ENG 0822 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: First Folio, Henry Iv Of England, The Tudors
28 Mar 2017
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Contexts: the war of roses and shakespearean histories. English monarchs 1154 (henry ii) to 1485 (richard iii) Preceded tudor monarchs 1485 (henry vii) to 1603 (elizabeth i) Both lancaster and york houses trace lineage to edward iii, king of england 1327-1377. He had a boatload of children: 13 total, 7 sons and 6 daughters. Deposed by henry bolingbroke, henry iv, in 1399. First king from the house of lancaster, 1399-1413. Succeeded by his son (shakespeare"s prince hal ), henry v (1413 1422) Succeeded by his son, henry vi (1422-1461); right to throne challenged by house of york (war of the. Roses); deposed by york bros; murdered in the tower in 1471. First king from the house of york (1461-1483), richard/gloucester"s bro also elder bro to george, Edward v succeeded his father at the age of 13 and was king for only 2 months; murdered with his brother by richard/gloucester. Last king from the house of york (1483-1485)
