His coffin, made of wood enclosed in a lead coffin covered with purple velvet, lay in state in the Painted Chamber within the Palace of Westminster before burial in the Abbey on 14th February in a ...

Henry was also the younger brother of another king of England, William II, also known as William Rufus. Henry did not have a strong relationship with any of his brothers, and the real challenges ...

During this time, Worcester, at the behest of Henry III, played host to a national gathering of England’s leading Jews ... To walk into the King Charles is to walk in the footsteps of Charles II as he ...

During this time, Worcester, at the behest of Henry III, played host to a national gathering of England ... walk into the King Charles is to walk in the footsteps of Charles II as he fled ...

King of England 1154–89. The son of Matilda and Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, he succeeded King Stephen (c. 1097–1154). He curbed the power of the barons, but his attempt to bring the church courts ...

1148 Matilda abandons her cause and leaves England. 1147 Matilda's son Henry Plantagenet (later Henry II) invades England but runs out of ... Under the terms of the Treaty of Westminster, Stephen is ...

On an autumn day in 1680, the 50-year-old Charles II charged ... for being crowned King of Scots. His arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English to invade Scotland in a pre-emptive strike. This was ...

Obverse: Features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Jody Clark ... and was later adopted by his grandson, Henry VII, who became the first Tudor king. The greyhound’s depiction on the coin ...

Find out more about the true story of the 6 wives of King Henry VIII. Catherine was a Spanish Princess who travelled to England to marry Henry’s elder brother, Arthur (Prince of Wales ...

For his quarterback Lamar Jackson, breaking records is simply what Henry does. “They keep saying he broke the record for this and broke the record for that. King Henry … he do that week in and ...

Instead, the King made himself the head of the Church of England and appointed a new Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, who allowed the annulment to proceed. But Henry then became tired of ...

Former England manager Gareth Southgate has been knighted in King Charles’ New Year’s Honours list. Southgate led England to the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2018 and consecutive European ...