The Tower of London, that formidable symbol of England's national heritage, served as a royal residence as well as a prison in the medieval period. The monarch traditionally spent the night at the ...

Anne Neville was born at Warwick Castle, the younger daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428-1471) and Anne Beauchamp (1426-1492). Anne was born at the beginning of a tumultuous time ...

George Plantagenet, Shakespeare's, 'false, fleeting, perjured Clarence', was the third surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (1411-60), and Cecily Neville (1415-95) and was born on on 21 ...

Matilda of Flanders was born circa 1031, the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and Adele of France, who was the daughter of Robert II of France and Constance of Arles. She was also a descendant ...

Edward VIII, or David, as he was known to his family, was the eldest son of George V and Mary of Teck. He was born on 23rd June 1894, at White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, at the home of his maternal ...

Philip II of Spain was the only son of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V and his cousin Isabella of Portugal and was born in the Spanish capital of Valladolid on 21 May 1527. Philip had two sisters with ...

The subject of ballads, books and films, Robin Hood has proven to be one of England's most enduring folk heroes. The often told legend of Robin Hood relates that in the days of King Richard the ...

Katherine Swynford, ancestress of the Beaufort family, was probably born in Hainaut, which is now in Belgium, in 1349 or 1350, her birthdate may have been November 25, which is the feast day of St.

William Peverel was granted extensive lands in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire by King William the Conqueror in reward for supporting him during the Norman Conquest of England. His name is listed in ...

King Edward II wished to establish an alliance with Flanders through the marriage of his eldest son and heir, Prince Edward, to one of the daughters of Count William of Hainaut, and sent Bishop ...

Charles eldest son, James Crofts was born on 9 April 1649 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where his 18-year-old father was living in exile following the execution of Charles I. His mother was Charles ...