Female Rulers of England and Great Britain & Their Years on the Throne
God Save the Queen! England has had 61 Monarchs over a period of 1000 plus years; and of those staggering number of monarchs only 6 of those were women. For...
Category: British History
Charles II of England: History, Family, Reign & Achievements
Charles II was the ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1660 to 1665. During this period, which came to be called the Restoration Period, the monarchy was re-instituted and...
Charles I of England – Reign, English Civil War & Execution
King Charles I suffered one of the most tragic ends in the history of the monarchy. After the death of his father, James I of England, he ascended the throne...
Bertrand Russell: Life, Major Accomplishments & Facts
Bertrand Russell is a founding member of Anglo-American philosophy. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 and is well-known as one of the earliest philosophers of the 20th...
Queen Boudicca – History, Accomplishments and Major Facts
Boudicca was a British queen famous for leading the Iceni tribe in an uprising against the Romans in 60 AD. The Celtic warrior queen’s goal was to bring an end...