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Just over two weeks before, William, the duke of Normandy, had invaded England, claiming his right to the English throne. In 1051, William is believed to have visited England and met with his cousin Edward the Confessor, the childless English king. According to Norman historians, Edward promised to make William his heir
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King of England 1154–89. The son of Matilda and Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, he succeeded King Stephen (c. 1097–1154).
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in that years the time was whe the black death was bspreading and getting in contact with people.
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Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or "Great Charter."
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November, 1295, knights burgesses, bishops and lords , met together at Westminster in London.
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After suffering through years of suppression under Nigeria's military government, the breakaway state of Biafra proclaims its independence from Nigeria.
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was a series of wars waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou, for the French throne, which had become vacant upon the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings.
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Alfred was a devoted Christian and a learned man, who encouraged education, codified England's laws, and promoted literacy and learning at a time when many among the nobility had little time for these pursuits.
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Canute (who is known as Knud in Denmark and Knut in Norway) was the son of Svein Forkbeard Canute's grandfather was Harald Bluetooth and his great-grandfather was King Gorm