Princess Beatrice, the first Princess of York since her grandmother, the Queen, is at present fifth in line to the British throne. Beatrice was born on 8 August 1988, at Portland Hospital, London, the ...

The Act of Supremacy, passed in 1534, established King Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the English Church. The Reformation Parliament of 1529-1536 approved the king's break with the see of Rome, as ...

Llywelyn ap Gruffydd was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by the English. Llywelyn, who was born around 1223 was the son Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, himself the son of Llywelyn ...

On the death of Alexander III, whose sons Alexander and David had predeceased him, the king's only surviving descendant and the recognised heiress to Scotland were Margaret, known as the Maid of ...

The Atrebates share their name with a tribe in pre-Roman Gaul (France). Their territory in Britain originally stretched from what is now present day West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. At the time ...

Prince George Frederick Augustus, the eldest son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was born at 7.45 p.m. on 12th August, 1762 at St. James' Palace, London. The first heir born to a ...