King Henry VIII wrote a romantic letter to his "mistress" Anne Boleyn - but just three years after they married his head was ...
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 ...
By the time he died, Henry VIII was plagued by illness, frequently depressed, suffered violent mood swings and was ...
He claimed Aquitaine through marriage to the heiress Eleanor in 1152. Henry's many French possessions caused him to live for more than half his reign outside England. This made it essential for him to ...