King of England from 1399, the son of John of Gaunt. In 1398 he was banished by Richard II but returned in 1399 to head a revolt and be accepted as king by Parliament. He was succeeded by his son ...

His imprisonment by Edward IV eventually led to his brutal murder in the Wakefield Tower of the Tower of London. Henry VI was born on 6 December 1421, the only child of the charismatic Henry V and ...

England could be a valuable ally in the struggle against the ... tipped the balance in favor of the Protestant party when he allied with Henry of Navarre (the future Henry IV), who had entered armed ...

He was the son of Count Markwart of Eppenstein (d. 1076) and his wife Liutbirg of Plain, and he was the younger brother of Liutold of Eppenstein, who was enfeoffed with the Carinthian duchy after the ...

1812: British forces defeat US forces attempting to invade Canada at the Battle of Queenstown Heights. 1860: The oldest surviving aerial photo is taken from a balloon of Boston, Massachusettes.

The disappearance of the 'Princes in the Tower', Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York in 1483 is one of the most intriguing 'murders' of the Tower of London. The mysterious episode unfolded ...

The attacks were extremely deadly for both sides, and soon Henry IV's side found itself undermanned. Henry's rescue came from the sea on 23 September: 4,000 English soldiers under Roger Williams sent ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

Everyone knows Kent. White cliffs, Canterbury Cathedral, Margate, hops. But England’s oldest county, first recorded in the ...

After their defeat last time out, Cambridge City bounced back at the first time of asking in the England Hockey Women’s ...