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Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1198 - 1245), and Beatrice of Savoy (c.1198 - c.1267) had four daughters, all o...
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This post is about Margaret of England (29 September 1240 – 26 February 1275), the daughter of King Henry III. She wa...
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Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, was originally on the side of the rebels during the Second Barons' War. He ...
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The end of the Second Barons' War required closure and reconciliation, and it came in the Dictum of Kenilworth, need ...
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Simon de Montfort was in control of London in April 1264. Northampton was under siege by supporters of King Henry, an...
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In February 1264, after the Mise of Amiens, the fighting between the forces of Simon de Montfort and King Henry III b...
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So the first phase of the Second Barons' War happened very quickly. The rebellious barons invaded London and captured...
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The Provisions of Oxford, a result of the barons demanding reforms from King Henry III during the Mad Parliament in e...
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The Provisions of Oxford, reorganizing the government of England with a series of reforms that removed power from Kin...
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King Henry III had spent lavishly on many things, including trying to fund a war to gain the Kingdom of Sicily for hi...
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The Second Barons' War started in 1264 by Simon de Montfort, the 6th Earl of Leicester, against King Henry III of Eng...
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After Simon de Montfort failed to gain the hand of the Countess of Flanders, he was offered a different marriage part...
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We have to distinguish Simon's title, because there was more than one prominent Englishman with that name. Simon the ...
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Richard of Cornwall, who occasionally rebelled against his brother, King Henry III of England, aided him against a re...
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Richard of Cornwall was only two years younger than his brother Henry, who became King of England. He rebelled agains...
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Pope Urban IV's first move to try to curtail Manfred of Sicily's imperial ambitions was to excommunicate him. This wa...
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When King John of England died in 1216, his eldest child, Henry, was barely nine years old. He would become Henry III...
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After Manfred of Sicily (née Lancia) was excommunicated by the pope in 1254, he handled it in two ways. The first was...
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We're going to look at the life of Manfred (1232 - 1266), who became King of Sicily. He was originally called Manfred...
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Events were in place for a final showdown between Charles of Anjou, declared King of Sicily by Rome, and Conradin, te...