eleanor-plantagenet:The Lost Kings & Queens of England + Part IRobert Curthose, Duke of Normandy
eleanor-plantagenet:The Lost Kings & Queens of England + Part IRobert Curthose, Duke of Normandy (1051-1134): The eldest son of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England, and Matilda of Flanders. Passed over in the succession in favor of his younger brother upon his father’s death and later imprisoned for nearly three decades by his youngest brother, Henry I. Empress Matilda (1102-1167): The firstborn child of Henry I and his first wife, Matilda of Scotland. Named as the heir to the throne upon her brother’s death but the crown was seized by her cousin, Stephen of Blois, resulting in the civil war known as the Anarchy.Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (1127-35 - 1153): The eldest son of King Stephen of England and Countess Matilda I of Boulogne, he became heir apparent to the throne when his father claimed the crown in 1135 but died suddenly during his father’s civil war while plundering church lands.Henry the Young King (1155-1183): The eldest surviving son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, he was the first and only Junior King of England to be crowned in English history. After years of rebelling against his father, he died of dysentery during one such campaign.Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187-1203): The posthumous son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany - a son of Henry II - and Constance, Duchess of Brittany, he was designated heir to the throne in 1190 by his childless uncle, King Richard I, instead of Richard’s younger brother John. Imprisoned by John, who seized the crown after Richard’s death, it is said that he was murdered by his own uncle.Edward, the Black Prince (1330-1376): The eldest son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, he died one year before his father of dysentery while on campaign during the Hundred Years’ War.Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453-1471): The only son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, he was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury during the War of the Roses after his mentally unstable father lost the throne to his Yorkist cousin, Edward IV.“The Princes in the Tower” (1470 & 1473 - 1483): The only sons of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville - Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York - they were imprisoned in the Tower of London when their uncle, Richard III, seized the throne after their father’s death. The two boys disappeared in 1483 and were never seen again, leading many to believe that they were murdered by their uncle. -- source link