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Sep 23, 2024 · The first Duke of Rutland, during the life of his father, John, eighth Earl of Rutland, was summoned to parliament by writ, as Baron Manners of Haddon. Sir Roger Manners, a younger son of Sir John, who married the coheiress of Vernon, settled at Whitwell in this county; he died without issue.
Oct 7, 2024 · Sweyn's son, Cnut the Great (r. 1016-1035), fought against Aethelred and his successor, Edmund Ironside (r. 1016), from 1014-1016. After decisively defeating Edmund at the Battle of Assandun on 18 October 1016 – and Edmund's death a few weeks later – Cnut became England's second Danish king. At the height of his power in the late 1020s ...
Sep 28, 2024 · Richard III, the last Plantagenet and Yorkist king of England. He usurped the throne of his nephew Edward V in 1483 and perished in defeat to Henry Tudor (thereafter Henry VII) at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Learn more about Richard III’s life and reign in this article.
Sep 30, 2024 · On the death of the Earl (d. 1360), who outlived Elizabeth, this manor reverted to Edmund son of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, who was the son of Elizabeth by her first husband Edmund Lord Mortimer of Wigmore.
Oct 8, 2024 · John's elder brother Edward, earl of Rutland (d. 1587), devised the reversion to his daughter Elizabeth, Lady Ros.
1 day ago · York, his son the Earl of Rutland, and Salisbury left London to contain the Lancastrian threat in the north. [130] On 16 December 1460, York's vanguard clashed with Somerset's forces from the West Country at the Battle of Worksop, and was defeated.
Sep 29, 2024 · Son of Edward I "the Elder", king of The Anglo-Saxons and Eadgifu. Husband of Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury and Æthelflæd of Damerham, Queen of England. Father of Eadwig, King of the English and Edgar I "The Peaceful", King of the English.
