Henry Bolingbroke
Henry Bolingbroke
Henry IVwas King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413 and asserted the claim of his grandfather, Edward III, to the Kingdom of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry of Bolingbroke /ˈbɒlɪŋbrʊk/...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth3 April 1367
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Dr. Manton taught my youth to yawn, and prepared me to be a High-Churchman, that I might never hear him read nor read him more.
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