Daily Medieval

The Kingdom of East Anglia formed in the first half of the 6th century. Its first king was Wehha, ruling people who came from Frisia and Jut...

There were few times in England's Medieval period when it was not at war with someone. Even when they were not forced to defend themselv...

After returning to England from failed Crusade attempts, Edmund Crouchback had to deal with some unrest. His father, Henry III, died on 16 ...

When Henry III's son  Edmund Crouchback was 23 years old, he pledged to go on crusade with his brother, Edward, and a cousin, Henry of ...

Henry III wanted another son. His first son, Edward, was followed by a daughter, Margaret, and Henry needed at least "an heir and a spa...

A queen can have several duties, one of which is to produce heirs that can either succeed their parents or be used to make politically advan...

The citizens of London may have welcomed their new queen when she and Henry III rode to Westminster for the coronation after the wedding (12...

Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1198 - 1245), and Beatrice of Savoy (c.1198 - c.1267) had four daughters, all of whom married kings. T...

This post is about Margaret of England (29 September 1240 – 26 February 1275), the daughter of King Henry III. She was in her 20s during the...

Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, was originally on the side of the rebels during the Second Barons' War . He changed over to th...

The end of the Second Barons' War required closure and reconciliation, and it came in the Dictum of Kenilworth, named for the castle in ...

Simon de Montfort was in control of London in April 1264. Northampton was under siege by supporters of King Henry, and Simon assembled his ...

In February 1264, after the Mise of Amiens , the fighting between the forces of Simon de Montfort and King Henry III began in earnest. One ...

So the first phase of the Second Barons' War happened very quickly. The rebellious barons invaded London and captured King Henry III and...

The Provisions of Oxford , a result of the barons demanding reforms from King Henry III during the Mad Parliament in exchange for raising m...

The Provisions of Oxford , reorganizing the government of England with a series of checks and balances that removed power from King Henry II...

King Henry III had spent lavishly on many things, including trying to fund a war to gain the Kingdom of Sicily for his younger son Edmund. H...

The Second Barons' War started in 1264 by Simon de Montfort , the 6th Earl of Leicester, against King Henry III of England. Henry was re...

After Simon de Montfort failed to gain the hand of the Countess of Flanders, he was offered a different marriage partner: the sister of Kin...

We have to distinguish Simon's title, because there was more than one prominent Englishman with that name. Simon the 6th Earl of Leicest...

Richard of Cornwall, who occasionally rebelled against his brother, King Henry III of England, aided him against a rebellion not long after ...

Richard of Cornwall was only two years younger than his brother Henry, who became King of England. He rebelled against Henry a few times, u...

When King John of England died in 1216, his eldest child, Henry, was barely nine years old. He would become Henry III. There were several ot...

Pope Urban IV's first move to try to curtail Manfred of Sicily's imperial ambitions was to excommunicate him. This was Manfred...

After Manfred of Sicily  (née Lancia) was excommunicated by the pope in 1254, he handled it in two ways. The first was to talk to the pope a...

We're going to look at the life of Manfred (1232 - 1266), who became King of Sicily. He was originally called Manfred Lancia, after his ...

Events were in place for a final showdown between Charles of Anjou , declared King of Sicily by Rome, and Conradin , teenage son of the las...

We left off with Manfred of Sicily killed during battle  (illustration) with the forces of Charles of Anjou  in 1265. Charles had been named...