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3 days ago · Notes. References. Family tree of English monarchs. This is the family tree for monarchs of England (and Wales after 1282) from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth I of England. The House of Wessex family tree precedes this family tree and the family tree of the British royal family follows it. (see List_of_monarchs_of_Wessex)
2 days ago · Northern Ireland - Plantations, Conflict, Union: During the 16th and 17th centuries, the most isolated and undisturbed part of Ireland was transformed by immigration from Britain. The narrow North Channel separates northeastern Ulster from southwestern Scotland.
6 days ago · Ulster - Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan, and Tyrone. Ulster, which includes the six counties of Northern Ireland, draws visitors to its unique feature of...
Jun 19, 2024 · As a teenager, Chaucer served as a page in the household of Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster. This position exposed him to the aristocratic lifestyle and courtly manners. He Was Captured During the Hundred Years' War While serving in the English army, Chaucer was captured by the French during the Hundred Years' War.
Jun 20, 2024 · •Became a public servant to Countess Elizabeth of Ulster. •In 1359, the teenage Chaucer went off to fight in the Hundred Years' War in France, and at Rethel he was captured for ransom. Thanks to Chaucer's royal connections, King Edward III helped pay his ransom.
Jun 29, 2024 · To John Bateman, called ‘de Vienna,’ clerk of Matilda of Lancaster, countess of Ulster. Reservation, at the request of queen Philippa, of the canonry and prebend of Hereford, value 8l. about to be void by the consecration of William, bishop elect of Winchester, notwithstanding that he has canonries and prebends of Salisbury and ...
Jul 7, 2024 · Attacks from the midland kingdom of Meath (Midhe, or Mide) led to Ulster’s disintegration in the 4th and 5th centuries. The province subsequently split into three kingdoms: Oriel, or Airgialla (in central Ulster), Aileach (in western Ulster), and the smaller kingdom of Ulaid (in eastern Ulster).
