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On This Day In Royal History . 16 November 1272 . Edward I accession . ◼ On 16 November 1272, the day that his father King Henry III died, Edward was fighting in the crusades. . ◼ It was not until 24 September the following year that Edward left Acre. Arriving in Sicily, he was met with the news that his father had died. Edward was deeply saddened by this news, but rather than hurrying home at once, he made a leisurely journey northwards. This was partly due to his health being poor, but also due to a lack of urgency. . ◼ The political situation in England was stable after the mid-century upheavals, & Edward was proclaimed king at his father’s death, rather than at his own coronation, as had until then been customary. . ◼ In Edward’s absence, the country was governed by a royal council, led by Robert Burnell. . ◼ The new king embarked on an overland journey through Italy & France, where among other things he visited the pope in Rome & suppressed a rebellion in Gascony. Only on 2 August 1274 did he return to England, & was crowned on 19 August. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1272 #Accession #EdwardI #EdwardIofEngland #historyfacts #KingEdwardI #KingofEngland #History #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenet #Plantagenets #EdwardLongshanks #EnglishMonarchy #otd #OnThisDay #Medieval #MedievalHistory #medievalart #medievaltimes #royalfamily #theking #BritishMonarchy #D16Nov https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqrNZADUaD/?igshid=1e44l86b8k3fc

On This Day In Royal History . 16 November 1272 . King Henry III died . . 👑 In 1270, Henry became increasingly ill; concerns about a fresh rebellion grew & the next year the King wrote to his son asking him to return to England, but Edward did not turn back. Henry recovered slightly & announced his renewed intention to join the crusades himself, but he never regained his full health & on the evening of 16 November 1272 Henry died in Westminster aged 65, probably with Queen Eleanor in attendance. He was succeeded by Edward I who slowly made his way back to England via Gascony, finally arriving in August 1274. . ◼ At his request, Henry was buried in Westminster Abbey in front of the church’s high altar, in the former resting place of Edward the Confessor. A few years later, work began on a grander tomb for the King and in 1290 Edward moved his father’s body to its current location in Westminster Abbey. His gilt-brass funeral effigy was designed & forged within the abbey grounds by William Torell; unlike other effigies of the period, it is particularly naturalistic in style, but it is probably not a close likeness of Henry himself. . ◼ Eleanor probably hoped that Henry would be recognised as a saint, as his contemporary Louis IX of France had been; indeed, Henry’s final tomb resembled the shrine of a saint, complete with niches possibly intended to hold relics. When the King’s body was exhumed in 1290, contemporaries noted that the body was in perfect condition & that Henry’s long beard remained well preserved, which at the time was considered to be an indication of saintly purity. Miracles began to be reported at the tomb, but Edward was sceptical about these stories. The reports ceased, & Henry was never canonised. In 1292 Henry’s heart was removed from his tomb & reburied at Fontevraud Abbey with the bodies of his Angevin family. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1272 #KingofEngland #HenryIII #KingHenryIII #HenryIIIofEngland #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenet #Plantagenets #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D16Nov #otd #OnThisDay #theking #Medieval #MedievalHistory #medievalart #medievaltimes #EnglishHistory (at Westminster) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqqMgQjFur/?igshid=1az72y5mt0knl

On This Day In History . 16 November 1272 . King Henry III died . . 👑 In 1270, Henry became increasingly ill; concerns about a fresh rebellion grew & the next year the King wrote to his son asking him to return to England, but Edward did not turn back. Henry recovered slightly & announced his renewed intention to join the crusades himself, but he never regained his full health & on the evening of 16 November 1272 Henry died in Westminster aged 65, probably with Queen Eleanor in attendance. He was succeeded by Edward I who slowly made his way back to England via Gascony, finally arriving in August 1274. . ◼ At his request, Henry was buried in Westminster Abbey in front of the church's high altar, in the former resting place of Edward the Confessor. A few years later, work began on a grander tomb for the King and in 1290 Edward moved his father's body to its current location in Westminster Abbey. His gilt-brass funeral effigy was designed & forged within the abbey grounds by William Torell; unlike other effigies of the period, it is particularly naturalistic in style, but it is probably not a close likeness of Henry himself. . ◼ Eleanor probably hoped that Henry would be recognised as a saint, as his contemporary Louis IX of France had been; indeed, Henry's final tomb resembled the shrine of a saint, complete with niches possibly intended to hold relics. When the King's body was exhumed in 1290, contemporaries noted that the body was in perfect condition & that Henry's long beard remained well preserved, which at the time was considered to be an indication of saintly purity. Miracles began to be reported at the tomb, but Edward was sceptical about these stories. The reports ceased, & Henry was never canonised. In 1292 Henry's heart was removed from his tomb & reburied at Fontevraud Abbey with the bodies of his Angevin family. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1272 #KingofEngland #HenryIII #KingHenryIII #HenryIIIofEngland #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenet #Plantagenets #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D16Nov #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #Theking #Medieval #England #English #heritage #instaroyal #Instahistory (at Gloucester, Gloucestershire) https://www.instagram.com/p/B47tGqegzv2/?igshid=7j1k0gs3gmx9

On This Day In History . 16 November 1272 . Edward I accession . . ◼ On 16 November 1272, the day that his father King Henry III died, Edward was fighting in the crusades. . ◼ It was not until 24 September the following year that Edward left Acre. Arriving in Sicily, he was met with the news that his father had died. Edward was deeply saddened by this news, but rather than hurrying home at once, he made a leisurely journey northwards. This was partly due to his health being poor, but also due to a lack of urgency. . ◼ The political situation in England was stable after the mid-century upheavals, & Edward was proclaimed king at his father's death, rather than at his own coronation, as had until then been customary. . ◼ In Edward's absence, the country was governed by a royal council, led by Robert Burnell. . ◼ The new king embarked on an overland journey through Italy & France, where among other things he visited the pope in Rome & suppressed a rebellion in Gascony. Only on 2 August 1274 did he return to England, & was crowned on 19 August. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1272 #Accession #EdwardI #EdwardIofEngland #historyfacts #KingEdwardI #KingofEngland #History #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenet #Plantagenets #EdwardLongshanks #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D16Nov (at Acre, Israel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPL193Fya5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vpm5qosfvxws

On This Day In History . 16 November 1272 . King Henry III died . . 👑 In 1270, Henry became increasingly ill; concerns about a fresh rebellion grew & the next year the King wrote to his son asking him to return to England, but Edward did not turn back. Henry recovered slightly & announced his renewed intention to join the crusades himself, but he never regained his full health & on the evening of 16 November 1272 Henry died in Westminster aged 65, probably with Queen Eleanor in attendance. He was succeeded by Edward I who slowly made his way back to England via Gascony, finally arriving in August 1274. . ◼ At his request, Henry was buried in Westminster Abbey in front of the church's high altar, in the former resting place of Edward the Confessor. A few years later, work began on a grander tomb for the King and in 1290 Edward moved his father's body to its current location in Westminster Abbey. His gilt-brass funeral effigy was designed & forged within the abbey grounds by William Torell; unlike other effigies of the period, it is particularly naturalistic in style, but it is probably not a close likeness of Henry himself. . ◼ Eleanor probably hoped that Henry would be recognised as a saint, as his contemporary Louis IX of France had been; indeed, Henry's final tomb resembled the shrine of a saint, complete with niches possibly intended to hold relics. When the King's body was exhumed in 1290, contemporaries noted that the body was in perfect condition & that Henry's long beard remained well preserved, which at the time was considered to be an indication of saintly purity. Miracles began to be reported at the tomb, but Edward was sceptical about these stories. The reports ceased, & Henry was never canonised. In 1292 Henry's heart was removed from his tomb & reburied at Fontevraud Abbey with the bodies of his Angevin family. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1272 #KingofEngland #HenryIII #KingHenryIII #HenryIIIofEngland #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenet #Plantagenets #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D16Nov (at Westminster) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPLj0WFIJE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ru46ng0da00g