👑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #OTD in #History 13 October 1399, #HenryBolingbroke was crowned #KingHenryIV of England at #WestminsterAbbey. He was the first King to have English as his mother tongue since the Norman Conquest of 1066. #HenryIV reigned until his death on 20 March 1413.

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Henry IV, depicted on the church of St Mary Magdalene, built on the site of the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403) as a chantry chapel to pray for and commemorate the dead. If I was Henry, I would not have been thrilled with this depiction #battleofshrewsbury #henryiv #houseoflancaster #shrewsbury1403