The Plantagenets
Henry III (1216-72 AD)
Born: 1 October 1207 at Winchester Castle
Died: 16 November 1272 at the Palace of Westminster
Buried: Westminster Abbey, Middlesex
Parents: King John and Isabella (of Angouleme)
Siblings: Richard, Joan, Isabella & Eleanor
Crowned: (1st) 28 October 1216 at...
The House of Lancaster:
Henry IV (1399-1413 AD)
Henry IV was born at Bolingbroke in 1367 to John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster. He married Mary Bohun in 1380, who bore him seven children before her death in 1394. In 1402, Henry remarried, taking as his bride Joan of Navarre. Henry had an...
Egbert (802-39 AD) Known as the first King of All England, recognised as king of Wessex in 802. In 829, he was proclaimed "Bretwalda" or sole ruler of Britain.
Æthelwulf (839-58 AD) Æthelwulf was the son of Egbert and a sub-king of Kent. He assumed the throne of Wessex upon his father's death...
Here are some of the people who have a claim to the British throne.
Descendants of Queen Elizabeth II (b 1926) r 1952- :
1 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (b 1948)
2 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (b 1982)
3 Prince George of Cambridge (b 2013)
4 Prince Henry of Wales (b 1984)
5 Prince...
Louise is a fitting name for a Lady. I am glad to see that Elizabeth and Alice was chosen as well. I am also pleased that Mountbatten was included in the surname. Long overdue, I shall think. :flower:
Sophie in hospital into next week
The countess will remain in hospital with her baby
The Countess of Wessex will remain in hospital to recover from the birth of her daughter until next week at least.
Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday that Prince Edward's wife is not well enough yet to...
Just to clarify, Was Alice indeed Schizophrenic and had to be institutionalised at some point in her life? That is what I heard from others. She seems to be quite an interesting person and pretty as well. :flower:
Why so wild about harry?
With Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger wrote the definitive novel of adolescence; At 17 made Janis Ian its songstress. Yesterday, it was the turn of the News of the World to define the perils of growing up.
The subject (of course) was Prince Harry; the problem, the...
Having recently graduated from Exeter University
with a degree in sports science, Peter Phillips was
able to thoroughly relax and enjoy the action at the
Gatcombe Park horse trials which are held on his home
estate. But he was particularly interested in the progress of
one of the competitors -...