Monmouth Castle
Videos
Monmouth Castle is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales.
Ruins of the castle
Architectural drawing of Monmouth Castle, black and white print, from engraving, 1801
Early lithograph by George Rowe
Ruins of the Great Tower
Henry V of England
Videos
Henry V, also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1413 until his death in 1422. His victory at Agincourt in 1415 and his conquest of Normandy gav
Monmouth Castle
…Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales. Once an important border castle, and birthplace of Henry V of England, it stood until the English Civil War when it was damaged and changed hands three times before being slighted to prevent it being fortified again. After…
Henry as Prince of Wales in the Regiment of Princes, c.1413 (MS Arundel 38)
Miniature of Henry's father, Henry IV, in the records of the Duchy of Lancaster, c.1402
Henry as Prince of Wales tries on his father's crown in a scene from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, engraving after Josiah Boydell, 1795
The Battle of Agincourt as depicted in Thomas Walsingham's St Albans Chronicle, c.1422