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Henry IV

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Henry IV 1367-1413, king of England (1399-1413), eldest son of John of Gaunt and grandson of Edward III; called Henry of Bolingbroke. He founded the Lancastrian dynasty. Seizure of Crown from Richard By 1377 Henry had become the earl of Derby, and in 1380 he married Mary de Bohun, coheiress of the earl of Hereford. In 1387 he joined the opposition to King Richard II led by his uncle, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester , and became one of the five "lords appellant" who ruled England in 1388-89. In the early 1390s he served in Lithuania with the Teutonic Knights and went... Read more

Henry IV
Encyclopedia of World Biography Henry IV Henry IV (1367-1413), the king of England from 1399 ... of parliamentary government in England. Henry IV was the only son of John of Gaunt, the ... Reading An excellent modern biography of Henry IV is J. L. Kirby, Henry IV of England (1971 ... Read more

Henry IV, King, Parts 1
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Henry IV, King, Parts 1 and 2, historical plays by Shakespeare , written and performed ... recruiting, makes a butt of them, and extracts £1,000 from the former. Henry IV dies, reconciled to his son, and Falstaff hastens from Gloucestershire to ... Read more

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