English Monarchs - History of the kings and Queens of England
Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon kings, included Alfred the Great, the ineffectual Ethelred the Redeless (978-1016) and his pious son, Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) who was later canonized in 1161. The Anglo-Saxon line was interrupted for two decades by Viking conquerors but was re-established by Edward the Confessor.The Confessor is said to have willed his throne to his brother-in-law, King Harold ...
Edmund I the Elder, Saxon King of England - English Monarchs
Edmund I, known as 'the Elder' or the Magnificent, was born circa 921, the son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife Edgiva. As a sixteen year old, he had fought with distinction beside his elder half-brother, King Athelstan, at the Battle of Brunanburh against a combined force of Scots and Vikings. Edmund was around eighteen when he ...
Edward I, son of Henry III and Eleanor - English Monarchs
Edward Longshanks. Often considered the greatest of the Plantagenets, Edward I was born on the evening of 17th June 1239, at Westminster Palace, the firstborn child of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. He was named Edward in honour of his father's favourite saint, the Saxon King Edward the Confessor. Edward was a delicate child and suffered ...
Leeds Castle and Six Medieval Queens - English Monarchs
Maidstone, Kent. Home to medieval Kings and Queens of England, Leeds Castle is situated on the River Len, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Maidstone in Kent. Ledian or Leed, a minister of Ethelbert IV, the Anglo-Saxon King of Kent, built a wooden structure on two islands in the middle of the River Len in 857, the castle was rebuilt in stone in 1119 ...
England's first Stuart monarch, James I & VI - English Monarchs
1603-1625. Early Years. England's first Stuart monarch, James I & VI, the son of that ill-matched pair, Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was born at Edinburgh Castle after a difficult and protracted labour on 19th June 1566.Elizabeth I stood as godmother by proxy at his Catholic baptism when he was given the names James Charles.
Edward, Earl of Warwick - English Monarchs
25 February 1475 - 28 November 1499. Edward, 17th Earl of Warwick was the last male member of the House of Plantagenet. He was the son of George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV and Richard IIII and of Isabel Neville, elder daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, known as 'Warwick the Kingmaker. He was born on 25 February 1475, at Warwick, the family home of his mother.
The Tower of London - English Monarchs
The Salt Tower, one of the 21 towers which make up the Tower of London complex, was built in the late 1230's and is part of King Henry III's curtain wall which surrounds the fortress. Built on the Tower 's south-eastern corner, the Salt Tower overlooked the River Thames. The Salt Tower was initially known as the Julius Caesar's Tower and later ...
Historic Battles of the Kings and Queens - English Monarchs
The Battle of Brunanburh - 937. The Battle of Brunanburh, fought in 937 and one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on British soil, was a great Anglo-Saxon victory for a combined Anglo-Saxon army from Mercia and Wessex led by Athelstan, King of England, (the grandson of Alfred the Great) and his brother Edmund over the allied forces …
The charismatic Edward III - English Monarchs
The charismatic Edward III, one of the most dominant personalities of his age, was the son of Edward II and Isabella of France. He was born at Windsor Castle on 13th of November, 1312 and created Earl of Chester at four days old. Edward was aged fourteen at his ill-fated father's abdication, he had accompanied his mother to France where she and ...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector - English Monarchs
Lord Protector. 1599 - 1658. Oliver Cromwell was born at Huntingdon, into the ranks of the English gentry on 25th April 1599, during the latter years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, he was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Cromwell (nee Steward). Oliver was distantly related to Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's minister, his father being descended ...