without an heir. ... He's following chroniclers like Holinshed and such who popularized the image of ... His uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the guy who later becomes King Richard III) set ... (1455) The First Battle of St. Albans: This is the opening battle in the Wars of the Roses.
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Richard III of England - Wikipedia  Richard III (2 October 1452  22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death in ... After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp. His original tomb ... As the relationship between the king and Warwick became strained, Edward IV opposed the match. During Warwick's lifetime...
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King Henry VII of England - Wikipedia  Henry VII was King of England after seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death, the first monarch of the House of Tudor. He ruled the Principality of Wales until 29 November 1489 and was Lord of Ireland. Henry won the throne when his forces defeated King Richard III at the Battle .... When Edward IV became King in 1461, Jasper Tudor went into exile abroad.
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Richard II of England - Wikipedia  Richard II (6 January 1367  c. 14 February 1400), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of ... With Edward III's death the following year, Richard succeeded to the throne at the age of ten. During Richard's first years as king, government was in the hands of a series of councils. Most of the aristocracy preferred this to...
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Elizabeth of York: a Tudor of rare talent and one of England's best ...  Jul 30, 2015 ... This article was first published in the December 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine ... The marriage of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York was hugely ..... It was written a year after Richard's death. ... Richard was an incredibly pious man, he spoke out against "Open adultery" and wanted a moral court.
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King Richard III - 1483  King Richard III - Kings and Queens from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II. ... Ascended to the throne: June 26, 1483 aged 30 years ... King of England from 1483. ... On Edward's death 1483 he became protector to his nephew Edward V, and soon ... Richard is defeated and killed by Henry Tudor's army at Bosworth Field.
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Richard I of England - Wikipedia  Richard I (8 September 1157  6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his ... He was known as Richard Cur de Lion or Richard the Lionheart because of ..... With the death of Henry the Young King, Richard became the eldest .... Joan was to receive 20,000 ounces (570 kg) of gold as compensation for her...
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About Henry VII TUDOR (King of England) - Tudor Place  The founder of the royal Tudor dynasty was Owen Tudor, a well-born Welsh man who ... So all at once it seemed that Henry Tudor had a good claim to the throne. ... Henry was determined to bring order to England after 85 years of civil war. ... In the first 12 years of his reign, he called only six Parliaments: by the end of that...
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Richard III of England - Wikipedia  Richard III (2 October 1452  22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death in ... In August 1485, Henry Tudor and his uncle, Jasper Tudor, led a second rebellion. ..... It is possible that they planned to depose Richard III and place Edward V back on the throne, and that when rumours arose that Edward and...
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Henry VIII of England - Wikipedia  Henry VIII (28 June 1491  28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his ... His disagreements with the Pope led Henry to separate the Church of ..... During his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry conducted an affair with ... Henry himself, at least in the early part of his reign, was a devout and...
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BBC History - Henry VIII  Henry VIII is one of the most famous kings in English history. ... His break with the papacy in Rome established the Church of England and began the Reformation. ... When Henry VII died in 1509, this popular eighteen-year-old prince, known for his love of hunting and dancing, became King ...
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Henry VII Facts, Information & Biography - Tudor Monarchs  If Henry VII's reign was to usher in 'smooth-faced peace, with smiling plenty, and fair prosperous ... Henry Tudor's claim to the throne was never based on ancestry alone. ... Gaunt's eldest legitimate son was the first Lancastrian king of England.
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The True and Established Royal Line: Henry VII's Legitimization of ...  After Richard III, Henry VII Tudor (1457-1509) became king. .... Bosworth Field.27 .... Henry VII's next move after Richard's death was to date his reign starting at August 21, 1485, the ...... He proclaimed himself the Supreme Head of the.
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20 December 1192, King Richard Lionheart, returning from the Third ...  20, 1192, Richard the Lionhearted was captured in Vienna. ... En route back to England from the Third Crusade, and in disguise, Richard I ... He reigned very successfully until his death 10 years later and was ... Upon Henry II death, Eleanor was liberated from prison. ..... British Museum - Ring of King Richard I c.1189-99.
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Henry VIII - King - Biography.com  Jan 28, 2016 ... Henry Tudor, son of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth York, was born ... son, Edward VI, succeeded him after his death on January 28, 1547.
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William the Conqueror - Wikipedia  William I usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. .... thelred died unexpectedly in 1016, and Cnut became king of England. .... in a move contested by William and King Henry; eventually they succeeded in...
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King Henry VIII - Greatsite.com  Read the fascinating story of King Henry VIII, founder of the Anglican Church (Church of ... from April 22 (crowned on June 24), 1509 until his death on January 28, 1547. ... Henry was proud of his own Welsh blood. ... Anne bore Henry a female child Elizabeth but she did not give him the male heir he so desperately wanted.
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Anne Boleyn's last secret | The Spectator  Aug 17, 2013 ... With his wife, Anne Boleyn, in the Tower, Henry VIII considered every detail of ... Anne was told she was to be beheaded on the morning of 18 May, and then ... The first Tudor king, Henry VII, had claimed the Welsh bloodline of the ... Only when the boy died, shortly after being married to Catherine of Aragon,...
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Tudor Source || Henry VIII  Unlike his father, Henry VIII did not usurp the throne from any previous dynasty. ... For the first time in almost half a century, England had crowned a king ... Catherine of Aragon swore that her marriage with Arthur had never been ..... "It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall assume the name of his dead brother,...
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Henry VII Facts, Information & Biography - Tudor Monarchs  If Henry VII's reign was to usher in 'smooth-faced peace, with smiling plenty, and fair ... Gaunt's eldest legitimate son was the first Lancastrian king of England. ..... Henry VI and his family fled to Scotland and Jasper Tudor was left in Wales.
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Battle of Bosworth Field - Wikipedia  The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of ... Their leader Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his victory became the first ... His opponent, Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the ... Thomas, Lord Stanley, and Sir William Stanley brought a force to the...