english monarchy

  1. WI: Richard of Shrewsbury Not In Tower of London

    1481: - Mary of York survives her illness, but is sent to Wales due to her frail health 1483: - Edward IV dies - Gloucester gains custody of Edward V and beheads Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers and Sir Richard Grey; marches to London - Hastings informs the Queen Dowager (Elizabeth Woodville)...

  2. Best King of England?

    Since comparing monarchs across English and British history can be a case of comparing apples to oranges, we'll be focusing on the period after the Norman Conquest but prior to the Reformation.
  3. GauchoBadger

    Effects of a Jacobite Restoration on the North American colonies

    How would Great Britain's north american colonies react to a restoration of the jacobites to the kingdom's throne, and how would the new jacobite monarchy react to the colonies? Could the hanoverians end up fleeing to North America and claiming the throne from there? Would the jacobites decide...
  4. Petike

    Henry VIII killed by his jousting accident in 1524

    A Tudor POD I've thought about... Henry VIII, everyone's favourite royal egomaniac, loved taking part directly in jousting events. During his life, he suffered two serious incidents of injury while jousting, the first in 1524 and the second in 1536. The latter event seems to be more famous...
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