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Battle of Gisors. Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion ( Norman French: Quor de Lion) [ 1][ 2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [ 3][ 4][ 5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and ...
Welsh: Edward o Middleham. House. York. Father. Richard III of England. Mother. Anne Neville. Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales ( c. December 1473 or 1476 – 9 April 1484), was the son and heir apparent of King Richard III of England by his wife Anne Neville. He was Richard's only legitimate child and died aged seven or ten.
Richard of York. Mother. Cecily Neville. Signature. Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England .
Edwin d.933 Third Son of King Edward the Elder and Queen Ælfflæd. Queen Ælfgifu Queen of the EnglishSaint Elgivad.944. King Edmund I 921–946King of the Englishr.939–946. Queen Æthelflæd Queen of the English. King Eadred 923–955King of the Englishr.946–955. Eadburh of Winchester d.960 Daughter of King Edward the Elder.
William the Conqueror[ a] ( c. 1028[ 1] – 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, [ 2][ b] was the first Norman king of England (as William I ), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as William II) [ 3] from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle to establish his throne ...
Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. [1] She was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and her marriage to Henry VII followed his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the Wars of the Roses.
Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, [1] and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne upon his father's death, at the age of eight months; and succeeded to the French throne on the death of his maternal grandfather, Charles VI, shortly afterwards.
Æthelred II ( Old English: Æþelræd, [ n 1] pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; Old Norse: Aðalráðr; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. [ 1] His epithet comes from the Old English word unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his ...