Henry IV of England

Henry IV (15 April 1366 – 20 March 1413) is King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399–1413).

He is the tenth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserts his grandfather's claim to the title King of France.

He is born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry (of) Bolingbroke.

His father, John of Gaunt, is the third son of Edward III, and enjoys a position of considerable influence during much of the reign of Henry's cousin Richard II, whom Henry eventually deposes.

Henry's mother is Blanche, heiress to the considerable Lancaster estates; thus he becomes the first King of England from the Lancaster branch of the Plantagenets.

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