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Henry IV of England
King of England from 1399 to 1413
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Illuminated miniature, c. 1402 | |
Reign | 30 September 1399 – 20 March 1413 |
Coronation | 13 October 1399 |
Predecessor | Richard II |
Successor | Henry V |
Born | c. April 1367 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 20 March 1413 (aged 45) Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, England |
Burial | Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England |
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House | Lancaster |
Father | John of Gaunt |
Mother | Blanche of Lancaster |
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Henry IV (c. April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413. Henry was the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (a son of King Edward III), and Blanche of Lancaster.
Henry was involved in the 1388 revolt of Lords Appellant against Richard II, his first cousin, but he was not punished. However, he was exiled from court in 1398. After Henry's father died in 1399, Richard blocked H
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1405AD - 1405AD
In 1399 Richard II, a friend of York who had ruled for more than twenty years, was overthrown bygd Henry Bolingbroke, a nobleman of the House of Lancaster.
The new king, Henry IV, faced simmering resentment in the regions. In 1403 he had to crush the Glendower rebellion in Wales. In the following years the action moved to the North of England, whipped up by the powerful earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy, and his son 'Harry Hotspur' Percy.
The Archbishop of York, Richard Scrope, got deeply involved. He openly supported the traitors' cause and preached against the King in the Minster. The people responded and 'almost all the citizens of York capable of bearing arms' joined the rebels. At the end of May 1405, Archbishop Scrope funnen himself at the head of an army of 8,000 dock, facing a large loyalist army on Shipton Moor. Scrope disbanded his force in exchange for a truce but was immediately arrested.
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