Henry II and his wife reigned over a huge area of England and France, which stretched from Scotland to the Pyrenees. Eleanor of Aquitaine Henry’s wife held a huge amount of land in Aquitaine, he inherited Anjou in France from his dad ‘Geoffrey the handsome’ and England from his mother. His wife was older than him and had been married to the King of France (Louis VII) but it seems after one meeting with the…

Queen Anne was the last of the Stuarts.

Edward was born at Westminster and known as ‘Longshanks’ becasue he was so tall.He had a wife Eleanor of Castile and was actually at war with her by his side when he found out he would be King. Edward I managed to claim Wales and named his son the first ‘Prince of Wales’. A title that the current Prince Charles holds. This was the first time Wales was not independent. Edward also tried to claim…

Richard I was a true ‘warrior’ King who had his own army by the time he was 16. He spent the whole time fighting and hardly any time in England and didn’t speak much English. Richard fought with his father Henry II which made Henry very sad but he still wanted Richard to be King when he died. Even though he was a great warrior he died of a wound from a single arrow. He…

Wow Victorians invented loads of things! The bicycle, the car, the telephone, the camera, the flushing toilet, electricity. That was only around 150 years ago. They also held the ‘GREAT EXHIBITION’ in 1851 which was to show off to the world all the great things we could do. This was attended by 6 million people and the profits funded The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. All the places…

Charles II was a welcome relief from Richard Cromwell but he had his own troubles, war, the plague and The great fire of London. He did love his dogs though and let us them have puppies in his bedroom and even shared the same hairstyle

The Black Death in 1348 killed between one third and half of the London population. The Plague came by ship on the  Ring a ring a rosesA pocket full of posesAttishoo

Remember remember the fifth of NovemberGunpowder, treason and plot.I see no reason why gunpowder, treasonShould ever be forgot…   Every year it seems like we are celebrating Guy Fawkes’ night but really it is a stern reminder of the historic night and the act of treason. James I wanted to make everyone Protestant. During his reign, in 1605, a group of Catholics decided to plan to get rid of the King and Parliament. They smuggled…