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Henry was born in Winchester Castle on 1 October 1207. [2] He was the eldest son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême. [3] Little is known of Henry's early life. [4] He was initially looked after by a wet nurse called Ellen in the south of England, away from John's itinerant court, and probably had close ties to his mother. [5]
The Witan never officially accepted his claim, thus making him illegitimate and a usurper. Stephen: Henry I: 1135–1154 Henry I named his daughter Matilda his heir, and she was recognised as such by the barons of England. On Henry's death, Stephen took the crown before Matilda learned that her father was dead, which led to 20 years of civil ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
Another descendant of Edward, Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, had an arguably stronger claim to both the English and French crowns than Henry, making Henry a usurper. [44] Henry's father was John of Gaunt , Edward's third surviving son, whereas Mortimer was a descendant of Edward's second son, Lionel of Antwerp , albeit through the female line.
Henry IV (c. April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413. Henry was the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (a son of King Edward III), and Blanche of Lancaster. [3] Henry was involved in the 1388 revolt of Lords Appellant against Richard II, his first cousin, but he was not punished ...
A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In other words, one who takes the power of a country , city , or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as one's own. [ 3 ]
Richard was not without his defenders, the first of whom was Sir George Buck, a descendant of one of the king's supporters, who completed The history of King Richard the Third in 1619. The authoritative Buck text was published only in 1979, though a corrupted version was published by Buck's great-nephew in 1646. [210]
Henry was the third monarch of the Salian dynasty—the royal house ruling Germany from 1024 to 1125. [1] The 11th-century kings of Germany also ruled Italy and Burgundy and had a strong claim to the title of Holy Roman Emperor.