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House of Lancaster

Henry IV (see here),
born 1367.
Reigned 1399-1413.
In 1404 he banned "multiplication", part of alchemy. This was effectively a ban on chemistry.
He died 1413.
See Cultural depictions of Henry IV.
He had issue:

1. Henry V, born 1386.
   Reigned 1413-1422.
   Great military success in the Hundred Years War. He occupied northern France.
   He won a great victory at Battle of Agincourt 1415.
   He died 1422.
   See Cultural depictions of Henry V.
   He had issue:

   
   

   1. Henry VI, born 1421.
      Reigned 1422-1461.
      He founded Eton College 1440.
      He founded King's College, Cambridge, 1441.
      The Wars of the Roses began in 1455. Struggle between House of York and House of Lancaster for the English throne.
      Henry VI was deposed 1461. Edward IV (House of York) took the throne.
      Reigned again 1470-1471.
      Murdered at prayer 1471.
      Crown taken back by Edward IV and the House of York.

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Shakespeare

The Shakespeare plays about the House of Lancaster (1399-1471) are fascinating but not always historically accurate.

• The play Henry IV, part 1 spans 1402-1403.
• The play Henry IV, part 2 spans 1403-1413.

• The play Henry V spans 1414-1420.
  • In Act 3, Scene 1, Henry V gives the speech: "Once more unto the breach ... Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!"
  • In Act 4, Scene 3, Henry V gives the famous St Crispin's Day Speech: "... That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day".

• The play Henry VI, part 1 spans 1422-1444.
• The play Henry VI, part 2 spans 1445-1455.
• The play Henry VI, part 3 spans 1460-1471.

The "Saint Crispin's day" speech in the movie Henry V (1944, during WW2).
Directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.

The "Saint Crispin's day" speech in the movie Henry V (1989).
Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh.

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• St. Joan of Arc.
  Stopped the English at Orleans 1429.
  Captured Talbot 1429.
  She was captured and handed to Warwick 1431.
  She was burnt 1431.