King of Norway 1015 - 1028. Before becoming king he was in London fighting the Danes alongside Ethelred II. Their strategy involved pulling down London Bridge, according to Londonist which has a good post about it. And Ian Visits tells it more from the Danish perspective. Largely responsible for the Christianization of Norway he was canonized in 1164 by Pope Alexander III.
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King Olaf II of Norway
The "recreation ground in Tanner Street, SE1" is Tanner Street Park.
Queen consort of George II. Born Ansbach. She and her husband came to Britain in 1714 when he became heir presumptive to the English throne. Politically aligned with Robert Walpole. She acted a...
Last monarch of France. Son of Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon I's brother) and Hortense de Beauharnais, he was known as Louis Napoleon. He grew up in Switzerland and Germany, but due to involvement in r...
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Royalty, France, Switzerland
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on where she was brought up see Byron Statue. When she was 10 her father became King George VI (on the abdication of his brot...
Third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Born York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. Her elder brothers became, in quick succession, Edward VIII and George VI. She married the sixt...
Four stone bridges have spanned the Thames at this point. The first was built in about 1210 and lasted right through the medieval period. This was the one that had the spikes and is shown in some d...
6 artists/craftspeople and 5 organisations are named as creating this Gallery of 17 murals. Rather than repeat this information on all 17...
The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were father and son.
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