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80 matches to Edward IV
Edward IV. 1442-83. First York king of England. 1461~83. Revived monarch’s power. Wars of Roses.
Mortimer. English royal family. Edmund’s royal marriage 14C led to 15C Yorkist claims vs Henry IV. Edward IV.
Mortimer’s Cross, Battle. 1461. Yorks defeat Lancastrians. Edward IV declares himself king.
Neville, Ralph. 1364-1425. Aided Henry IV vs Richard II. Grandfather of Edward IV and Richard III.
Towton, Battle. 1461. York victory in War of Roses. Henry VI fled England. Edward IV took crown.
Warwick, Earl of. 1428-71. “The Kingmaker”-. Helped York Edward IV, then restored Lancaster Henry VI.
York. Branch of the Anjou-Plantegenet family, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III. War of Roses.
Albee, Edward. 1928-. US playwright. Pulitzer-Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962.
Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.
Appleton, Edward. 1892-1965. English physicist: Appleton ionospheric layer.
Balliol, Edward. -1363. Invaded Scotland 1332. King 1332-56. Ceded crown to ally Edward III.
Balliol, John. c1249-1315. King of Scotland 1292-6. Defeated, deposed by Edward I.
Bellamy, Edward. 1850-98. US Utopian novelist. Looking Backward 2000-1887, 1888.
Black Prince. Son of Edward III. Captured King John II of France at Poitiers, 1356.
Blackbeard (Edward Teach). -1718. English pirate in West Indies.
Bransfield, Edward. 1795-1852. English. First to sight Antarctica, 1820.
Bruce, Robert the. 1274-1329. Scottish King 1306-. Vs Edward I and II. Bannockburn victory.
Carson, Edward. 1854-1935. Irish. Formed Ulster Volunteers to resist Home Rule.
Coke, Edward. 1552-1634. English jurist. Defended Common Law. Prosecuted Raleigh.
Crusades. 1095-1272. European Christian wars to regain Holy Land after Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem in 1072. Literature and the arts benefitted from Eastern cultural infusion. Peasants 1096. Annihilated. First. 1096-99. Genoa financed Godfrey of Bouillon to recapture Jerusalem. Only successful crusade. Second. 1147-49. Louis VII and Conrad III pillage Byzantium. Third. 1189-92. Richard I and Philip II Truce with Saladin allows access to Jerusalem. Fourth. 1202-4. French and Flemish nobles conquer, sack Constantinople, form Latin Empire. Childrens. 1212. Stephen of Cloyes led 30,000 unarmed French youths. Nicholas of Cologne led 20,000 German. All died or enslaved. Fifth. 1218-21. John of Brienne in Egypt. Sixth. 1228-29. Frederick II crowned king of Jerusalem. Seventh. 1248-54. St Louis of France captured by Egypt and ransomed. Eighth. 1270. St Louis dies of plague. Ninth. 1271-2. Prince Edward of England.
Delaroche, Paul. 1797-1859. French portrait and historical painter. Death of Queen Elizabeth. Children of Edward.
Despard, Edward. 1751-1803. 1802 Plot to assassinate George III.
Despenser, Hugh le. 1261-1326 The Elder; -1326 The Younger. Advised/controlled Edward II. Executed by Mortimer and Isabella.
Dupplin Moor, Battle. 1332. Balliol gains Scottish throne.
Edward, The Black Prince. 1330-76. Son of Edward III. Victor at Poitiers, 1356. Captured John II of France.