Henry IV, King of England from 1399, (1932). Artist: Rosalind Thornycroft.

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Henry IV, King of England from 1399, (1932). Henry Bolingbroke (1367-1413) became king in 1399 when he led a baronial revolt that overthrew the rule of Richard II. Ruling as Henry IV, he was the first king of the House of Lancaster. Political instability dogged his reign, with major revolts by led by Owain Glyndwr in Wales beginning in 1400 and by Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, in the north in 1408. From Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, illustrated by Rosalind Thornycroft [Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1932]

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