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Henry Percy, 'Hotspur', is one of Shakespeare's best-known characters. In Henry IV, Part 1 , Percy is portrayed as the same age as his rival, Prince Hal , by whom he is slain in single combat. In fact, he was 23 years older than Prince Hal, the future King Henry V , who was a youth of 16 at the date of the Battle of Shrewsbury.
The Battle of Shrewsbury was fought on 21 July 1403, waged between an army led by the Lancastrian King Henry IV and a rebel army led by Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy from Northumberland. The battle, the first in which English archers fought each other on English soil, reaffirmed the effectiveness of the longbow and ended the Percy challenge to ...
Although William sent James troops to help suppress the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion, their relationship deteriorated thereafter. [ 32 ] The Franco-Dutch War , continued French expansion , and expulsion of the Huguenots meant William assumed another war was inevitable, and although the States General of the Netherlands preferred peace, the majority ...
The English Revolution is a term that has been used to describe two separate events in English history.Prior to the 20th century, it was generally applied to the 1688 Glorious Revolution, when James II was deposed and a constitutional monarchy established under William III and Mary II.
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...
John "Lackland" proclaimed king No recognised heir 1199–1207 John: Henry of Winchester: Heir apparent Son 1 October 1207 Born 28 October 1216 Became king Richard, Earl of Cornwall: Heir presumptive Brother 28 October 1216 Brother became king 17 June 1239 Son born to king Henry III: Edward "Longshanks", Lord of Chester: Heir apparent Son 17 ...
Prince Harry's 'Spare' Memoir: Biggest Bombshells About King Charles III Read article The Duke of Sussex, 38, sat down for an interview with Good Morning America, which aired on Monday, January 9 ...
The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country rebellion, was an attempt to depose James II, who in February 1685 succeeded his brother Charles II as king of England, Scotland and Ireland.