He rose in command at a very short period leading to his brother’s jealousy. Hongwu also conquered many dynasties before rising to become emperor. Both Taizong and Hongwu did not choose the successors they initially preferred. Taizong who had preferred his eldest son Li Chengqian had to resort to choosing his ninth son Li Zhi after Li Chengqian planned to kill his younger brother Li Tai after suspecting that his father was to choose him for succession (Rossabi). Hongwu had initially planned his successor to be Prince Biao, his eldest son.
But, he also was unsuccessful in defeating the foreign rulers and he too died in battle. A remarkable inscription relating to Kamose battle on the south has recently been revealed in the tomb of Sobeknakht. The second son of Tao II, Ahmose I, continued these campaigns. To counter Hyksos military dominance, he copied their tactics and weapons, and the use of Nubian troops. His army was equipped with bronze daggers and shields, the composite bow and the war chariot.
Why William duke of Normandy won the battle of Hastings The battle of Hastings led to a drastic and irreversible change in medieval England. The result of the battle was that William duke of Normandy with the help of his Norman supporters seized control of England’s throne and changed the culture and the way the country was ruled forever. William’s opponent of the battle was Harold Godwinson, the largest land owner in the country and a man who had been king of England for less than a full year. This essay will examine the reasons why and how William won the throne. Other than Harold Godwinson, two other men were claiming the English throne; their names were William, Duke of Normandy and Harald Hardrada, a Viking from the north.
In my opinion, the Battle of Bosworth was a closely fought battle which was contested bravely and was of tactics and tactician, as well as weapons and brute strength. Around about 1st August, Henry Tudor and his troops left from France towards Wales using the sea, coming to a stop at Milford Haven. Henry Tudor was to Rebel and fight against King Richard III who was ruler of England in quite eccentric circumstances involving the disappearance of princes Edward V and his younger brother Richard Duke of York who where to be future kings before being, I think, murdered by Richard Plantagenet for himself to be crowned. After arriving in the Welsh town Henry stayed for up to a week, and then entered England to go towards London. In the battle Henry relied on the Stanleys, another family of great power originally from Lancashire.
First of all we’ll look at Harald Godwinson. He had a strong claim to the throne because he was a blood relative of Edwards. He also had experience of power and he was very popular with the English. But when Edwards died Godwinson was expected to mourn his dead relative, instead he rushed to fight for the throne, instead of respecting his loss he was rude and disrespectful in his race for power and people were not happy with this. This section is all about Harald Godwinson!
By the time Alexander was 18 years old fought with his father, controlling the left wing of the army during the battle at Chaeronea. After the death of his father, Alexander became king of Macedon at the age of 20. Alexander wanted more power than just his own little kingdom of Macedon, he wanted the Persian Empire. In 335 BC Alexander marched his army from the South of the Persian Empire and conquered away. Many cities surrendered when they saw him
Why did Parliament win the Civil War? The First Civil War lasted several years and it was not clear who was to win. In the end however, Parliament did succeed, and the King failed. The generals were a major factor, they inspired there army to fight well and bravely and had to work out the tactics that were to be used. Oliver Cromwell became the most important general on the Parliamentarian side and Prince Rupert on the Royalist side.
Firstly, there are many arguments defending the fact that Edward VI had significant influence in government such as the previous power of child monarchs before him. Henry III, who was the same age as Edward when he came to the throne turned out to be an extremely powerful King, whose reign was defined by the ending of the Civil War and a well-ruled country and government. On the other hand, his adult reign was less of a positive experience, as it resulted in opposition to Henry because of his choice to have Frenchmen at his court. Edward V however was murdered at the age of 12, which was not promising for the child King’s to come. If we were to believe that the positive experiences of child monarchs were shared by each King there had been, it would be easy to say that Edward VI was a powerful King with significant influence in government.
Essex wanted to be the most important minister in Elizabeth’s court and the only obstacles in his way were William Cecil and his son Robert. The rivalry between Essex and the Cecils dominated the Privy Council meetings and in result, Essex would start to lose his temper when he would not get his way. In 1598 Essex asked Elizabeth to appoint one of his supporters as Deputy of Ireland and she refused. Essex lost his temper with Elizabeth and declared that her ‘conditions are as crooked as her carcass’ before turning his back on her. Elizabeth in response punched him on the ear, which caused Essex to grasp his sword.
No sooner had he defeated them than William landed in England with an army. (He had ignored the fact that his men were tired and decided to march south as fast as possible. He thought that he could beat William’s small army and decided not to wait for the whole Saxon army. However, the Norman soldiers were better armed and organized, and were mounted on horses. Harold might have won if he had waited but) he was defeated and killed in the battle of Hastings.