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10 hours ago · Edward was crowned as Edward IV after consolidating his position with victory at the Battle of Towton. [ 126 ] Edward's preferment of the former Lancastrian-supporting Woodville family, following his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville , led to Warwick and Edward's brother George Duke of Clarence helping Margaret depose Edward and return Henry to the throne in 1470. [ 127 ]
10 hours ago · Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill[a] KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a member of ...
10 hours ago · The following day, 6 January 1066, Edward was buried and Harold crowned. [150] [151] Although Harold Godwinson had "grabbed" the crown of England, others laid claim to it, primarily William, Duke of Normandy, who was cousin to Edward the Confessor through his aunt, Emma of Normandy. [152] It is believed that Edward had promised the crown to ...
10 hours ago · 1920 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, British aristocrat, socialite and author (d. 2014) 1921 – Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999) 1921 – Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (d. 2011) 1921 – John Ugelstad, Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1997) [30]
