neither wanted Henry to become King of England or Duke of Normandy. To ensure this, they signed a treaty at Caen stating that if either of them died without producing an heir, they would be succeeded ...

The reign of King Henry I is one of the most action-packed of any English monarch. Henry was born around 1068 and was the youngest son of William I of England (better known as William the ...

Henry was the heir to James VI of Scotland, who became the king of England and Ireland when his son was just nine years old. The young prince was brought up by strict governors to be the perfect ...

Father Henry (V, King of England 1413-1422) Mother Catherine (of Valois) Preceded by Henry (V, King of England 1413-1422) Succeeded by Edward (IV, Earl of March and King of England 1461-1470, ...

Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) became king of England in 1509. He was a successful and learned, although ruthless, monarch. Henry is popularly famed for having six wives, but, far more significantly, he ...

The most decisive developments of Henry VIII’s turbulent reign came in the 1530s, when the king denied the authority of the Pope, asserted his own supposedly God-given right to control the Church, and ...

King of England from 1216, when he succeeded John, but the royal powers were exercised by a regency until 1232, and by two French nobles, Peter des Roches and Peter des Rivaux, until the barons forced ...

Young Henry never ruled and is not in the list of the kings and queens of England; he became known as Henry the Young King so he was not confused with his nephew Henry III. Henry and his wife, Eleanor ...

Henry VIII of England lived from 28 June 1491 to 28 January 1547. He was King of England and Lord (later King) of Ireland from 22 April 1509 until his death. The second king of the House of Tudor, ...

He became King of England in September 1422 at just eight months old ... Courtesy British Library Cotton Augustus II.1 Henry VI’s body had a curious afterlife. Following his death, it was quickly ...