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John of Gaunt's Children: Roots of the Wars of the Roses

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, was the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Queen Philippa of Hainaut. He ...
Prince Andrew isn't the first Duke of York to face scandal, by any means. Beheadings, betrayals, and bad news have mired the ...
Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the English throne who tried to claim the crown in the 15th century by pretending to be a missing royal heir - and his name is still remembered in Somerset ...
Edmund of Langley was the first duke, after being granted the title by his father Edward III in 1385. He is the Duke of York ...
The title 'Duke of York' is something of a cursed peerage – involving murder, exile and execution – but Prince Andrew is more ...
A British family found 70 gold coins worth $308,000 in their Hampshire backyard, with the treasure set to auction in Zurich, ...
The title Duke of York has been a magnet for misfortune over the centuries, but its most recent holder, Prince Andrew, has ...
During the pandemic, a British couple was tending their back garden when they discovered a cache of 15th- and 16th-century coins. Many of them date to the reign of Henry VIII, and some bear the ...
If you’re thinking of heading to East Sussex this year, you are not alone: Eastbourne attracts more than five million ...
Tennessee Titans running back Tyjae Spears (2) it tripped up by New England Patriots linebacker Jahlani Tavai (48) during the ...
In 1955, Winthrop Aldrich, then the U.S. Ambassador to the UK, was the first to use the house as a residence. It has served ...