Henry began to build plans for the future of the English throne over the coming years. In 1127, he married Matilda to Fulk’s son (Fulk was King of Jerusalem), a man called Geoffrey Plantagenet.

Following the death of Edward the Confessor, there were several claimants to the English throne. Harold Godwinson was from Wessex, in England. He was a wealthy nobleman, and it is claimed that ...

In 1610, Lady Arbella defied King James I to marry her choice of husband, William Seymour, another claimant to the English throne. Seymour was imprisoned and Lady Arbella placed under house arrest.