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YORK OR LANCASTER: WHO WAS THE RIGHTFUL KING OF ENGLAND?

Oct 19, 2015

genealogy

Act of Accord, dynastic succession, Edmund Mortimer, Edward II, Henry III, Henry IV, Henry VI, Lionel of Antwerp, oaths, Parliament, Phillipa of Ulster, Richard Duke of York, Richard II

Part 2 – For a kingdom any oath may be broken – York’s title 1460 Introduction This is an essay about the legitimacy of the duke of York’s title to the English crown. I am not going to delve into the duke’s motive for claiming the crown, or into the details of the rebellion…
12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses

Oct 11, 2015

battles

1475 invasion of France, Anne of Exeter, Bamburgh, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Burgundy, Caister Castle, Calais, cannon, Cecily Duchess of York, Earl of Ormond, Earl of Oxford, Edward of Lancaster, executions, Francesco Coppini, Francesco Sforza, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Gregory, Hammes, Hedgeley Moor, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Henry VII, Hexham, Hornby Castle, Jack Cade, John of Gaunt, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lancastrians, legates, Lionel of Antwerp, Lord High Constable, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Matt Lewis, Mortimer’s Cross, Mortimers, Nibley Green, Pius II, private battles, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Roxburgh, Sandal Castle, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir John Fortescu, Sir Ralph Grey, Sir William Stanley, St. Albans, St. michael’s Mount, Stoke Field, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, Tower Hill, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, William Lord Berkeley, Windsor

Thanks to Matt Lewis: http://www.historyextra.com/article/military-history/12-facts-wars-roses?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly
YORK OR LANCASTER: WHO WAS THE TRUE KING OF ENGLAND IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY?

Oct 8, 2015

genealogy, law

Chrimes, Edmund Crouchback, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Edward III, French crown, Henry III, Henry IV, Ian Mortimer, John Ashdown-Hill, John of Gaunt, Lancastrian propaganda, Lancastrians, Lionel of Antwerp, male primogeniture, Matilda, Parliamentary Roll, Richard II, Stephen

Part 1-– Necessitas non habet leger – The Lancastrian title 1399 Introduction I am not arguing that Henry IV usurped the crown in 1399. That judgment has already been made and hardly challenged since the fifteenth century[1]. Neither will I rehearse the reasons for king Richard II’s downfall in 1399; they are already well enough…

Lionel of Antwerp

YORK OR LANCASTER: WHO WAS THE RIGHTFUL KING OF ENGLAND?

12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses

YORK OR LANCASTER: WHO WAS THE TRUE KING OF ENGLAND IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY?