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unusual facts about Henry IV, part 1


Taylor's Eye Witness Works

In 1838 Taylor applied for and was granted the Eye Witness trademark for his goods, it is said he chose it after being inspired by the line "No eye hath seen such" from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1.


1750 in literature

Old Orchard Street Theatre opens in Bath (England) under the management of John Palmer, with a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2.

Abberley

In 1405 Abberley Hill was at the centre of a protracted stand-off between two major medieval armies, that of Henry IV camped on Abberley Hill itself and the primarily Welsh army of Owain Glyndŵr (Owen Glendower) camped on nearby Woodbury Hill.

Ailhon

There is a huge trunk of an Elm tree planted in 1593 - as in many parishes - by order of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully to celebrate the conversion to the Catholic religion of Henry IV.

Antoine III de Gramont

According to Count Philibert de Gramont, Antoine's brother, their father, also "Antoine de Gramont", viceroy of Navarre, was a bastard daughter of king Henry IV by Diane d'Andoins, knowns as "La Belle Corisande".

Anwyl of Tywyn Family

Robert, the elder brother and the ancestor of the Wynn of Gwydir family sided with Glyndwr but survived the war receiving a Royal Pardon from Henry IV and later by his son Henry V.

Bradley, Hampshire

Although Sir Bernard was executed at Tyburn for treason at the accession of Henry IV the land was not forfeited and remained in the Brocas family until 1621, when it was leased to Thomas Taylor for 200 years.

Club Can't Handle Me

It was released as a digital download on iTunes on June 28, 2010 as the lead single of the Step Up 3D soundtrack album and is also included on Flo Rida's third studio album, Only One Flo (Part 1).

Crest Castle

Agrippa d'Aubigné, a nobleman, a reformed French Huguenot squire of Henry IV, who was expelled from France as result of his participation in the conspiracy against Duke of Luynes acquired the rights to the ruins of the chateau.

Dorothy Catherine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Dorothy Catherine was a daughter of the Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) from his third marriage to Emilie (1516–1591), daughter of Duke Henry of Saxony.

Dorstone Castle

In 1403 Henry IV entrusted the castle to Sir Walter Fitzwalter, a Baron FitzWalter, and asked him to strengthen it against likely raids by Welsh forces of Owain Glyndŵr.

Duchy of Brabant

Upon the death of Count Palatine Herman II of Lotharingia in 1085, Emperor Henry IV assigned his fief between the Dender and Zenne rivers as the Landgraviate of Brabant to Count Henry III of Leuven and Brussels.

Eardisley Castle

In 1403 Henry IV ordered the castle to be fortified against attacks by Owain Glyndŵr although by 1374 the castle had already been ruined.

Edmund Falconer

Gambling on the Bard to turn a profit, he directed productions of Macbeth, As You Like It, Henry IV and Romeo and Juliet.

Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg (1510 – 19 March 1581, Buxtehude) was the eldest child and only son of Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1488 – 29 July 1563, Neuhaus), daughter of Duke Henry IV the Evil of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Wolfenbüttel).

Freiburg Castle

The Duke's servants and craftsmen lived at the foot of the mountain in the area of what today is the southern part of the historic center, but it was only in 1120 when his son Konrad, with the approval of emperor Henry IV, granted the settlement market rights, thus ending the startup phase of Freiburg.

Gransdorf

In 1098 it was mentioned the first time as "Grandesdorf" in a letter of Heinrich IV.

Hanstein Castle

The chronicler Lambert of Hersfeld mentioned the destruction of Burg Hanenstein, then in possession of Saxon Count Otto von Northeim, by King Henry IV in 1070.

Headcorn

There are records from the reigns of Edward I, Edward III and Henry IV, relating to the need to repair this bridge and Hawkenbury Bridge.

Henry IV, Count of Waldeck

Henry died in 1348 and was buried in the "Waldeck Chapel" in the Marienthal Abbey in Netze (now part of Waldeck).

Henry IV, Duke of Brabant

He was also an older brother of Maria of Brabant, Queen consort of Philip III of France.

Henry IV, Duke of Saxony

In 1505 Heinrich ceded Friesland to Georg, in return for an annuity and the districts of Wolkenstein and Freiberg, where Heinrich made his residence.

Het Bildt

Consequently Albert's successor Heinrich of Saxony, who was of a rather inert disposition, relinquished his claims to the governorship, and in 1505 an agreement was made between Albert's two sons by which Friesland was transferred to Heinrich's brother, George of Saxony, while Heinrich received an annuity and the districts of Freiberg and Wolkenstein.

Isabella of Valois

When Richard II was imprisoned and died in custody on his return to England, Queen Isabella was ordered by the new King Henry IV to move out of Windsor Castle and to settle in the Bishop of Salisbury's Thameside palace at Sonning.

Langley Castle

It was attacked and severely damaged in 1405 by the forces of Henry IV in the campaign against the Percys and Archbishop Scrope.

Lordship of Frisia

By 1068, the Brunonen margrave Egbert I of Meissen had acquired several Frisian counties, his son an successor Margrave Egbert II, however, was involved in the Great Saxon Revolt against Emperor Henry IV and killed in 1090.

Manor House Hotel

First of all, its land is the site of an old Norman castle settlement which has hosted a number of Lords throughout its history, the most famous of which was Sir John Oldcastle, the figure Shakespeare based his character of Sir John Falstaff upon in his play Henry IV in the late 16th century.

Maria Foote

Fanny in The Clandestine Marriage, Hippolita in an alteration of the Tempest, Lady Percy in King Henry IV, Helena in the Midsummer Night's Dream, and many other parts, chiefly secondary, in old pieces and new, then followed.

Mum and the Sothsegger

Richard the Redeless focuses wholly and exclusively on Richard II and the latter part of his reign, whereas Mum ignores Richard's rule to concentrate exclusively on problems during Henry IV's administration... Richard the Redeless contains specific allusions to events and personalities of Richard II's reign, but this is not the case with Mum... to be a truth teller and name names may have proved too much for him.

Philip Repyngdon

In 1394, Repyngdon was made abbot of the abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis at Leicester, and after the accession of Henry IV to the English throne in 1399 he became chaplain and confessor to this king, being described as clericus specialissimus domini regis Henrici.

Philippe Delorme

In May 2010, he published a nonconformist biography of the French king Henry IV : "Henri IV, les réalités d'un mythe" (Ed. de l'Archipel).

Pietro Tacca

For Paris, by order of Marie de Medici he finished Giambologna's equestrian Henry IV (inaugurated August 23, 1613), which stood at the center of the Pont-Neuf but was destroyed in 1792 during the Revolution, then replaced with the present sculpture at the Restauration.

Pope Urban II

The origins of the investiture controversy, according to Jay Rubenstein started with Pope Urban II whose central problem was a war against Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1056-1106).

Priest–penitent privilege in England from the Reformation to the nineteenth century

Randolf was the confessor of Joanna of Navarre, widow of Henry IV who was accused of attempting to poison her stepson Henry V by witchcraft.

Roger Thornton

He took the side of Henry IV against the rebel Earl of Northumberland (in whose cause Hotspur had fallen) and received on 28 July 1405 'in consideration of his services and of the losses he had sustained, and the charges he had borne in the late rebellion of the Earl of Northumberland, and others, the Foucher (Fugar) House in Whickham, as well as other estates in Cleveland.'

Semar

Clifford Geertz compared his role vis-à-vis Arjuna to that of Prince Hal with his father in Shakespeare's Henry IV, and his role as critic of the play's worldview and antidote to pride as similar to Falstaff.

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

On December 4, 2012, the film was again released alongside Part 1 as a two-disc "Christmas Survival Double Feature," containing the same archival bonus features as the 2003 release.

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sophie was a daughter of the Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (1484–1543) from his third marriage to Emilie of Saxony (1516–1591), daughter of the Duke Henry IV of Saxony.

Tania Emery

She had roles in the films LD 50 Lethal Dose and Den of Lions, and in 2004 appeared as Frida in a stage production of Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV at the Donmar Warehouse, London.

Teodor Jeske-Choiński

In 1900 he published Tiara i korona, a novel about the dispute between the Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.

The Paquete Habana

This "tradition", a primary example of customary international law, dates back from an order by Henry IV in 1403, and has more or less been observed by a large majority of States ever since.

Thomas Rempston

In 1404-5 he was made a member of the privy council, and was recommended by parliament to Henry IV as one of those whose services merited special recognition; in the same year he was employed on a mission to the Duke of Burgundy.

Tiara i korona

Political conflict and religious views are central to the novel which explores the famous dispute between the Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.

Trent Park

Trent Park dates back to the fourteenth century when it was a part of Enfield Chase, one of Henry IV's hunting grounds.

Vediamoci chiaro

The author Enrico Giacovelli referred to the film as "a kind of Scent of a Woman but more ambiguous, midway between Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV and The Late Mattia Pascal".

Walk to Canossa

The term Walk to Canossa (German, Gang nach Canossa), sometimes called the Humiliation of Canossa (Italian, l'umiliazione di Canossa), refers to the trek of Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire from Speyer to the fortress at Canossa in Emilia Romagna to obtain the revocation of the excommunication imposed on him by the Pope Gregory VII.

West Ravendale Priory

Owing to wars with France it was taken into the possession of the English Crown, and was part of the dowry of Joan of Navarre, wife of Henry IV.


see also

John Stride

During the 1960s he appeared at the Old Vic as Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli's long-running production of Romeo and Juliet with Judi Dench, and also as Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1.