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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 ...
Henry IV at the Battle of Arques Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry, by Peter Paul Rubens. When Henry III died, his ninth cousin once removed, Henry of Navarre, nominally became king of France. The Catholic League, however, strengthened by foreign support—especially from Spain—was strong enough to prevent a universal recognition of his new title.
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk: 23 February 1554 Beheaded for high treason after supporting his daughter Lady Jane Grey's claim to the throne. Sir Henry Isley: February 1554 Executed for role in Wyatt's Rebellion. Sir Thomas Wyatt: 11 April 1554 Executed for leading anti-Spanish rebellion against Queen Mary in protest of her marriage to King ...
On the day of Henry IV's death, 20 March 1413, the line of succession to the English throne following agnatic primogeniture was: Henry of Monmouth, Prince of Wales (born 1386), eldest son of Henry IV; Thomas, Duke of Clarence (born 1387), second son of Henry IV; John (born 1389), third son of Henry IV; Humphrey (born 1390), fourth son of Henry IV
Henry IV's father died on 20 July 1454 and he was proclaimed king the following day. One of King Henry's first priorities was the alliance with Portugal. He achieved this by marrying a second time to Joan of Portugal, daughter of King Edward of Portugal, in 1455; and by meeting her brother King Afonso V of Portugal in Elvas in 1456.
After Henry IV died on 20 March 1413, Henry V succeeded him and was crowned on 9 April 1413 at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony was marked by a terrible snowstorm, but the common people were undecided as to whether it was a good or bad omen. [ 19 ]
The Percys had previously supported Henry IV in a war against King Richard II of England, which ended when Henry IV took the throne in 1399. [2] The Percys subsequently supported Henry IV in Wales, early in the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, and in Scotland, in both negotiations and conflict against the Scots.
Henry IV inherited the throne after the assassination of Henry III, the last Valois king, who died without children. Henry was already King of Navarre , as the successor of his mother, Jeanne d'Albret , but he owed his succession to the throne of France to the line of his father, Antoine of Bourbon , an agnatic descendant of Louis IX .