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Welcome to ALL ABOUT HISTORY Book of BRITISH ROYALS

The birth of the British monarchy • Discover how the union of England and Scotland shaped the line of succession and the modern British monarchy

1066-1087 William I • From the illegitimate son of a duke to the holder of the English crown, William I conquered detractors, kings and even the odds to become one of Britain’s most memorable rulers

1087-1100 William II • The ruddy-cheeked king who history remembers as a forcible soldier, a hard-hearted ruler and loathed by his highly-taxed subjects

1100-1135 Henry I • Despite proclaiming himself king while his brother’s body was still warm, Henry I proved himself a worthy monarch

1135-1154 King Stephen • King Stephen’s usurpation tore the country apart with a 19-year civil war. But with little gained and Henry I’s succession restored, was it worth it?

1154-1189 Henry II • Fiery yet shrewd, the first of the Plantagenet kings helped rebuild a tattered realm while defying rulers, popes and even his own heirs

1189-1199 Richard I • Born to royalty but educated in the charnel gutter of war, King Richard brought the religious fanaticism of the Christian West on the Muslim East in a quest to claim the fabled Holy Land

Battle of Arsuf • A major battle in the Third Crusade, Arsuf saw Richard and Saladin face off

Lionheart’s crusade • The Third Crusade faced challenges even before reaching the Holy Land

Anatomy of a Templar knight • The key kit and weapons carried by the most elite of Christian warriors

Know thy enemy: Saladin • The main features and kit of the most respected Muslim warrior of all

Crusading king or bloody murderer? • Historian Douglas Boyd gives his verdict on the Lionheart

1199 – 1216 King John • Reviled and revered in equal measure, King John I of England remains one of history’s most provocative rulers. But was he as ‘bad’ as his enduring moniker suggests?

1216-1272 Henry III • How a boy king whose reign was plagued by rebellion went on to become one of England’s longest-reigning monarchs

1272-1307 Edward I • Conqueror of Scotland and Wales and unlikely father of democracy, Edward I was the savage warrior king who laid down the bloody foundations of the United Kingdom

1307-1327 Edward II • This much-loathed king had an equally hated favourite, saw Scotland slip from his grasp and ultimately met a murderous end

1327-1377 Edward III • Headstrong and ferocious, both as a domestic ruler and a military leader, the warrior king of House Plantagenet moulded England into one of Europe’s first true superpowers

1377-1399 Richard II • The king whose thirst for revenge led to him losing his crown and his life

1399-1413 Henry IV • The story of a king on an unstable throne, and how the close-fought Battle of Shrewsbury eventually legitimised his rule

1413-1422 Henry V • Discover how the Battle of Agincourt proved to be King Henry V’s defining moment

1422-1461 & 1470-1471 Henry VI • Gentle Henry VI witnessed the end of the house of Lancaster and the rise of the house of York

1461-1470, 1471-1483 Edward IV • Edward IV was the promiscuous king who engaged in the Wars of the Roses, ruled England twice and put the country in order

April 1483 - June 1483 Edward V • How a boy-king’s short reign, marred by infamy, treachery and murder, would echo down the centuries

1483-1485 Richard III • The last Plantagenet king to hold the English throne, Richard III was one of the few individuals who did as much before his reign as during it

1485-1509 Henry VII • The king who won his...