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3 days ago · Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.
1 day ago · A savage campaign in 1069–70, the so-called harrying of the north, emphasized William’s military supremacy and his brutality. A further English rising in the Fens achieved nothing. In 1075 William put down rebellion by the earls of Hereford, Norfolk, and Northumbria.
Jun 24, 2024 · Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II., and Richard I Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust Digital Library Edited from manuscripts by Richard Howlett.
2 days ago · United Kingdom - John, 1199-1216, Monarchy: Richard, mortally wounded at a siege in France in 1199, was succeeded by his brother John, one of the most detested of English kings. John’s reign was characterized by failure.
3 days ago · In the first, the prior of Hereford delivered letters from the chancellor, William Longchamp, notifying Richard that ‘with the king’s brother John, then a count, administering’, no money was left in the royal treasury, the chancellor had fled to Normandy, and the count was obstinately demanding oaths of loyalty from the nobles of the ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Americans tend to remember only the U.S. role at D-Day, but British (and Canadian) troops also came ashore in Normandy on June 6, 1944. With Britain as the staging area for the invasion of Nazi-held Europe, D-Day required the cooperation of the country’s prime minister, Winston Churchill.
3 days ago · They are not to be disseised of any free tenement which they held on the day when the king last crossed from England into Normandy; and are not to be impleaded over any tenement except in the presence of the king, his chief justiciar, or the chancellor.
