He married Lady Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, and Phillipa, daughter of Lionel of Antwerp and grand-daughter of Edward III (1327-77).
Harry earned his reputation as a warrior fighting agains the Scots (he fought at the battle of Otterburn in 1388) and the French.
Although, with his father, he helped Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster depose Richard II in 1399 to seize the throne for himself, like his father, he rebelled against Henry IV. In 1403, Harry and his uncle Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester allied themselves with the Welsh prince Owen Glendower but, befre the rebels could join forces, they were defeated and killed at the battle of Shrewsbury on July 21st and Harry Hotspur was killed.
| 1388 | | English fight the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn | | BAAAGBXD BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ BAAAGEKC | | 1399.Sep.30 | | The exiled Henry Bolingbroke, duke of Lancaster, returns to England to recover the Lancastrian estates seized by the king but deposes
Richard II with the support of the Percies and other nobles | | BAAAGBXD BAAAGEEV BAAAGEEW | | 1399.Sep.30+ | | Deposition of Richard II, last Plantagenet king of England, by
Henry, Duke of Lancaster who ruled as Henry IV (-1413)
The imprisoned Richard was murdered, the first casualty of the Wars of the Roses | | BAAAGBXD BAAAGEEV BAAAGCCV BAAAGDJC BAAAGEEW BAAAGEEY BAAAGDKP BAAAGEGA | | 1400 | | Owen Glendower revolts against Henry IV, declaring himself Prince of Wales | | BAAAGEEV BAAAGBKA BAAAGEHI | | 1402.Sep.14 | | Battle of Homildon Hill: the northern English nobles led by Sir Henry Hotspur Percy defeat a Scottish raiding army under the Earl of Douglas | | BAAAGEEV BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ | | 1403 | | Percy, earl of Northuberland switches allegiance to Edmund Mortimer (1391-1425), 5th Earl of March, and conspires with Owen Glendower | | BAAAGEEW BAAAGEEV | | 1403.Jul.21 | | The forces of Henry IV, led by his 16-year-old son Henry, defeated and killed Sir Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) at Shrewsbury thus ending his rebellion
The prince is nearly killed by an arrow lodged in his face.
The Battle forms the climax of Shakespeare\'s play, Henry IV part 1 | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGEEV BAAAGEEW BAAAGEEY BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ |
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