He abdicated the thrown so that he could marry his love Wallis Simpson. A king is not able to marry a divorced woman and become king, and Mrs Simpson was an american divorcee. King Edward I King Edward ovtained the thrown by inheritance from Henry III. King Edward I was also known as Longshanks because he was over 6ft tall, which was very tall at the time. Edward I fought against Robert the Bruce and was known as the hammer of the scots. King Henry II French Henry II was the first of the Angevins who were the first Plantagenet kings. A young king who came to the throne at only 21, he ruled for a long 34 years, however Henry II only spent 14 of those years in England, or Britain. King Charles II King Charles II was crowned king of Scotland in 1651. When Richard Cromwell, who was lord protector of England at the time, was abdicated Charles returned to London. King Charles II was only 13 when he returned, but took rule over all of Great Britain. King George I
This book would also tell him who owed him what in tax and because the information was on record, nobody could argue against a tax demand. William ordered the survey of England to take place about twenty years after the Battle of Hastings. The whole survey took less than a year to complete and the books can be found in the Public Records Office. The Domesday Book forms a remarkable record of the state of England in the mid-1080's. *The House of Anjou/the Plantagenets/the Angevins (kings, centuries) was a royal house founded by Henry II of England. The First Angevin Dynasty also called the House of Plantagenet, ruled England from the reign of Henry II, in the beginning 12th century, until the House of Tudor came to power when Richard III fell at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Richard I Lionheart had a reputation as a great military leader and warrior. John I (13 th century) is known for sealing Magna Carta, a document limiting his power. Henry III, Edward I (14 th
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