Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown
Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown When William the Conqueror died in 1087 he left the throne of England to William Rufus ... The result was an immediate war as Rufus's elder brother Robert fought to…
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Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown
When William the Conqueror died in 1087 he left the throne of England to William Rufus ... The result was an immediate war as Rufus's elder brother Robert fought to gain the crown he saw as rightfully his; this conflict marked the start of 400 years of bloody disputes as the English monarchy's line of hereditary succession was bent, twisted and finally broken when the last Plantagenet king, Richard III, fell at Bosworth in 1485.The Anglo-Norman and Plantagenet dynasties were renowned for their internecine strife, and in Lost Heirs we will unearth the hidden stories of fratricidal brothers, usurping cousins and murderous uncles; the many kings - and the occasional queen - who should have been but never were. his second son.
History is written by the winners, but every game of thrones has its losers too, and their fascinating stories bring richness and depth to what is a