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When Henry II of England crowned his son, Young King Henry , as a co-ruler, he could not have predicted that the son would attempt to overt...

King Henry II of England followed the one-time Capetian practice of having your son and heir crowned king in your lifetime to prepare for th...

Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine were married in 1152 and had a son in 1153, but William died in 1156 at the age of two. On 28...

Hubert de Burgh was one of the most important figures in England during the reign of Henry III. Not only had he helped ensure Henry would su...

William Longchamp (or "de Longchamp") achieved success the old-fashioned way: he paid lots of money for it. That's not fair; b...

Henry III's most loyal and powerful supporter was William Marshal , but William's son was not of the same mind. Richard Marshal (119...

Guillaume le Maréchal, or William Marshal, is one of the most fascinating and impressive figures in medieval English history. Born about 114...

When King John died, his son Henry (1207 - 1272) was only nine years old. It was 1216 and in the middle of the First Barons' War. Even ...

Probably the easiest way to sum up the medieval view of hostages is a line from Adam Costa's Hostages in the Middle Ages : In medieval E...

A naval battle, from a ms. dated late 13th/early 14th century We are accustomed to summing up the reign of King John (1199 - 1216) as a ...