James was prisoner in England for nearly 20 years in the Tower of London. He succeeded to the crown on the death of his father in 1406, but it was not until 1423 that he was released for a ransom of ...

Married:(2) Margaret, daughter of Edward the Aetheling son of Edmund II of England, c. 1069 Children: Duncan II by Ingibiorg, 6 sons by Margaret including Edmund, Edgar, Alexander and David, 2 ...

Children: 2 sons Thomas and Richard by her first marriage. 3 sons, including Edward (later Edward V), and 7 daughters including Elizabeth of York (wife of Henry VII) by her second marriage to Edward ...

Succeeded by: by Canute son of Sweyn who claimed the throne by conquest King of England in 1016, the son of Aethelred II 'the Unready' . He led the resistance to Canute's invasion in 1015, and on ...

William was born in The Hague in the Netherlands. He was an only child and never knew his father William II who died of smallpox before his birth. His mother was Mary eldest daughter of Charles I of ...

King of England 1461–70 and from 1471. He was the son of Richard, Duke of York, and succeeded Henry VI in the Wars of the Roses, temporarily losing his throne to Henry when Edward fell out with his ...

Second son of George V he was named Albert after his grandfather Prince Albert. As The Duke of York he had never expected or wished to succeed to the throne. He was naturally diffident and anxious, ...

Mary Queen of Scots daughter of James V of Scotland was born at Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, Scotland, on 8 December 1542, and became Queen of Scots when she was six days old. She was first ...

Mary Queen of Scots daughter of James V of Scotland was born at Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, Scotland, on 8 December 1542, and became Queen of Scots when she was six days old. She was first ...

King of England from 1307, son of Edward I. Born at Caernarfon Castle, he was created the first Prince of Wales in 1301. Incompetent and frivolous, and unduly influenced by his favourite, Piers ...

757 - Offa seizes the Kingdom Mercia after the murder of his cousin Aethelbald. 776 - Defeats the men of Kent at Otford 779 - Offa defeats Cynewulf of Wessex at Bensington in Oxfordshire. 784 - Offa ...

Richard was the third son of Henry II. He twice rebelled against his father before he became King of England in 1189, but based himself in his Duchy in Aquitaine inherited from his mother Eleanor. He ...