From suffragettes to rebellious aristocrats: some of Britain's most infamous women.

\n In Great Britain as in the US, two cultural sub-nations identify themselves (and the other) as North and South. The US’s North and South are quite clearly delineated, by the states’ affiliations during the Civil War (which in the east coincides with the Mason-Dixon line). That line has become so...

History: List of All the Kings and Queens of England

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Easily to understand information about the Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman invasion of Britain

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, the son of Edward III, the father of Henry IV and the grandfather to future England and Scottish Monarchs #johnofgaunt #dukeoflancaster #plantagenet #hollowcrown

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Tomb of Edward The Black Prince (1330-1376), Canterbury Cathedral

William Marshal, keeping watch over The House of Lords. (efigy at Temple Church)

The great seal of John of Gaunt, showing him enthroned as King of Castile, a position he never achieved.

English Monarch. Queen consort of King Edward I Longshanks. The daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile (St. Ferdinand) and Joan of Ponthieu, she was married to Edward in 1250. She was 13, Edward was 15. Although this was purely an arranged, political marriage, it developed into a strong love affair. The couple had 16...

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, He served five English kings – Henry II, his sons the "Young King" Henry, Richard I, and John, and John's son Henry III. #williammarshal #earlofpemroke #plantagenet #knights

-Kingston's Letter to Cromwell on Anne and George Boleyn, 16 May 1536