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| - Humphrey of Stafford was originally born in 1602 as the son of a great noble of England. During his life, however, he'd rise to higher ranks. Under the reign of Henry VI, the Triple Monarchy of England-Castille-Portugal, which always had been difficult to hold together, even under greater kings, came into trouble. Ironically, it weren't the English who rebelled but the Castillians, despite the king having more Castillian than English ancestors. The king tried to suppress them, but in 1630, the army of the Cortes defeated the English army that had landed at Santander. After the sea battle of Jamaica 1631, the Castillians occupied the English colonies in the Caribbean. England fell into a financial crisis. This was the last straw to many: In 1633, uprisings against king Henry VI started. The
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| - Humphrey of Stafford was originally born in 1602 as the son of a great noble of England. During his life, however, he'd rise to higher ranks. Under the reign of Henry VI, the Triple Monarchy of England-Castille-Portugal, which always had been difficult to hold together, even under greater kings, came into trouble. Ironically, it weren't the English who rebelled but the Castillians, despite the king having more Castillian than English ancestors. The king tried to suppress them, but in 1630, the army of the Cortes defeated the English army that had landed at Santander. After the sea battle of Jamaica 1631, the Castillians occupied the English colonies in the Caribbean. England fell into a financial crisis. This was the last straw to many: In 1633, uprisings against king Henry VI started. The first English Civil War (ECW) had begun. 1634, king Henry was captured and banned to Atlantis (i.e. he was put onto a ship which captain was told he has a prisoner to be released in Atlantis. Like the nobles used to joke, this was the worst imaginable punishment for the king, who banned that many religious dissenters there.) However, since the king had no heir, the nobles weren't in unison about what to do. So they started to fight among each other; the common people dub the war, after the leaders of the most important groups, the Staffords and the Cliffords, "War of the 'fords". 1642-45: "The Scottish interlude": Scotland tried to expand into Northern England, which made the Staffords and the Cliffords actually stop their war against each other in 1643 until the Scots were finally driven out. In 1647, Humphrey became new king Humphrey I of England, after defeating and killing his opponent, William of Clifford.
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