Posts Tagged ‘Henry III’

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Kingdom of Riches is a Persistant Browser Based Game (PBBG) loosly set in the medieval era. With regular updates, events and new additions, with a great community of helpful veteran players. It is also free to play with no advantage at all to donators, donations go towards development and upkeep of the servers only.

Updates on the game, Sneak peeks, Mythical facts, True facts, Religious facts and more related to the medieval era. The Medieval Era dated from around the 5th Century until around the 16th century.

Simon de Montfort (the younger) (1208 – 1265)

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

He was a soldier and politician, from 1258 he led the baronial opposition to the misrule of Henry III during the Baron’s war of 1264 to 1267, in 1264 he defeated and captured the king at Lewes in Sussex. In 1265 as the head of government he summoned the first parliament that represented the towns. He was killed at the Battle of Evesham, during the last of the Barons’ Wars.

Research Sources

  • The Hutchinson Softback Encyclopaedia
  • The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
  • British History – A Chronological Dictionary of Dates – Rodney Castleden
  • Wales in History – Book II 1066 – 1485 – The Defenders – David Fraser

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Llewellyn I (the great) (1173 – 1240)

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Llewellyn ap Iorworth Llewellyn ap Iorworth was ruler of Gwynedd in North Wales from 1201 to 1240. He conquered Powys and Ceredigion in 1208. He survived an invasion from 1211 to 1212 by King John of England and benefited greatly from the Barons’ War of 1215 to 1217 by capturing Swansea.

His reign was sustained by a combination of both military and diplomatic means. He married Joan the illegitimate daughter of King John in 1205 and allied with the Earl of Chester Ranulf, on his north-eastern flank.

After English King John died unexpectedly in 1216 from a fever in Newark, Henry III takes the thrown. During the early reign of Henry III several attacks by the English armies are repelled.

Joan died in 1237 and Llewellyn himself died in 1240, leaving behind the legacy of winning Welsh independence from both the English kings and the Marcher lords.

Research Sources

  • The Hutchinson Softback Encyclopaedia
  • The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
  • British History – A Chronological Dictionary of Dates – Rodney Castleden
  • Wales in History – Book II 1066 – 1485 – The Defenders – David Fraser

Note: If you would like to submit something interesting, a story you know, a story you wrote, something interesting connected with KoR or anything connected with medieval times, please contact noobenforcer@gmx.com and we will publish you work for you with full credit.

  • Please also take the time to share a link to this blog on your blog, and we will do the same for you and your sites. Thanks ~NoobEnforcer (aka Bryan Whitehouse)