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King & Conqueror Trailer The first trailer for BBC's new series King & Conqueror is out! Edward the Confessor died in January 1066 without

Check out the new trailer for 👑 King & Conqueror . A new BBC series covering the violent year, 1066 and the impending Norman Invasion.

Premieres on 24 August on BBC One. And possibly on Paramount+ for the rest of the world.🤞

#KingConqueror #BBC #medievalsky #BattleofHastings

Get Ready! The highly anticipated BBC series, 'KING & CONQUEROR', just dropped its first trailer, featuring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau!

Catch the premiere on BBC iPlayer on 24 August. No US release date yet! #KingAndConqueror #BBC #medievalsky

Exeter museum buys rare coin of King Alfred the Great Photo: Exeter City Council A museum in Exeter has said a rare Anglo-Saxon coin - one of only three known

King Alfred's coin...

At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done. ~Thomas à Kempis

If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned. ~Thomas à Kempis

Died #OTD in 1471: Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic✝️

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🔔Royal Wedding Bells

#OTD in 1137, 17-year-old Prince Louis of France marries 15-year-old Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux. 👑💍

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Died #OTD in 1403; Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel; captured at the Battle of Shrewsbury and publicly beheaded.

His head was displayed on the London Bridge.

Thomas Percy is Henry "Hotspur" Percy's uncle. Henry was killed during the Battle of Shrewsbury

Died #OTD in 1373: Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founder of the Bridgettine Order

Saint Bridget of Sweden is the patron saint of Europe, Sweden, Widows

William Wallace survived but resigned as the Guardian of Scotland after the battle

Find out more about the Battle of Falkirk and Scotlands struggle for independence.

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#OTD in 1298 - Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I and the English army defeat William Wallace and his Scottish army

Edward I used his longbowmen to destroy the Scottish schiltron, then the cavalry entered to finish them off

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Died today in 1403: Henry "Hotspur" Percy, English nobleman and soldier; Killed in the Battle of Shrewsbury

#OTD in 1403 - Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats a rebel army led by Henry "Hotspur" Percy

Shrewsbury was one of the bloodiest battles in #medieval English history, solidifying King Henry IV's reign against a powerful rebellion.

Died #OTD in 1100: Godfrey of Bouillon, Frankish knight,  Protector of the Holy Sepulcher

After the siege of Jerusalem in 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon became the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Godfrey refused the title of king saying he couldn’t "wear a crown of gold where his Saviour had w

Find out which Robin Hood movie was the last one to feature the Sycamore Gap Tree

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Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were each sentenced to four years and three months in prison for cutting down Britain’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree in 2023.

An act that a judge said had caused a “sense of loss and confusion across the world.”

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#OTD in 1377 - Richard of Bordeaux is crowned King Richard II of England, at the age of 10, in Westminster Abbey

#medieval #history #westminsterabbey #medievalsky

#OTD in 1260 – Battle of Durbe: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order and Teutonic Knights

The Livonian Order and Teutonic Knights lost over 8000 men and 190 Knights, including Livonian Master Burchard von Hornhausen

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Sanriku earthquake: The sea surface suddenly rose up and the huge waves attacked the land. They raged like nightmares... About 1,000 people drowned in the waves, because they failed to escape either offshore or uphill from the waves" ~Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku

Sanriku earthquake: "a large earthquake occurred in Mutsu province with some strange light in the sky. People shouted and cried, lay down and could not stand up" ~Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku

Tagajō was devastated again in 2011 by the tsunami following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake

The 869 Sanriku earthquake was as powerful as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake which destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

#OTD in 869 – Sanriku earthquake: A magnitude 8.6 - 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.

The resulting tsunami killed over 1000 people, caused extensive flooding and destroyed the town of Tagajō

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Medieval knight tombstone discovered in Gdańsk

A unique #medieval tombstone depicting a knight was discovered during an excavation in the historic center of Gdańsk, Poland


#Medievalsky #medievalknight #gdańsk

#OTD in 1099 - First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem: After a three day fast 15,000 Crusaders march barefoot in a religious procession around Jerusalem as the Muslim defenders look on

#history #jerusalem

#OTD in 987 - Hugh Capet is crowned 👑 King of France at Noyon, beginning the Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty ruled France from 987 until the French Revolution in 1792

Currently there are 2 ruling monarchs of the Capetian Dynasty;

King Felipe VI of Spain and
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

Born #OtD in 1470: Charles VIII “The Affable”, King of France

"a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal" ~Michael An Gof

"Speak the truth and only then can you be free of your chains" ~ Thomas Flamank