Top 10 Facts About Henry IV

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1. It had been prophesied that Henry IV would die in Jerusalem. He died in the Jerusalem Chamber of the house of the Abbot of Westminster.

2. His cause of death is unclear but he may have suffered from epilepsy as well as having a disfiguring skin disease.

3. Some medieval writers say he was struck with leprosy as a punishment for having Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York, executed.

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Henry of Lancaster, the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, was one of the Lords Appellant who challenged King Richard II's rule in 1387. In 1387 the King was forced to restate his coronation oath. In 1398 Richard II exiled Henry for ten years. In 1399 King Richard seized Henry's inheritance on the demise of John of Gaunt.