Father Henry (VII, King of England 1485-1509) Mother Elizabeth (of York) ...

Also known as 'the Mad' or 'the Fool', Charles was King of France from 1380 until 1422. He suffered from bouts of madness during his life.

Father Henry (IV, King of England 1399-1413) Mother Bohun, Mary ...

Duncan was the eldest son of Malcolm III, King of the Scots and Ingibjorg, his first wife. He was held as a hostage by William Rufus to ensure that his father did not keep invading the north of ...

Henry was the third son of Stephen, count of Blois, and Adela the daughter of William the Conqueror. In 1126 Henry became the abbot at Glastonbury Abbey and shortly afterwards in 1129 became the ...

Father Neville, Ralph (Earl of Westmorland, Earl Marshal) Mother Beaufort, Joan (Countess of Westmorland) ...

Preceded by Aethelred (II The Unready, King of the English 978-1013, 1014-1016) Succeeded by Canute (King of England 1016-1035) ...

Philippe Augustus, nicknamed because he was born in August, came to the throne after the death of his father Louis VII in 1180. He took the throne on 18th of September of 1180 at the age of just ...

he son of Henry I, King of France, Philippe became king at the age of seven or eight and, because he was too young to rule, was overseen by regent Baldwin the Count of Flanders one of Philippe's ...

he Anglo-Saxons had developed the fortified settlement known as a burh. The settlement was surrounded by banks and ditches with wooden palisades on top. A number of gatehouses controlled who entered ...