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Philippa Langley, who helped unearth King Richard III's body from a parking lot in 2012, says that two young princes who ...
William Shakespeare later immortalised him in Richard III as a scheming hunchback who did away with his royal nephews so he ...
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English monarchs of the Middle Ages. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II ...
Edward III and the Triumph of England by Richard Barber, review. The dazzling triumphs of Edward III have blinded his biographer to his faults, says Nigel Jones.
On April 23, 1348, King Edward III of England established the Order of the Garter. In 1564 English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare is believed to have been born; he died 52 years later ...
Edward's health declined rapidly once he returned to England in 1371. He died on June 8, 1376, at the Palace of Westminster. Historians have long held that he suffered from violent dysentery and ...
Edward I, King of England. Born 1239, died 1307. ... During the 1250s Edward's father, Henry III, had mounted military campaigns in an attempt to control and dominate Wales.
Shakespeare refers to him as "that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales" in Henry V, written circa 1599, and includes a reference in Richard III (circa 1595). So the moniker was well ...
Edward III is back in fashion. Since the 1950s there has been a revolution in historical thinking that has restored Edward – who reigned from 1327 to 1377 – to the reputation he enjoyed in the ...