They Never Reigned
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They Never Reigned

Heirs to the British Throne Who Never Became the Monarch

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 20 Apr |Learn more

They Never Reigned

Heirs to the British Throne Who Never Became the Monarch

About this book

British kings and queens are famous today. But many heirs to the British throne never became the actual king or queen due to various quirks of fate. This is their story. The stories include the oldest son of William the Conqueror, who lost the chance to become king because he was off fighting in the First Crusade; the White Ship disaster of 1120, England's medieval Titanic, in which the sole male heir to the throne, and many others, drowned; an intrepid woman who nearly became queen in her own right four centuries before a woman actually did so; two princes who should have become a second King Arthur; the romantic warrior known to history as the Black Prince; the Princes in the Tower, who were supposedly murdered by King Richard III; the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded by Queen Elizabeth I after an utterly unfair trial; James, who was born the heir and then was overthrown while still a baby, and was later known as the Old Pretender; a beloved Nineteenth Century princess who tragically died in childbirth at the age of 21; and many more. Who suspected that the heirs who never reigned are every bit as interesting as those who did reign?

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Information

Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781398419483
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright Information ©
  5. Acknowledgement
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 Off Crusading: Robert of Normandy
  8. Chapter 2 A Royal Tragedy: William the Atheling
  9. Chapter 3 The Anarchy: Matilda (Maud) and Eustace
  10. Chapter 4 The Sons of Henry II: Henry and Geoffrey
  11. Chapter 5 The First Non-King Arthur
  12. Chapter 6 Edward, the Black Prince
  13. Chapter 7 The Wars of the Roses, Part I: Richard, Duke of York and Edward of Lancaster
  14. Chapter 8 The Wars of the Roses, Part II: Two More Edwards
  15. Chapter 9 The Second Non-King Arthur
  16. Chapter 10 Mary, Queen of Scots
  17. Chapter 11 Henry Frederick
  18. Chapter 12 James, the Old Pretender
  19. Chapter 13 The Children of Queen Anne, Including William of Gloucester
  20. Chapter 14 A Distant Branch: Sophia of Hanover
  21. Chapter 15 Frederick, Son of King George II
  22. Chapter 16 Princess Charlotte of Wales
  23. Chapter 17 Prince Albert Victor, Known as Eddy
  24. Conclusion