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1366 at Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire<br><b>Parents:</b> John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster<br><b>Relation to Charles III:</b> 17th great-granduncle<br><b>House of:</b> Lancaster<br><b>Ascended to the throne:</b> September 30, 1399 aged 33 years<br><b>Crowned:</b> October 13, 1399 at Westminster Abbey<br><b>Married:</b> (1) Mary de Bohun, (2) Joan, Daughter of Charles II of Navarre<br><b>Children:</b> Five sons including Henry V, and two daughters<br><b>Died:</b> March 20, 1413 at Westminster Abbey, aged 46 years, 11 months, and 14 days<br><b>Buried at:</b> Canterbury<br><b>Reigned for:</b> 13 years, 5 months, 18 days<br><b>Succeeded by:</b> his son Henry V<p>King of England from 1399, the son of John of Gaunt. In 1398 he was banished by Richard II but returned in 1399 to head a revolt and be accepted as king by Parliament. He was succeeded by his son Henry V.</p><p>He had difficulty in keeping the support of Parliament and the clergy, and had to deal with baronial unrest and Owen Glendower's rising in Wales. In order to win support he had to conciliate the Church by a law for the burning of heretics, and to make many concessions to Parliament. The Percy family was defeated at Shrewsbury in 1403, and the Earl of Northumberland was beaten at Bramham Moor in 1408.</p><h2 class='c-article__title--secondary'>King Henry IV's Signature</h2><amp-img src='images/signature/henry4_sig.jpg' height='80' width='160' alt='Signature of King Henry IV' ></amp-img><br>  <h2 class="c-article__title--secondary">Timeline for King Henry IV</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Event</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr><td>1399</td><td>Henry returns from exile in France to reclaim his estates seized by Richard II; he claims the throne and is crowned. His coronation was the first since the Norman Conquest in which the King's address was in English instead of Norman French.</td></tr><tr><td>1400</td><td>Richard dies of starvation in Pontefract Castle.</td></tr><tr><td>1400</td><td>Death of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer leaving <i>The Canterbury Tales</i> unfinished.</td></tr><tr><td>1401</td><td>Owain Glyndwr leads Welsh revolt against English rule</td></tr><tr><td>1402</td><td>State visit to England of Manuel II, the Byzantine emperor</td></tr><tr><td>1403</td><td>First rebellion by the Percy family from Northumberland defeated at the Battle of Shrewsbury.</td></tr><tr><td>1404</td><td>Glyndwr makes a treaty with the French, who send an army in 1405 to support the rebellion against the English.</td></tr><tr><td>1405</td><td>Second Percy rebellion takes place</td></tr><tr><td>1406</td><td>Henry contracts a leprosy-like illness</td></tr><tr><td>1408</td><td>Third Percy rebellion takes place.</td></tr><tr><td>1413</td><td>Henry dies at Westminster, worn out by constant revolts and shortage of money.</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="c-article__bottom"> <p> </p> <amp-ad layout="fixed-height" height=100 type="adsense" data-ad-client="pub-5197591191685784" data-ad-slot="8365007866"> </amp-ad> </div> </div> </article> </main>  <div class="c-search__container"> <div class="c-grid"> <form method="get" action="kings.asp" target="_top" id="selector2"> <div class="c-search"> <div class="c-search__item c-search__item--action"> <a href='kings.asp?id=richard2'>< Prev</a> </div> <div class="c-search__item c-search__item--select"> <select class="c-search__select" name="id" id="search" on="change:selector2.submit"> <option value='henry4' selected>-------------- Kings and Queens ------------<option value=offa>King Offa : 757 - 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