THE ROYAL Mail unveils a selection of stamps fit for a King – showing off the flashiest armour ever owned by Britain’s ...

What makes someone a king? More importantly, what unmakes a king? Henry II’s experiment in co-kingship saw one Henry III fall ...

Over the next few months, the revolt spread around Wales. Attacks rained in on English settlements, manors and castles, and in the south of the country, a group calling themselves Plant Owain (the ...

Bec later recommended Becket to be Lord Chancellor of England, to which Henry II appointed him in 1155. Becket and the King had a very friendly relationship. Henry was pleased that Becket was an ...

Henry was also the younger brother of another king of England, William II, also known as William Rufus. Henry did not have a ...

Henry and his queen Eleanor of Aquitaine were crowned in Westminster Abbey on Sunday 19th December 1154 by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. His titles were King of England, Duke of Normandy and ...

Henry was William I’s youngest son ... create alliances and gain supporters, he was crowned King of England after the death of William II.