The sovereign was the last Anglo-Saxon king of the House of Wessex, having taken over from the Dane Harthacnut. Before him ...

Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...

The Royal touch was a ritual practised over hundreds of years, where people would travel from far and wide to have their ...

Edward the Confessor sends Harold Godwinson to Normandy ... better known as William the Conqueror, became king of England in 1066. Upon Edward’s death in early 1066, Harold crowned himself ...

The tale begins in 1064, with Edward the Confessor, the dying king of England, instructing his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson to travel to Normandy to offer the throne to William, a distant ...

Old records show that King Edward the Confessor, who reigned during the 11th century, owned much of the land, which was then passed on to the Norman Baron, Hugh de Port, who had some 55 “lordships” in ...

Henry IV is born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs. 1657: Lord ...

James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will fight for the English throne in King and Conqueror ... claimed the throne of England following the death of Edward Confessor (Eddie Marsan) in January 1066, ...

Prince Edward, who was dubbed the Duke of Edinburgh following the ascension of his brother King Charles, marked a significant day in his life on Monday. Buckingham Palace confirmed on Wednesday ...

It was bad luck for the owner of a portrait of a lovely young Roman model, when the future King Edward VII walked into the artist’s studio in February 1859, and fell for her immediately.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have sent a heartfelt public message to Prince Edward in celebration of his 61st birthday on Monday. The royal couple paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh ...