The Black Prince. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales.
Member of the French-born ruling dynasty Anjou-Plantagenêt which stood from 1154 to 1399 in direct line and until 1485 in the side lines Lancaster and York the kings of England.
King Richard II. Date about 1377.
Richard II (Richard Plantagenet, also known as Richard of Bordeaux 1367-1400), King of England from 1377 to 1399.
PERHAPS no monarch under the same circumstances ever enjoyed so great a share of the sympathy of posterity, as the ill-fated, though at the same time (it must be confessed) ill-deserving Richard II.
Map, Territory. Inhabited by the ancient Saxon. North of the Elbe
Charles as William Jackson riding with Jane Lane to Bristol. The Escape of Charles II after the battle of Worcester. By Edward Matthew Ward.
Charles and Jane Lane who sheltered King Charles II after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester, 1651.
The assassination of David Riccio. Queen Mary’s bed chamber at Holyrood Palace.
David Riccio was the secretary of Mary Queen of Scots. He was killed before her eyes.
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Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290). First queen consort of Edward I of England.
Eleanor of Castile (also Leonor, 1241 – † 28 November 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire) was the first wife of King Edward I. Royal Consort of England.
The Marquis of Montrose at the Place of Execution.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, (born probably in 1612 in Montrose, executed on May 21, 1650 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish nobleman who fought from 1644 to 1650 in the English Civil War in Scotland for the royal side.
Roman British priestesses. 3rd century.
Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Oliver Cromwell (born 1599 in Huntingdon, died on September 3, 1658 in Westminster) was Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland during the brief Republican period of British history. In the history of the British Isles Cromwell is a controversial figure. Some historians rate him as a Kingslayer and dictator, while he applies by others as freedom hero.
Sir Thomas More, 1478-1535. English statesman
Sir Thomas More was an English statesman and humanist author, noted Renaissance humanist, councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. He is a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church (Memorial Day June 22). Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the “heavenly Patron of Statesmen and Politicians.
