Brad Pitt's surprising royal lineage traces back to King Henry II—keep reading to uncover his fascinating medieval connection ...

King Charles 's owns one beautiful palace that no royal has lived in for over 250 years. Hampton Court Palace is located in ...

Historians have long debated whether his murder was on the orders of Henry II or if it was a terrible ... traitor to the king and the kingdom?” They then murdered Becket, striking him three ...

He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' when he was young and succeeded King Stephen in October 1154. Archbishop Thomas a Becket disagreed with the King's wishes and a rash phrase spoken ...

An inscribed tablet is set above the East-facing door together with a stone statue of King Arthur within a recessed Gothic ...

Queen Elizabeth II came top of the poll, with an approval rating of 74, followed by her great great grandmother Victoria, and her dad George VI. Henry VIII ... hunchback King Richard III was ...

Debauched King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) installs his longtime court facilitator Thomas Becket (Richard Burton) as the Archbishop of Canterbury, assuming that his old friend will be a compliant and ...

For as little as £10, you could walk the same halls as King Henry VIII as his former Wiltshire property – valued at £2,500,000 – is being raffled. Built in the 1500s, the historic Grade II ...

Dan Jones What most people know of medieval English King Henry V, if most people know anything at all about him, is ...

King Henry VI has married Margaret of Anjou. Various members of the British court have their own plans for the future of King Henry VI. Gloucester and his wife, Eleanor, plot for the throne as ...

Henry Bolingbroke has ascended the throne as King Henry IV. Hounded by misgivings over slaying Richard II, he endorses a crusade in the Holy Land but is thwarted by unrest in Scotland and Wales.