On This Day In Royal History
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9 August 1386
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King Henry V was born
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◼ Henry was born in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle, Monmouth, Principality of Wales (and for that reason was sometimes called Henry of Monmouth). He was the son of 20-year-old Henry of Bolingbroke (later Henry IV of England), & 16-year-old Mary de Bohun.
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◼ He was also the grandson of the influential John of Gaunt & great-grandson of Edward III of England. At the time of his birth, Richard II of England, his cousin once removed, was king. As he was not close to the line of succession to the throne, Henry’s date of birth was not officially documented. His grandfather, John of Gaunt, was the guardian of the king at that time.
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About Henry V;
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◼ Henry V, was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 36 in 1422. He was the second English monarch who came from the House of Lancaster.
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◼ Henry gained military experience fighting the Welsh during the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr, & against the powerful aristocratic Percys of Northumberland at the Battle of Shrewsbury.
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◼ It was there that the sixteen-year-old prince was almost killed by an arrow that became stuck in his face. An ordinary soldier might have died from such a wound, but Henry had the benefit of the best possible care. Over a period of several days, John Bradmore, the royal physician, treated the wound with honey to act as an antiseptic, crafted a tool to screw into the broken arrow shaft & thus extract the arrow without doing further damage, & then flushed the wound with alcohol. The operation was successful, but it left Henry with permanent scars, evidence of his experience in battle.
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Portrait: Henry when Prince of Wales (left) & the Duke of Norfolk
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