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13 October 1399 CE
- On 30 September, Parliament officially nominated Henry as Richard's successor, and so Henry Bolingbroke was crowned Henry IV of England on 13 October 1399 CE in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
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On the day of Henry IV's death, 20 March 1413, the line of succession to the English throne following agnatic primogeniture was: Henry of Monmouth, Prince of Wales (born 1386), eldest son of Henry IV; Thomas, Duke of Clarence (born 1387), second son of Henry IV; John (born 1389), third son of Henry IV; Humphrey (born 1390), fourth son of Henry IV
Henry was involved in the 1388 revolt of Lords Appellant against Richard II, his first cousin, but he was not punished. However, he was exiled from court in 1398. After Henry's father died in 1399, Richard blocked Henry's inheritance of his father's lands.
6 July 1553. Proclaimed queen. Upon the death of Edward VI, the succession was disputed between his sister Mary, the heir by primogeniture and the Third Succession Act, and Lady Jane Grey, whom Edward had named his heir. Since Lady Jane's short reign is a matter of dispute, so are her heirs.
HeirStatusRelationship To MonarchBecame HeirNo recognised heir 1154–1155No recognised heir 1154–1155No recognised heir 1154–1155No recognised heir 1154–1155Heir apparentEldest son3 April 1155Heir apparentSonApril 1156Heir apparentSon4 July 1189Henry IV, detail of a manuscript illumination from Jean Froissart's Chronicles, 15th century; in the British Library (Harleian MS. 4380). Henry IV used his descent from King Henry III (ruled 1216–72) to justify his usurpation of the throne.
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- Birth & Family
- Rivalry with Richard II
- Seizure of The Throne
- Rebellion
- The Long Parliament
- Death & Successor
Henry was born in April 1366 CE at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, the son of John of Gaunt (l. 1340-1399 CE), himself the son of Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377 CE) and so a claimant for the throne of Richard II (who was the grandson of Edward III and the son of Edward the Black Prince, l. 1330-1376 CE). John was a powerful but unpopular f...
By 1386 CE Henry Bolingbroke had risen to be one of the foremost barons in England, and he was a member of the disgruntled group of noblemen who took exception to the king's favouritism towards Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford. Richard had made the hugely unpopular de Vere the Duke of Ireland in December 1387 CE. The dissatisfied barons made their mo...
Henry set off from Boulogne and landed at Spurn Head northeast England with a small army, perhaps only 300 men, and then marched south to press his claim in June-July 1399 CE. The timing of the invasion was excellent because Richard was then away in Ireland. Without their king, the royalist support faded away, perhaps, too, because Richard had neve...
Henry faced an immediate crisis in September 1400 CE in Wales where Owain Glyn Dwr (b. c. 1359 CE) had declared himself the Prince of Wales. Even more ominously, the Welshman had the support of The Earl of March, whose son Edmund Mortimer, as the great-great-grandson of Edward III, was a possible claimant to Henry's throne. Also supporting the Wels...
Another source of friction at court was the king's relationship with Parliament. The so-called 'Long Parliament' of 1406 CE sat an unusually long time from March until December as it deliberated over the ever-prickly issue of state finances. Parliament was not impressed with the lack of success against the Welsh rebels or the presence of French tro...
Henry IV died on 20 March 1413 CE. He was only around 46 and had been wasting away, wracked by disease - possibly leprosy or severe eczema - since 1406 CE. In addition, the king suffered multiple strokes at the end of his life and this when his mind had already long been troubled with remorse for his treatment of King Richard. He was buried in Cant...
- Mark Cartwright
Jan 12, 2022 · In February 1399, after John of Gaunt’s death, Henry had inherited the title duke of Lancaster. His own eldest son and heir, also called Henry (though I will refer to him by his nickname ‘Harry of Monmouth’ to avoid confusion), was in Richard’s custody as a sort of hostage for Henry’s good behavior.
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May 10, 2021 · 1399 (19th August) While Richard was in Ireland, Henry landed at Ravenspur in Yorkshire. With the support of Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland and Thomas Arundel, exiled former Archbishop of Canterbury he took the throne.
