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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:15th-century English people. It includes English people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Contents
English pirate active in South West England during the early-to-mid-15th century. Gödeke Michels: d. 1402: 1392–1402 Germany: A German pirate and one of the leaders of the Likedeelers, a combination of former Victual Brothers (Vitalienbrüder) Martin Pechlin [2] 1480–1526 Germany: Died in Mandal, Norway. One of the most feared pirates in ...
Seal of Henry Le Despenser. The House was founded in the 15th century by Henry Spencer (died c. 1478), from whom all members descend. In the 16th century, the claim arose that the Spencers were a cadet branch of the older House Le Despencer, though this theory has since been debunked, in particular by historian J. Horace Round in his essay The Rise of the Spencers.
Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury (1386 – after 1413), was an English noblewoman, the daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, a half-brother of King Richard II of England. She was the first wife of Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury. One of her brothers was Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, to whom she was co
Freedom's Mercenaries: British Volunteers in the Wars of Independence of Latin America. Vol. 2. Hamilton Books, 2006. Military science in western Europe in the sixteenth century. Prologue:The nature of armies in the 16th century (pdf): A given army often included numerous nationalities and languages. The normal Landsknecht regiment included one ...
A distinct national identity was shaped by their conflict with the French, Scots, Welsh and Irish, as well as by the establishment of Middle English as the primary language. In the 15th century, the Plantagenets were defeated in the Hundred Years' War and beset with social, political and economic problems. Popular revolts were commonplace ...
Lady Isabel Neville (5 September 1451 – 22 December 1476) was the elder daughter and co-heiress of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker of the Wars of the Roses), and Anne de Beauchamp, suo jure 16th Countess of Warwick. She was the wife of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:15th-century people. It includes people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Biography portal