A merchant’s son, Thomas Becket rose to fame and fortune as a royal chancellor and then archbishop of England — all due to the patronage of Henry II, whose eventual fury over Becket’s ecclesiastical ...
When an aging Henry Ford II decided to retire to Palm Beach six years ago, he was characteristically unostentatious about it. He didn’t build a lavish estate overlooking the Atlantic, or acquire a ...
The 12th-century martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket is one of those grisly chapters of history seemingly plucked from the script of a gore-laden HBO show. Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was cut ...
On October 17, 1171, King Henry II became the first English King to set foot on Irish soil. By the time he left the island six months later Ireland's relationship with England had been changed forever ...
It was during the reign of Henry II that the nature of England's relationship with the rest of Britain, and with the kings of France was defined. Henry was the first English king to go into Ireland, ...
Brad Pitt’s Royal Connection to Queen Elizabeth(Photo Credit –Facebook) Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt is a royalty after all — no, not just in Hollywood! Turns out, he’s got a legit royal connection ...
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