![]() ![]() He was hit in the face by an arrow that left a deep scar on his cheek. Henry had been at the Battle of Shrewsbury aged 16. Thomas Penn talks Dan through the rise, zenith and fall of the House of York during the latter half of the 15th century. ![]() ![]() He eventually died on 20 March 1413 aged 45. From 1405 onwards, his health declined, mainly due to a skin condition, possibly leprosy or psoriasis. The Battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403 brought an end to the threat, but Henry struggled to find security. The Earl of Northumberland became disaffected in 1402, and a plot was hatched to carve up the kingdom, replacing Henry with Edmund Mortimer, giving Wales to Glyndŵr, and the north to Northumberland. In 1400, Owain Glyndŵr declared himself Prince of Wales and launched a prolonged rebellion. Henry faced continual opposition to his rule. Henry was a famed knight, serving with the Teutonic Knights on crusade in Lithuania and undertaking a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The childless Richard was forced to abdicate, and Lancastrian rule began on 30 September 1399. Watch Now Henry IVĪs Richard II fell into tyranny through the 1390s, his exiled cousin Henry of Bolingbroke, son of the Duke of Lancaster, returned to England to claim the throne. What caused the 30 year period of internecine violence in medieval England? Dan Snow narrates this animated short documentary on the events that led to - the First Battle of Saint Albans. ![]()
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