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As the fairy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream had put a spell on the wrong person, King Henry wishes a fairy had made a mistake with his son and Lord Northumberland’s.

On This Day In Royal History . 15 April 1367 . King Henry IV was born . . ◼ Henry was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire. His father, John of Gaunt, was the fourth son of Edward III & the third son to survive to adulthood, & enjoyed a position of considerable influence during much of the reign of Henry’s cousin Richard II, whom Henry eventually deposed. . ◼ Henry’s mother was Blanche, heiress to the considerable Lancaster estates, & thus he became the first King of England from the Lancaster branch of the Plantagenets & the first King of England since the Norman Conquest whose mother tongue was English rather than French. . ◼ Henry deposed his cousin Richard II in 1399 to claim the throne as Henry IV. He faced numerous rebellions, the most serious of which aimed to install the Earl of March, the legitimate heir, as king. He was compelled by Parliament (1406) to nominate a constitutional council, to submit to an audit of accounts, & to reform his household. He married firstly Mary de Bohun (mother of Henry V) & later Joanna of Navarre. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1367 #HenryIV #KingHenryIV #Bolingbrokecastle #KingofEngland #HenryIVofEngland #KingHenryIVofEngland #Lancastrian #Plantagents #EnglishHeritage #Bolingbroke #HouseofPlantagenet #HouseofLancaster #theking #EnglishMonarchy #RoyalFamily #BritishMonarchy #d15Apr #Lancaster #kingsandqueens #heritage #castles #Onthisday #Plantagenet #lincolnshire #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay (at Bolingbroke Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_A4nuSDH3T/?igshid=11yb8o45hcny2

John, Duke of Bedford to the future king of England

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The landing at Ravenspur was the first step in one of the most important royal takeovers in medieval England, setting the stage for the turbulent years that followed, including the struggles of the Wars of the Roses.

Henry IV openly acknowledged his devotion to Gabrielle and reportedly intended to marry her, despite the controversy such a union would have caused. She was even granted titles and honors that suggested she was being prepared for a royal future. However, those hopes ended abruptly when Gabrielle died suddenly in 1599 at just 26 years old, only months before the king's marriage plans could become reality. Her untimely death altered the course of French history and remains one of the great "what ifs" of the Bourbon monarchy.