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Henry VI of England
Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and then from 1470 to 1471, and de facto King of northern France from 1422 to 1453. More »
Henry V of England
Henry V of England was one of the great warrior kings of the Middle Ages. He was born at Monmouth, Wales, on 9 August 1386 or 16 September 1387, and he reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422. Henry was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de Bohun, who died before Bolingbroke became king. At the time of his birth during the reign of Richard II, Henry was fairly far removed from the throne, preceded by the King and another preceding collateral line of heirs. More »
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470–1471. More »
Henry IV of England
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Richard III of England
Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death. He was the last king from the House of York, and his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth marked the culmination of the Wars of the Roses and the end of the Plantagenet dynasty. After the death of his brother King Edward IV, Richard briefly governed as regent for Edward's son King Edward V with the title of Lord Protector, but he placed Edward and his brother Richard in the Tower and acquired the throne for himself, being crowned on 6... More »
Richard II of England
: ''For the play by Shakespeare, see Richard II.'' Richard II was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent". He was born in Bordeaux and became his father's successor when his elder brother died in infancy. He was deposed in 1399 and died the next year. More »
Henry VII of England
Henry VII , King of England, Lord of Ireland , was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty. Henry allied with the Habsburg empire as a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. More »
Charles VI of France
Charles VI , called the Well-Beloved and the Mad , was the King of France from 1380 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. More »
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
Richard Neville, ''jure uxoris'' 16th Earl of Warwick and ''suo jure'' 6th Earl of Salisbury , is known as "Warwick the Kingmaker". Warwick was the richest man in England outside of the Royal Family. He was a leading figure in the Wars of the Roses during which he helped depose the Lancastrian King Henry VI in favour of the Yorkist King Edward IV. This earned him his nickname of "the Kingmaker" but he later fell out with Edward and restored Henry VI to the throne. More »
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou was the Queen consort of Henry VI of England from 1445 to 1471, and led the Lancastrian contingent, in the Wars of the Roses. Margaret was born in the duchy of Lorraine, an Imperial fief east of France that was ruled by the cadet branch of the French kings, the house of Anjou. Margaret was the daughter of Rene I of Naples, Duke of Anjou, King of Naples and Sicily and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine in her own right. Margaret married King Henry VI, who was eight years her... More »
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