Title

Henry IV, King of England, (1788).Artist: King Henry IV

Caption

Henry IV, King of England, (1788). 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.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1788

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C19_054

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,4Mb) / 11,1in x 17,4in / 3331 x 5231 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male man men country monarch guy British English king royal medieval location century monarchy Britain royalty ruler B&W MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages 14th century Fourteenth Century sceptre 15th century The Print Collector fifteenth century House of Lancaster Lancastrian Plantagenet sovereign engraving portrait Hall King Henry IV Henry Bolingbroke Duke of Lancaster Earl of Derby Duke of Hereford Henry of Lancaster Henry of Bolingbroke Henry IV King of England Bolingbroke Henry of Lancaster Henry of engraving portrait