Henry IV: Difference between revisions

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Born 1366 (maybe 1367). Died 1413. Also known as Henry Bolingbroke. House of Plantagenet, Earl of Derby, King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399–1413). Son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster, Countess of Derby, grandson of Edward III.

Sources:

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon34.html

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10187.htm#i101863

http://www.mittelalter-genealogie.de/mittelalter/koenige/england/heinrich_4_koenig_von_england_+_1413.html

http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00004903&tree=LEO

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-Born 1366 (maybe 1367). Died 1413. [[House of Plantagenet]], Earl of Derby, King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399–1413). Son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster, Countess of Derby, grandson of [[Edwand III]].
+Born 1366 (maybe 1367). Died 1413. Also known as Henry Bolingbroke. House of Plantagenet, Earl of Derby, King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399–1413). Son of [[John of Gaunt]], Duke of [[House of Lancaster|Lancaster]] and Blanche of Lancaster, Countess of Derby, grandson of [[Edward III]].
-Henry IV. was married twice. His first wife was Mary de Bohun. They married in 1381 and had 6 children. After the death of his wife 1394 he married Joan of Navarre 1403. His marriage to Joan of Navarre was highly unpopular and she was, in fact, convicted of witchcraft in 1419.
-Henry IV was invested as a Knight. 1397 he became Duke of Hereford. He was in exile in France (September 1398 to july 1399) because of a fight with [[Thomas Mowbray]] and returned after the death of his father.
-Herny IV. was crowned on 13th Octobre 1399 and founder of the [[Lancaster]] dyasty. Between 1400 and 1405 he lost many battless agains Scottland. He was always unter the critics of the parliament, because of financial straits. Soon rebellions against the king and his family started because people were disappointed by the King.
-He traveled a lot and fought in many crusades. In 1392 and 1393 Henry IV undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem  where he made offerings at the Holy Sepulchre and Mount of Olives.
-After 1408 Henry IV fell ill with a mysterious disease, perhaps leprosy.
-, Henry died in the Jerusalem Chamber of [[Westminster Abbey]] as severe neurotic. Unlikely as it may seem due to the rebellions, Henry left his eldest son an undisputed succession.
 Sources:
 http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon34.html
 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10187.htm#i101863
 http://www.mittelalter-genealogie.de/mittelalter/koenige/england/heinrich_4_koenig_von_england_+_1413.html
 http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00004903&tree=LEO
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