1399 September 30th. Henry IV

Henry IV of England

This article is about King Henry IV of England. For the plays by Shakespeare based around his life, see Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 Henry IV (15 April 1367 – 20 March1413 ) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399–1413). He was the tenth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry (of) Bolingbrioke His father, John of Gaunt, was the third son of Edward III, and enjoyed a position of considerable influence during much of the reign of Henry's cousin Richard II, whom Henry eventually deposed. Henry's mother was Blanche, heiress to the considerable Lancaster estates, and thus Henry became the first King of England from the Lancaster branch of the Plantagenets.

Henry IV
16th-century painting of Henry IV
King of England (more...)
Reign	30 September 1399 – 20 March 1413
Coronation	13 October 1399
Predecessor	Richard II
Successor	Henry V
Spouse	Mary de Bohun Joan of Navarre
Issue	Henry V, King of England Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford Humphrey, 1st Duke of Gloucester Blanche, Electress Palatine Philippa, Queen of Denmark
House	House of Lancaster
Father	John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
Mother	Blanche of Lancaster
Born	15 April 1366 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire
Died	20 March 1413 aged 46) Westminster, London
Burial	Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
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